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
Firmware update
Using Lifecycle Controller, the system can be updated using the repositories accessible through FTP or on a locally attached
USB drive, DVD, or network share. Use the Firmware Update page to:
● View the current version of the installed applications and firmware.
●
View a list of available updates.
● Select the required updates, downloads (automatic), and then apply the updates to the following components listed in the
table.
NOTE: When you update the firmware on a BCM57xx and 57xxx adapters, you will notice that the cards are displayed as
QLogic. This is due to the acquisition of Broadcom NetXtreme II by QLogic.
The following table lists the components that support the Firmware Update feature.
NOTE: When multiple firmware updates are applied through out-of-band methods or using the Lifecycle Controller GUI, the
updates are ordered in the most efficient possible manner to reduce unnecessary restarting of a system.
Table 8. Firmware Update — Supported Components
Component Name Firmware Rollback
Supported? (Yes or
No)
Out-of-band —
System Restart
Required?
In-band — System
Restart Required?
Lifecycle
Controller GUI —
Restart Required?
Diagnostics No No No No
OS Driver Pack No No No No
BIOS Yes Yes Yes Yes
RAID Controller Yes Yes Yes Yes
Backplanes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Enclosures Yes Yes No Yes
NIC Yes Yes Yes Yes
iDRAC Yes No *No Yes
Power Supply Unit Yes Yes Yes Yes
CPLD No Yes Yes Yes
FC Cards Yes Yes Yes Yes
HHHL NVMe adapter
(13th generation
PowerEdge servers only)
Yes Yes Yes Yes
NVMe PCIe SSD
drives (13th generation
PowerEdge servers only)
Yes Yes Yes Yes
CMC (on PowerEdge
FX2 servers)
No Yes Yes Yes
OS Collector No No No No
* Indicates that though a system restart is not required, iDRAC must be restarted to apply the updates. iDRAC communication
and monitoring will temporarily be interrupted.
Related concepts
Firmware update methods on page 33
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