Local Smu Application; Running From Cd; Running From The System Partition - Dell 3250 Product Manual

Local SMU Application

The local SMU application and the core components exchange XML documents using a procedural
interface. There is no socket connection between the application and the core components.
The local SMU application can be run either from the system Resource CD or, if the SMU software
has been installed locally, from the directory where it was installed on the system partition. The
software can be run from a CD, regardless of whether it has been installed locally.

Running from CD

The target server must have a CD drive (EFI currently supports only CDs that contain information
in the "El Torito" format). No network connection is required.
The following sequence of steps is followed to start the SMU locally (assuming the system
Resource CD is being used):
1. Insert the system Resource CD into the CD drive on the target server and boot the server to the
EFI shell. The Resource CD menu program begins running automatically and displays a splash
screen followed by the main menu.
2. Use the arrow keys to move to the Utilities menu item. Press the <Enter> key.
3. Use the down arrow key to highlight the System Maintenance Utility menu item. Press the
<Enter> key to start the local SMU application.

Running from the System Partition

To run the SMU application from a service partition on which it has been installed, follow the steps
below:
1. If an EFI shell prompt is available on the local console and the files on the system partition can
be accessed, skip to step 3.
2. Reset the server and boot to the EFI shell.
3. Locate the file system (e.g. fs0:, fs1:) that contains the service partition software and change
directory to \efi\service\smu.
4. Run smu.efi.
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