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
● Collect System Inventory On Reboot (CSIOR) is enabled.
● You have login and server control rights.
To export a SupportAssist Collection:
1. Start Lifecycle Controller. For more information, see Starting Lifecycle Controller.
2. In the left pane, click Hardware Diagnostics, and then click Export SupportAssist Collection.
3. On the Terms and Conditions page, read the conditions and select the I agree to allow Technical Support to use tech
support report data option.
4. Click Next.
Lifecycle Controller checks the availability of hardware, operating system and application data, and RAID controller logs, and
then displays the options listed in step 5. If the operating system and application data, or RAID controller logs are unavailable,
the relevant options are grayed out. The duration to collect the selected data is displayed next to the options listed in step 5.
5. On the Select Report Data page, select the options for which you want to create a SupportAssist Collection:
● Hardware — Collects data pertaining to the server and component inventory, firmware installed on the server,
configuration information, and hardware logs.
● RAID Controller Logs — Contains information about the storage logs.
● Operating System and Application Data — Contains information about the operating system and application. The OS
and application data may contain sensitive and personal information. You can choose to exclude this data while collecting
the information.
NOTE: OS and Software application data is enabled only if this data is already collected and cached using the
OS collector tool on iDRAC. Lifecycle Controller only retrieves the cached data. For more information on collecting
OS and Software application data using the OS collector tool in iDRAC, see the Integrated Dell Remote Access
Controller (iDRAC) User’s Guide at www.dell.com/esmmanuals.
6. Click Next.
7. On the Select Export Settings page, type or select the required information and click Next.
For information about the fields on this page, see the Online Help by clicking Help in the upper-right corner of the Lifecycle
Controller application.
8. On the Summary page, verify your selections and click Finish.
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