Users Guide
Table Of Contents
- Lifecycle Controller User's Guide
- 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 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 a local USB drive
- Configuring NFS and CIFS servers
- Conditions while configuring HTTP or HTTPS server
- Maintain
- Easy-to-use system component names
- Using the system setup and boot manager
- Troubleshooting and frequently asked questions
● Go Directly to OS Deployment — Click to launch the operating system deployment wizard and start installing an
operating system.
4. On the Select an Operating System page, select the following and click Next:
● Boot Mode — Choose either UEFI or BIOS boot mode depending on the boot configuration of the system for OS
installation.
● Secure Boot — Allows you to enable or disable the Secure Boot option. Click Enabled to secure the boot process
by checking if the drivers are signed with an acceptable digital signature. This option is available only for the UEFI boot
mode. For more information on Secure Boot, see UEFI Secure Boot
NOTE: The Secure Boot option is available only if the Load Legacy Video Option ROM setting is set to
disabled. To disable the Load Legacy Video Option ROM setting, click System Setup > System BIOS Settings
> Miscellaneous Settings > Load Legacy Video Option ROM > Disabled.
● Secure Boot Policy — Allows you to specify the policy or digital signature that BIOS uses to authenticate. By default
Standard secure boot policy is applied.
○ Standard — BIOS uses the default set of certificates to validate the drivers and operating system loaders during the
boot process.
○ Custom — BIOS uses the specific set of certificates that you import or delete from the standard certificates to
validate the drivers and operating system loaders during the boot process.
NOTE: The secure boot policy settings made on BIOS can also be changed on the Lifecycle Controller GUI.
NOTE: The Secure Boot option is available only if the BIOS of the system supports the feature.
● Available Operating Systems — Displays the list of operating systems depending on the boot mode selected. Select
the operating system to install on the server. The drivers pack for deploying the Windows and Linux operating systems
supported by Lifecycle Controller are available and extracted to a local repository (OEMDRV). These driver packs contain
the drivers required for installing an operating system.
NOTE:
If you select Any Other Operating System option, make sure that you have prepared the necessary drivers
for your system. See https://www.dell.com/support for more information on operating system installation images
and drivers for these operating systems.
5. On the Select Installation Mode page, select any one of the following:
● Unattended Install
● Manual Install
NOTE:
The Unattended Install option is enabled only if the operating system is compatible for an unattended
installation. If the operating system is not compatible, the option is grayed out. For more information on unattended
install mode, see Unattended Installation
NOTE: A detailed procedure for installing an operating system using the unattended installation mode is provided in the
white paper about unattended installation of operating system at https://www.dell.com/support/article/sln311809.
6. On the Select Installation Mode page, select or enter the appropriate data to import the operating system configuration
file and then click Next. For more information about the fields available on the Select Installation Mode page, see the
online help by clicking Help in the upper-right corner of the Lifecycle Controller GUI.
7. On the Select OS Media page, insert the appropriate operating system media and click Next.
Lifecycle Controller validates the media and displays an error message if the verification process is not successful. The
verification may be unsuccessful if:
● An incorrect operating system media is inserted.
● An operating system media is damaged or corrupted.
● The optical drive in the system cannot read the media.
8. On the Reboot the System page, the summary of selections is displayed. Verify the selections and click Finish.
The system reboots and starts the operating system installation. For more information about the post-reboot scenarios, see
Post reboot Scenarios
Using the optional RAID configuration
When you install an operating system, you can:
● Deploy the operating system without configuring RAID.
● Configure the hard-disk drives using the optional RAID configuration wizard and deploy the operating system.
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