Users Guide
Table Of Contents
- Dell Lifecycle Controller GUI v2.70.70.70 User's Guide
- Contents
- Introduction
- Using Lifecycle Controller
- Operating system deployment
- Monitor
- Hardware inventory view and export
- About view and export current inventory
- About view and export factory-shipped inventory
- Viewing hardware inventory — current or factory shipped
- Exporting hardware inventory — current or factory shipped
- Viewing or exporting hardware inventory after part replacement
- Viewing or exporting current inventory after resetting Lifecycle Controller
- Lifecycle Controller log
- Firmware update
- Configure
- System control panel access options
- Configuring iDRAC
- Configuring system time and date
- Configuring vFlash SD card
- Configuring RAID
- Configuring RAID using software RAID
- Creating a secure virtual disk on a RAID controller
- Key encryption
- Local key encryption mode
- Breaking mirrored drives
- System setup — Advanced Hardware Configuration
- Collect system inventory on restart
- Configuring local FTP server
- Configuring a local USB drive
- Configuring NFS and CIFS servers
- Conditions while configuring HTTP / HTTPS server
- Maintain
- Platform restore
- Backup server profile
- Export server profile
- Import server profile
- Import server license
- Part replacement configuration
- Repurpose or retire system
- Hardware diagnostics
- SupportAssist Collection
- Easy-to-use system component names
- Using the system setup and boot manager
- Troubleshooting and frequently asked questions
Using a local drive
Lifecycle Controller allows you to perform firmware updates using locally available DVDs or USB drives, or virtual media. This
flexibility improves the efficiency of the update process when there is a high network traffic. After selecting the update
repository, Lifecycle Controller automatically detects any necessary updates, and performs those updates on components you
specifically select.
To access the repository on the local drive, create a repository on a DVD or USB drive and attach it to the server locally or using
a virtual media.
Using a DVD
Use either the Server Update Utility (SUU) DVDs or custom DVDs (SUU ISO downloaded from www.dell.com/support/manuals
and written to a DVD) to perform the firmware updates. The available DVDs are:
● OpenManage SUU DVD to update all the server components such as Lifecycle Controller, Dell Diagnostics, BIOS, RAID
controller, NIC, iDRAC, and Power Supply Unit.
● Lifecycle Controller OS Driver Packs DVD (Windows only) to update the operating system driver packs.
To access the updates from a DVD:
1. Insert the appropriate DVD in the locally attached CD/DVD drive. Alternatively, insert the appropriate DVD in the client and
use the Virtual Media feature to access the attached CD/DVD drive. For more information, see the Integrated Dell Remote
Access Controller (iDRAC) User’s Guide at www.dell.com/esmmanuals.
2. From the Local Drive drop-down menu, select the drive that contains the updated DVD.
3. In the File Path or Update package path field, enter the location or subdirectory where the catalog is available.
NOTE:
If the catalog file is located in the root folder, do not enter the file name in the File Path or Update package
path field. However, if the catalog file is located in a subdirectory, enter the subdirectory name.
NOTE: If the catalog file or DUP is downloaded from downloads.dell.com, do not copy them to a subdirectory.
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.
Using a USB drive
You can download the repository from the SUU DVD or from an FTP location to a USB drive, and then access the updates from
this drive.
Before downloading the repository to the USB drive, make sure that the following prerequisites are met:
● The updates are downloaded using the Dell Repository Manager and the repository is created on a USB drive.
NOTE: To download the complete repository, make sure that the USB drive has 8 GB free space.
● Connect the USB drive to the system.
To update using a USB drive:
1. Insert a USB drive to the managed system. Alternatively, you can insert the USB drive to the client system and use the
Virtual Media feature to access the USB drive. For more information about this feature, see the Integrated Dell Remote
Access Controller (iDRAC) User’s Guide.
2. From the Select Device drop-down menu, select the USB drive that contains the updates (DUP or repository).
3. In the File Path or Update package path field, type the location or subdirectory where the catalog file is available.
NOTE:
If the catalog file is located in a root folder, do not enter the file name in the File Path or Update package
path field. However, if the catalog file is located in a subdirectory, enter the subdirectory name.
NOTE: If the catalog file or DUP is downloaded from downloads.dell.com, do not copy them to a subdirectory.
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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