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
NOTE: View and export factory-shipped inventory feature is grayed out if the Repurpose or Retire System option is
selected, which permanently deletes the factory-shipped inventory.
Related tasks
Viewing hardware inventory — current or factory shipped on page 26
Exporting hardware inventory — current or factory shipped on page 26
Viewing hardware inventory — current or factory
shipped
NOTE: For factory-shipped inventory, the status of few parameters for the installed components is displayed as Unknown.
To view the currently installed or factory-installed hardware components and their configuration details:
1. Start Lifecycle Controller. For more information, see Starting Lifecycle Controller.
2. In the left pane, click Hardware Configuration.
3. In the right pane, click Hardware Inventory.
4. To view the current- or factory-shipped inventory, click View Current Inventory or View Factory Shipped Inventory
respectively.
A list of hardware components are displayed on the View Current Hardware Inventory page.
NOTE:
Lifecycle Controller does not provide the driver version for the RAID controller. To view the driver version, use
iDRAC, OpenManage Server Administrator Storage Service, or any other third-party storage management application.
5. Select from the Filter by Hardware Component drop-down menu to filter the components. The Fully Qualified Device
Descriptor (FQDD) property of a component is also listed along with other properties of a hardware component.
NOTE:
You can also filter data by a FQDD property of the hardware component. By default, the FQDD Device
Description property value is displayed for every hardware component listed.
Related concepts
About view and export current inventory on page 25
About view and export factory-shipped inventory on page 25
Exporting hardware inventory — current or factory
shipped
Before exporting the currently installed or factory-installed hardware components and their configuration, make sure that the
following prerequisites are met:
●
If you use the network share (shared folder), configure the Network Settings. For more information, see Configuring
Network Settings For A NIC.
● If you are storing the exported file on a USB drive, make sure that a USB drive is connected to the managed system.
To export the current or factory-shipped hardware inventory:
1. Start Lifecycle Controller. For more information, see Starting Lifecycle Controller.
2. In the left pane, click Hardware Configuration.
3. In the right pane, click Hardware Inventory.
4. Click Export Current Inventory or Export Factory Shipped Hardware Inventory.
5. If you are exporting the inventory to a local USB drive, select USB Drive. If you are exporting the file to a shared folder on a
network, select Network Share.
For more information, see Exporting Hardware Inventory To A USB Drive or Exporting Hardware Inventory To A Network
Share.
To verify that using Lifecycle Controller, you can connect to the IP address, click Test Network Connection. Using
Lifecycle Controller you can ping the Gateway IP, DNS server IP, and the host IP.
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