Users Guide

Chapter 1: Introduction................................................................................................................. 7
Using Lifecycle Controller..................................................................................................................................................7
Benefits of using iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller...................................................................................................... 7
New in this release.............................................................................................................................................................. 8
Key features..........................................................................................................................................................................8
Feature matrix................................................................................................................................................................ 8
Licensable features in Lifecycle Controller................................................................................................................... 9
Viewing iDRAC license information................................................................................................................................10
Other documents you may need..................................................................................................................................... 11
Social Media Reference...............................................................................................................................................11
Accessing documents from the Dell EMC support site.............................................................................................11
Contacting Dell................................................................................................................................................................... 12
Chapter 2: Using Lifecycle Controller.......................................................................................... 13
Starting Lifecycle Controller........................................................................................................................................... 13
Start messages during POST, causes, and resolutions.......................................................................................13
Enabling Lifecycle Controller..................................................................................................................................... 14
Disabling Lifecycle Controller.................................................................................................................................... 14
Canceling Lifecycle Controller actions....................................................................................................................14
Using Lifecycle Controller for the first time................................................................................................................15
Setting up Lifecycle Controller using Initial Setup Wizard.................................................................................15
Setting up Lifecycle Controller from the home page.......................................................................................... 18
Lifecycle Controller features...........................................................................................................................................19
Chapter 3: Operating system deployment....................................................................................20
Installing operating system............................................................................................................................................. 20
Using the optional RAID configuration......................................................................................................................... 22
Configuring RAID using the operating system deployment wizard....................................................................... 22
Unattended installation.................................................................................................................................................... 22
UEFI Secure Boot..............................................................................................................................................................23
Driver access...................................................................................................................................................................... 23
Installing an operating system on iSCSI LUN and FCoE LUN................................................................................ 23
Post reboot scenarios...................................................................................................................................................... 23
Chapter 4: Monitor......................................................................................................................25
Hardware inventory view and export........................................................................................................................... 25
About view and export current inventory................................................................................................................... 25
About view and export factory-shipped inventory................................................................................................... 25
Viewing hardware inventory — current or factory shipped...................................................................................26
Exporting hardware inventory — current or factory shipped................................................................................26
Exporting hardware inventory to a USB drive......................................................................................................27
Exporting hardware inventory to a network share..............................................................................................27
Viewing or exporting hardware inventory after part replacement........................................................................28
Viewing or exporting current inventory after resetting Lifecycle Controller......................................................28
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