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
Related concepts
Import server profile on page 62
Related tasks
Importing server profile using a vFlash SD card on page 62
Importing server profile from a network share on page 63
Importing server profile from a USB drive on page 63
Restoring server profile after system board replacement
When you launch Lifecycle Controller after replacing the system board, a message is displayed prompting you to either retrieve
the Service Tag and the server profile using any of the following:
● vFlash SD card
● Easy Restore
To restore the server profile using vFlash SD card:
1. Press <F10> during POST to launch Lifecycle Controller.
2. Click Yes on Do you want to restore the service tag? dialog box.
3. On the Restore Service Tag dialog box:
● To import a server profile that is stored on a vFlash SD card, click Import Server Profile. For more information about
importing a server profile, see Import Server Profile.
NOTE: To import a server profile, you must have an Enterprise license and administrator-level rights.
● To manually enter a Service Tag, click Manually configure service tag. On the Service Tag Settings page, type the
Service Tag, and then click OK.
To restore the server profile using Easy Restore:
NOTE:
Easy Restore is available only on 13
th
generation PowerEdge servers that have the Easy Restore flash memory.
Easy Restore is not available on PowerEdge R930.
After you replace the motherboard on your server, Easy Restore allows you to automatically restore the following data:
● System Service Tag
● Licenses data
● UEFI Diagnostics application
● System configuration settings—BIOS, iDRAC, and NIC
Easy Restore uses the Easy Restore flash memory to back up the data. When you replace the motherboard and power on the
system, the BIOS queries the iDRAC and prompts you to restore the backed-up data. The first BIOS screen prompts you to
restore the Service Tag, licenses, and UEFI diagnostic application. The second BIOS screen prompts you to restore system
configuration settings. If you choose not to restore data on the first BIOS screen and if you do not set the Service Tag by
another method, the first BIOS screen is displayed again. The second BIOS screen is displayed only once.
NOTE:
● System configurations settings are backed-up only when CSIOR is enabled. Ensure that Lifecycle Controller and
CSIOR are enabled.
● System Erase does not clear the data from the Easy Restore flash memory.
● Easy Restore does not back up other data such as firmware images, vFlash data, or add-in cards data.
Import server license
Use the Import Server License feature to import an iDRAC license from the Lifecycle Controller GUI. The scenarios in which
you may want to import a license are when you set up a new server shipped from the factory, while upgrading an Express
license to an Enterprise license, and so on. You can import the license that is stored on a USB drive or on the network share
such as CIFS or NFS. You can perform the following operations only if you have an evaluation license of Lifecycle Controller:
● Back up a server profile
● Export a server profile
Maintain
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