Performing Hardware Diagnostics; Installing Operating System; Prerequisites; Workflow - Dell USC User Manual

Performing Hardware Diagnostics

To perform hardware diagnostics:
1 To start the Hardware Diagnostics utility:
In the left pane of USC or USC-LCE, click Hardware Diagnostics.
a
In the right pane, click Run Hardware Diagnostics. When the
b
diagnostics utility launches, follow the on-screen instructions.
2 To exit the Hardware Diagnostics utility, reboot the system and press
<F10> to re-enter USC or USC-LCE.
When the tests are complete, results of the diagnostics tests are displayed on
the screen. To resolve the problems reported in the test results, search the
resolutions at support.dell.com.
See Also:
Hardware Diagnostics

Installing Operating System

Prerequisites

• Optical DVD drive is connected.
• Hard disks must be connected. For PERC controllers, at least one physical
disk must be available for virtual disk creation.

Workflow

To install the operating system:
1 To launch USC/USC-LCE, boot your system and press the <F10> key
within 10 seconds after the Dell logo appears.
2 In the left pane, click OS Deployment.
3 In the right pane, click Deploy OS and select one of the following:
• Go directly to OS Deployment and click Next.
• Optional: Configure RAID First and click Next, if the system has a
RAID controller. See
information
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USC and USC-LCE Operations
Using Optional RAID Configuration for more