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• Enhanced embedded management — Lifecycle Controller provides deployment and simplified serviceability through the LC GUI for
local deployment, Remote Services WS-Man and iDRAC RESTful API with Redfish interfaces for remote deployment integrated with
OpenManage Enterprise, OpenManage Essentials, and partner consoles.
For more information on iDRAC, see the iDRAC User's Guide available at www.dell.com/idracmanuals . For more information on wsman,
see Lifecycle Controller User's Guide available at www.dell.com/idracmanuals .
New in this release
The following are the updates in this release:
• Added support for Intel Optane DC Persistent Memory.
• Added support for 1100W DC PSU in PowerEdge C4140.
Key features
The key features of Lifecycle Controller are:
• Provisioning — Entire preoperating system configuration from a unified interface.
• Deploying — Simplified operating system installation with the embedded drivers on Lifecycle Controller. Unattended installation mode
is available for Microsoft Windows and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 operating systems.
• Download drivers for operating system installation from www.dell.com/support.
• Patching or updating — Operating system agnostic, and reduced maintenance downtime with direct access to updates from . It
simplifies firmware updates by maintaining a working version for rollback.
• Servicing — Continuous availability of diagnostics without depending on a hard-disk drive. Ability to flash firmware automatically, while
replacing components such as a PowerEdge storage controller, NIC, and power supply unit. Support for VLAN in network
configuration.
• System erase — Deletes the server and storage-related data on selected components of a server. You can delete information on
BIOS, Lifecycle Controller data (LC logs, configuration database and rollback firmware versions), iDRAC settings, and storage
components on the server.
NOTE:
You cannot delete the iDRAC license file.
• Security — Support local key encryption.
• Enhanced Security — Support for TLS 1.2, 1.1, and 1.0. To enhance security, default setting is TLS 1.1 and higher.
• Hardware inventory — Provides information about the current and factory system configuration.
• Lifecycle Controller logs for troubleshooting.
• CIFS operations — CIFS operations from LCUI uses SMBv2 protocol but is displayed as CIFS on the GUI.
Licensable features in Lifecycle Controller
Lifecycle Controller features are available based on the type of license (Basic Management with IPMI, iDRAC Express, iDRAC Express for
Blades, or iDRAC Enterprise) that you purchase. Only licensed features are available in the Lifecycle Controller GUI. For more information
about managing licenses, see the iDRAC User's Guide available at www.dell.com/idracmanuals . The following table lists the Lifecycle
Controller features available based on the license purchased.
Table 1. Licensable Features in Lifecycle Controller
Feature iDRAC Basic iDRAC Express (Rack
and Tower Servers)
iDRAC Express (Blade
Servers)
iDRAC Enterprise
Firmware Update
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Secure Enterprise
Key Manager
— — — Yes (With SEKM license)
Operating system
deployment
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Device configuration
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Diagnostics
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Part replacement —
Yes Yes Yes
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