Users Guide

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About view and export current inventory
About view and export factory-shipped inventory
Exporting hardware inventory to a USB drive
Exporting hardware inventory to a network share
Exporting hardware inventory to a USB drive
To export hardware-related inventory to a USB drive:
1. From the Select Device drop-down menu, select a USB drive.
2. In the File Path box, type a valid directory or subdirectory path on the device. For example, 2015\Nov. If the path is not
provided, the file is stored in the root location of the device.
NOTE: Lifecycle Controller allows 256 characters in a path that includes the file name and file extension. For
example, if 56 characters are used for file name and extension, only 200 characters can be used for the path.
Lifecycle Controller does not support these characters -:, *,?,”,<,>,|,#,%,^, and SPACE.
Exporting hardware inventory to a network share
To export to a network share, select CIFS or NFS and type the required details.
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CIFS
NFS
CIFS
For CIFS, type the following details:
• Share Name — Type the server IP or host name followed by the root of the network share. Examples: \
\192.168.0.120\sharename or \\hostname\sharename.
• Domain and User Name — Type the domain and user name required to log on to the network share. If there is no domain, type
the user name.
• Password — Type the correct password.
• File Path — Type the sub-directories, if any. For example, 2015\Nov.
NOTE: The following characters are supported for user name and password:
– Digits (0–9)
– Alphabets (a-z, A-Z)
– Hyphen (-)
NOTE: Lifecycle Controller allows 256 characters in a path that includes the file name and file extension. For
example, if 56 characters are used for file name and extension, only 200 characters can be used for the path.
Lifecycle Controller does not support these characters -:, *,?,”,<,>,|,#,%,^, and SPACE.
NFS
For NFS, type the following details:
• Share Name — Type the server IP or hostname followed by the root of the network share. Examples: \
\192.168.0.120\sharename or \\hostname\sharename
• File Path — Type the subdirectories path, if any. For example, 2015\Nov.
The examples provided for Share Name and File Path are in the correct format even though it does not follow the mount behavior
for NFS shares.
NOTE: Lifecycle Controller allows 256 characters in a path that includes the file name and file extension. For example, if
56 characters are used for file name and extension, only 200 characters can be used for the path. Lifecycle Controller
does not support these characters -:, *,?,”,<,>,|,#,%,^, and SPACE.
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