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
● 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 — Lifecycle Controller provides deployment and simplified serviceability through the LC
GUI for local deployment, Remote Services WS-Man and iDRAC RESTful API with Redfish interfaces for remote deployment
integrated with OpenManage Enterprise, OpenManage Essentials, and partner consoles.
For more information on iDRAC, see the iDRAC User's Guide available at https://www.dell.com/idracmanuals . For more
information on wsman, see Lifecycle Controller User's Guide available at https://www.dell.com/idracmanuals .
New in this release
This section provides the list of new features added in the following releases:
● Firmware version 4.00.00.00 on page 7
● Firmware version 4.22.00.00 on page 7
● Firmware version 4.30.30.30 on page 7
● Firmware version 4.40.00.00 on page 7
Firmware version 4.00.00.00
The key features of Lifecycle Controller are:
● Added support for Storage drive SMARTlogs data to the SupportAssist collection report.
● Added support for Telemetry streaming data to SupportAssist Collection report.
● Added support for Extend System Lockdown to 3rd party I/O devices.
● Added support for multi-level filtering for LC Log viewing.
● Added support for enabling 'No Config' on LCUI Network setting page.
● Added support for Secure Enterprise Key Manager.
● Updates for downloads.dell.com made easier.
● Added support for file browsing for LCUI update function from USB device.
Firmware version 4.22.00.00
The key features of Lifecycle Controller are:
● Added support for enhanced SSM task name display.
Firmware version 4.30.30.30
The key features of Lifecycle Controller are:
● Added support for PERC 11 Opal.
● Added support for NVMe drives behind PERC for firmware update.
● Added support for InfiniBand Adaptor.
● Added support for BOSS1.5
● Added support for HBA 11.
Firmware version 4.40.00.00
The key features of Lifecycle Controller are:
● Removed Backup and Restore functionality
● Deprecated basic authentication and added support for Digest Authentication support in HTTP/HTTPS.
Introduction
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