Users Guide

Lifecycle Controller log.................................................................................................................................................... 24
Viewing Lifecycle Log history...................................................................................................................................24
Exporting Lifecycle Log............................................................................................................................................. 25
Adding a work note to the Lifecycle Log...............................................................................................................27
Chapter 5: Firmware update........................................................................................................ 28
Firmware update methods.............................................................................................................................................. 29
Version compatibility........................................................................................................................................................ 30
Updating firmware............................................................................................................................................................ 30
Selecting the type of update and update source................................................................................................. 31
Using single component DUPs................................................................................................................................. 34
Selecting and applying updates............................................................................................................................... 35
System Configuration Lockdown mode.......................................................................................................................35
Firmware rollback.............................................................................................................................................................. 35
Rolling back to previous firmware versions...........................................................................................................36
Chapter 6: Configure................................................................................................................... 37
System control panel access options........................................................................................................................... 37
Controlling access to the front panel..................................................................................................................... 37
Configuring iDRAC............................................................................................................................................................ 38
Configuring system time and date................................................................................................................................ 38
Configuring RAID...............................................................................................................................................................38
Foreign configuration found..................................................................................................................................... 39
Viewing current RAID configuration....................................................................................................................... 39
Selecting RAID levels..................................................................................................................................................40
Selecting physical disks.............................................................................................................................................. 41
Setting virtual disk attributes....................................................................................................................................41
Viewing summary.........................................................................................................................................................42
Configuring RAID using software RAID........................................................................................................................42
Creating a secure virtual disk on a RAID controller.................................................................................................. 43
Key encryption................................................................................................................................................................... 43
Applying the local key on a RAID controller.......................................................................................................... 44
Local key encryption mode............................................................................................................................................. 44
Encrypting unsecure virtual disks............................................................................................................................44
Rekey controller with new local key....................................................................................................................... 45
Removing encryption and deleting data................................................................................................................ 45
Breaking mirrored drives................................................................................................................................................. 45
System setup — Advanced Hardware Configuration.............................................................................................. 46
Modifying device settings......................................................................................................................................... 46
Collect system inventory on restart..............................................................................................................................47
Updating server inventory information...................................................................................................................47
Configuring a local USB drive.........................................................................................................................................47
Copying repository to a local FTP server from the Dell EMC server Updates DVD................................... 47
Using Dell Repository Manager to create the repository and copy it to a local FTP server..................... 47
Configuring NFS and CIFS servers............................................................................................................................... 48
Configuring NFS servers........................................................................................................................................... 48
Configuring CIFS servers...........................................................................................................................................48
Conditions while configuring HTTP or HTTPS server.............................................................................................. 48
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