Users Guide

Chapter 1: Introduction................................................................................................................. 6
Advantages of using Lifecycle Controller...................................................................................................................... 6
Benefits of using iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller...................................................................................................... 6
New in this release.............................................................................................................................................................. 7
Firmware version 5.00.00.00 .....................................................................................................................................7
Key features..........................................................................................................................................................................7
Licensable features in Lifecycle Controller....................................................................................................................7
Viewing iDRAC license information................................................................................................................................. 8
Other documents you may need......................................................................................................................................8
Social Media Reference................................................................................................................................................9
Accessing documents from Dell support site............................................................................................................... 9
Contacting Dell................................................................................................................................................................... 10
Chapter 2: Using Lifecycle Controller........................................................................................... 11
Starting Lifecycle Controller............................................................................................................................................ 11
Start messages during POST, causes, and resolutions....................................................................................... 11
Enabling Lifecycle Controller..................................................................................................................................... 12
Disabling Lifecycle Controller.................................................................................................................................... 12
Canceling Lifecycle Controller actions....................................................................................................................12
Using Lifecycle Controller for the first time................................................................................................................13
Setting up Lifecycle Controller using Initial Setup Wizard................................................................................. 13
Setting up Lifecycle Controller from the home page.......................................................................................... 15
Lifecycle Controller features...........................................................................................................................................16
Chapter 3: Operating system deployment.................................................................................... 17
Installing an operating system.........................................................................................................................................17
Using the optional RAID configuration..........................................................................................................................18
Configuring RAID using the operating system deployment wizard........................................................................19
Unattended installation.....................................................................................................................................................19
UEFI Secure Boot.............................................................................................................................................................. 19
Driver access......................................................................................................................................................................20
Installing an operating system on iSCSI LUN and FCoE LUN................................................................................ 20
Post reboot scenarios...................................................................................................................................................... 20
Chapter 4: Monitor...................................................................................................................... 21
Hardware inventory view and export............................................................................................................................ 21
About view and export current inventory.................................................................................................................... 21
About view and export factory-shipped inventory.................................................................................................... 21
Viewing hardware inventory — current or factory shipped................................................................................... 22
Exporting hardware inventory — current or factory shipped................................................................................22
Exporting hardware inventory to a USB drive......................................................................................................22
Exporting hardware inventory to network share................................................................................................. 23
Viewing or exporting hardware inventory after part replacement........................................................................ 23
Viewing or exporting current inventory after resetting Lifecycle Controller......................................................24
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