Starting The Dell Server Assistant Cd - Dell PowerEdge 4300 User Manual

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This option is visible and functional only when a Dell PowerEdge Expandable RAID
Controller is installed in the system. The system reboots automatically if you change
the RAID configuration. See your PowerEdge Expandable RAID Controller documen-
tation for more information.
The option allows you to create the utility partition on your system's hard-disk drive.
The utility partition is a bootable partition on the hard-disk drive that provides most of
the functions that are available on the Dell Server Assistant CD. Dell has installed the
utility partition on your hard-disk drive; however, reinstalling the utility partition and/or
its contents may be necessary if the version installed by Dell becomes damaged or is
removed from the hard-disk drive.
Reinstall the utility partition and/or its contents using the Dell Server Assistant CD as
follows:
1. Close any open applications.
2. Insert the Dell Server Assistant CD into the CD-ROM drive and reboot the sys-
tem by pressing <Ctrl><Alt><Del>.
If the system does not boot from the CD, see the Dell Server Assistant docu-
mentation or see "Starting the Dell Server Assistant CD" found earlier in this
chapter.
3. From the Dell Server Assistant main menu, select Create Utility Partition.
4. Click OK on the Welcome screen.
The installation program surveys your system to determine the appropriate
method and location for the utility partition installation.
During this examination of your system, messages may be displayed, depending
on your system configuration. If a utility partition already exists on your system,
you are prompted to specify if you want to overwrite the existing partition; click
OK to continue or Cancel to return to the utility partition menu. If other mes-
sages are displayed, note the information; then click OK.
If your system meets all of the requirements, the utility partition is installed and a
message is displayed indicating that the installation was successful.
5. Click OK to return to the main menu.
6. Remove the Dell Server Assistant CD from the CD-ROM drive and click Exit in
the main menu.
7 . Click OK when you are prompted to confirm that you want to exit the Dell Server
Assistant program, and reboot your system; then click OK again.