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
Maintain
Using Lifecycle Controller, you can maintain the health of a system throughout its life cycle using the features such as Part
Replacement Configuration and Platform Restore.
Topics:
• 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
Platform restore
Lifecycle Controller allows you to create a copy (image file) of the server's profile on the vFlash SD card installed on the server.
The server profile backed up on a vFlash SD card contains the server component configuration and firmware installed on various
components on the server where the card is installed. The backup image file does not contain any operating system or hard-disk
drive data. For more information about the supported components, see Supported Components. For better security, Lifecycle
Controller allows you to remove the vFlash SD card and keep it in a safe location, or you can copy the server profile (backup
image) that is stored on the vFlash SD card to any USB drive or an external network share. Therefore, whenever the firmware
is corrupted, configuration changes are incorrect, or the system board is replaced, you can use the backup image to restore the
server to its previously stored profile. The following features are available to maintain a server:
● Backup Server Profile — Allows you to create the server profile on a vFlash SD card that is installed on the server.
Lifecycle Controller can create the server profile only on the vFlash SD card.
● Export Server Profile — Allows you to export the server profile that is stored on the vFlash SD card to a USB drive or a
network share (CIFS or NFS).
● Import Server Profile — Allows you to restore the backup image from the vFlash SD card, USB drive, or a network share
(CIFS or NFS).
● Import Server License — Allows you to import an iDRAC license from a network share or a USB drive.
NOTE:
This feature is licensed. You must acquire the required license to enable this feature. For more information about
acquiring and using the licenses, see the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) User’s Guide at www.dell.com/
esmmanuals.
About server profile backup image
The server profile backup image file contains:
● Readable
○ System identification information such as model number and Service Tag. For example, R720 and 1P3HRBS.
○ Date and time the backup was last taken.
○ Currently installed hardware inventory information.
○ Firmware for each component.
● Encrypted
○ Component configuration information.
○ User name and password for RAID controller and BIOS.
○ Component certificates.
○ Licenses.
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