Users Guide

• PERC series 9 and 10

• SAS series 7 and 8

• System board

• Power Supply Unit (PSU)

NOTE: PSUs support only firmware update and not part replacement.

Repurpose or retire system

You can erase selective system information by using the Lifecycle Controller Repurpose or Retire System option. This feature

permanently deletes server and storage-related data on selected components of a server before you repurpose or retire a server. The

selected components are then returned to their default state.

NOTE: The Repurpose or Retire System option resets the state of the inventory collection to Enabled, and then

permanently deletes the iDRAC and BIOS configuration information, factory-shipped inventory, configurations,

Lifecycle Log information (historical data and work notes), backup image file, non-volatile (NV) cache, NVDIMM,

operating system driver packs, disk erase, and diagnostics. During this operation, it deletes the hardware and software

inventory data related to the system. However, they are recreated during the next restart of the server. It also deletes

the firmware and previous versions, which will not be available for firmware rollback

NOTE:

• The Repurpose or Retire System feature does not allow deletion of iDRAC-related license information.

• PERC NV cache is displayed only if PERC card is available on the server.

Use this feature to delete any sensitive data and configuration-related information when you need to:

• Retire a managed system.

• Reuse a managed system for a different application.

NOTE:

If the key exchange fails after the system erase and SEKM mode is enabled, then the SED drives will remain

locked. But system erase will still be able to erase SED drives. PERC will not report the secure VDs (since the drives are

locked) and so iDRAC will NOT delete the VDs - iDRAC will directly erase the drives.

Deleting server information

1. Start Lifecycle Controller. For more information, see Starting Lifecycle Controller.

2. In the left pane, click Hardware Configuration, and then click Repurpose or Retire System.

3. On the Select Components page, select the features and components to delete from Server Features and Storage Components.

NOTE:

The supported erase options for each storage device are displayed on the screen.

NOTE: Storage disk erase may take a longer time depending on the disk size and speed.

4. Click Next.

A summary of the features and components selected for deletion is displayed.

5. Read the information about the Summary page and click Finish.

6. The host server turns off when the operation is completed, iDRAC will reset.

When the iDRAC is backed up, you must manually turn on the host server. If you select BIOS component for System Erase, a flag is set to

reset the BIOS to default during POST and the server turns off again.

Hardware diagnostics

It is recommended that you run diagnostics using the Hardware Diagnostics utility, as part of a regular maintenance plan to validate

whether or not the system and the attached hardware are functioning properly. As the diagnostics utility has a physical (as opposed to

logical) view of the attached hardware, it can identify hardware problems that the operating system and other online tools cannot identify.

You can use the hardware diagnostics utility to validate the memory, I/O devices, CPU, physical disk drives, and other peripherals.

Maintain