Users Guide
and embedded, formatting or reinstalling the operating system does not remove the tool, thus saving
significant time and money.
Benefits of using iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller
The benefits include:
• Increased availability — Early notification of potential or actual failures that help prevent a server
failure or reduce recovery time after failure.
• Improved productivity and lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) — Extending the reach of
administrators to larger number of distant servers can make the IT staff more productive while driving
down operational costs such as travel.
• Secure environment — By providing secure access to remote servers, administrators can perform
critical management functions while maintaining server and network security.
• Enhanced embedded management through Lifecycle Controller — Lifecycle Controller provides
deployment and simplified serviceability through the Lifecycle Controller GUI for local deployment
and Remote Services (WS-Man) interfaces for remote deployment integrated with Dell OpenManage
Essentials and partner consoles.
For more information on iDRAC, see the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller User’s Guide at
dell.com/support/home. For more information on WS-Man, see the Dell Lifecycle Controller GUI User’s
Guide at delltechcenter.com/lc.
What's new in this release?
The new features supported in this release are:
• Initial Setup Wizard feature to guide first-time system configuration.
• Firmware update by using HTTP.
• Firmware update for backplanes.
• Firmware update for PERC 9.3 controller.
• Firmware update for HBA 330 Mini and Adapter Controller.
• Firmware update support for the ConnectX-4 Lx Dual Port 25 GbE DA/SFP rNDC.
• Support for enabling the physical disk write-cache policy, while creating a virtual disk using PERC
S130.
• Support for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 Service Pack 1 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2.
• Renamed Technical Support Report to SupportAssist Collection.
• Firmware update support for the following PCIe SSD cards:
– Dell Express Flash NVMe PM1725 800 GB PCIe SSD Controller
– Dell Express Flash NVMe PM1725 1.6 TB PCIe SSD Controller
– Dell Express Flash NVMe PM1725 3.2 TB PCIe SSD Controller
– Dell Express Flash NVMe PM1725 1.6 TB PCIe SSD Adapter by Samsung
– Dell Express Flash NVMe PM1725 3.2 TB PCIe SSD Adapter by Samsung
– Dell Express Flash NVMe PM1725 6.4 TB PCIe SSD Adapter by Samsung
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