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
Configuring NFS and CIFS servers
If you are using a private network that does not have access to external sites such as downloads.dell.com, you can provide
updates from a locally‑configured NFS and CIFS servers.
Configuring NFS servers
To configure an NFS server, perform the following tasks:
1. Open the /etc/exports configuration file and add an NFS entry.
For example:
[root@localhost ~]# cat /etc/exports
/nfs_share *(rw,fsid=0,insecure,sync,no_root_squash,no_subtree_check)
2. Save the configuration file and restart the NFS service.
Configuring CIFS servers
To configure an CIFS server, perform the following tasks:
1. Right-click the folder that you want to configure as CIFS share and select Properties > Sharing.
2. Click the Advanced Sharing tab and select Share this folder.
3. Click the Permissions tab.
4. Click Add to add names of the users for whom you want to provide access to the CIFS share.
5. Type the names and click OK.
6. In the Permissions section under Allow column, select Full Control.
NOTE:
The SMB2 option-RequireSecuritySignature must be set to False. The command to set the value from PowerShell
is Set-SmbServerConfiguration -RequireSecuritySignature $false. For more information on SMB2
support in iDRAC and LC, see the white paper available here.
Now the selected folder is shared over network and it can be accessed over CIFS protocol by using the \\<ip
address>\share_name folder path.
NOTE:
Ensure that the folder is accessible and folder names doesn't have any space. If the problem persists, check the
network settings or retry using a share with fewer files and folders.
Disabling the Digitally sign communications option
To disable the Digitally sign communications (always) option, perform the following tasks:
1. Open Control Panel and select Administrative Tools.
2. Click Local Security Policy.
3. On the left navigation pane, expand the Local Policies option and select Security Options.
4. Double-click the Microsoft network server: Digitally sign communications (always) option.
5. Select Disabled and click OK.
Conditions while configuring HTTP or HTTPS server
While configuring the HTTP or HTTPS servers, ensure that:
● The HTTP serveris configured to the default port 80, whereas HTTPS server is configured to the default port 443. The
Lifecycle Controller web interface accesses the web server using the default port. If the web server is configured to a port
other than the default, Lifecycle Controller cannot access the web server.
● The Apache web server is set as the default web server. Using other web servers may result in unexpected behavior or
errors.
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