Part Replacement in Lifecycle Controller This Dell Technical White Paper provides information about Part Replacement and the various settings using Lifecycle Controller on the 12th generation servers of Dell.
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Executive Summary This whitepaper provides information about the Part Replacement feature in Lifecycle Controller on the 12th generation servers of Dell.
Contents Glossary ......................................................................................................................................................... 5 Introduction .................................................................................................................................................. 6 Pre‐requisite..................................................................................................................................................
Glossary Term Meaning iDRAC Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller LC Lifecycle controller CSIOR Collect System Inventory on Restart FC/FCoE Fiber Channel/Fiber Channel over Ethernet NIC Network Interface Controller SNA Select Network Adapter Dell - Internal Use - Confidential
Introduction There are occasions when an IT administrator needs to replace a non‐functional hardware component in the server and reconfigure the same firmware and/or configuration settings on the replaced part. Replacing the card is simple and straight‐forward; however, restoring the configuration settings and firmware can be a tedious process if done manually.
2) Of the same model and type as of the un‐functional part. Part Replacement feature will not work if a different type or model card is replaced in the same PCI slot.
Possible values for CSIOR setting are: o Enable (default) o Disable Value Enable Disable Description Hardware inventory and configuration information is collected during every system‐restart. Collecting system inventory may affect start‐time depending on hardware present. Hardware inventory and configuration information will not be collected during every system restart.
CSIOR operation detects new replaced part as shown here. NOTE: If Collect System Inventory on Restart (CSIOR) is disabled, the system will not automatically enter UEFI on every start to perform inventory discovery, and the Part Replacement will not be invoked automatically. Inventory discovery can be manually initiated by entering Lifecycle Controller by pressing during start. Part Replacement will occur if either Update Firmware, or Update Configuration, or both are enabled.
Value Description Firmware update for the replaced part is disabled. Disable Allow version Upgrade only Firmware update for the replaced part is enabled, but only upgrade from the version that was installed is allowed.
Table 1: PART REPLACEMENT & REPLACED PART CONFIGURATION OPTIONS Part Firmware Update Disabled Allow version upgrade only Match Firmware of replaced part Part Configuration Update Component Configuration Change Disabled No Apply Always Yes Allow only if firmware match Yes, If replaced part has same firmware version as the earlier Disabled No Apply Always Yes Allow only if firmware match Yes, If replaced part has same firmware version as Previous
