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
Exporting Lifecycle Log to a USB drive
To export the Lifecycle Log to a USB drive:
1. From the Select Device drop-down menu, select a USB drive.
2. Click Browse, to select the respective folder where the file is stored.
For example, Logs\LCLogs.
NOTE: Lifecycle Controller allows 256 characters in a path that includes the file name and file extension. For example, if 56
characters are used for file name and extension, only 200 characters can be used for the path. Lifecycle Controller does not
support these characters -:, *,?,",<,>,|,#,%,^, and SPACE.
Exporting Lifecycle Log to network share
To export to a network share, select CIFS, NFS, HTTP, or HTTPS and type the necessary details.
CIFS
For CIFS, type the following details:
● Share Name — Type the server IP or host name followed by the root of the network share. Examples: \
\192.168.0.120\sharename or \\hostname\sharename.
●
Domain and User Name — Type the domain and user name required to log on to the network share. If there is no domain,
type the user name.
● Password — Type the correct password.
● File Path — Type the sub-directories, if any. For example, 2015\Nov.
NOTE:
The following characters are supported for user name and password:
○ Digits (0–9)
○ Alphabets (a-z, A-Z)
○ Special Characters (-, _, .)
NOTE: Lifecycle Controller allows 256 characters in a path that includes the file name and file extension. For example,
if 56 characters are used for file name and extension, only 200 characters can be used for the path. Lifecycle Controller
does not support these characters -:, *,?,”,<,>,|,#,%,^, and SPACE.
NFS
For NFS, type the following details:
● Share Name — Type the server IP or hostname followed by the root of the network share. Examples: \
\192.168.0.120\sharename or \\hostname\sharename
● File Path — Type the subdirectories path, if any. For example, 2015\Nov.
The examples provided for Share Name and File Path are in the correct format even though it does not follow the mount
behavior for NFS shares.
NOTE:
Lifecycle Controller allows 256 characters in a path that includes the file name and file extension. For example, if 56
characters are used for file name and extension, only 200 characters can be used for the path. Lifecycle Controller does not
support these characters -:, *,?,”,<,>,|,#,%,^, and SPACE.
HTTP and HTTPS
For HTTP/HTTPS, type the following details:
● Share Name/Address—Type the IP address of the local HTTP/HTTPS server. Examples: \\192.168.0.120\ or IP address
● File Path—Type the subdirectories path, if any.
NOTE:
Lifecycle Controller allows 256 characters in a path that includes the filename and file extension. For example, if 56
characters are used for filename and extension, only 200 characters can be used for the path. Lifecycle Controller does not
support these characters -:, *,?,”,<,>,|,#,%, ^, and SPACE.
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