Users Guide

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Getting Started With USC or 
USC-LCE
Unified Server Configurator (USC) and Unified Server Configurator-
Lifecycle Controller Enabled (USC-LCE) reside on an embedded flash
memory card. It is an embedded configuration utility that enables systems
and storage management tasks from an embedded environment throughout
your system’s life cycle. USC and USC-LCE are similar to a BIOS utility and
can be started during the boot sequence, and can function in a pre-operating
system environment. "Table 1-2" details the Dell system series, system
management device options, USC or USC-LCE, and available features.
Using USC, you can:
• Download drivers for operating system installation from one of the
following sources:
– Dell FTP website at ftp.dell.com
– USB mass storage device, or the Dell Server Updates DVD, or the Dell
Systems Build and Update Utility
DVD
–Network share
• Deploy an operating system, or run Hardware Diagnostics to validate the
system and attached hardware. Depending on your system, you can
upgrade from a Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) to an
Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 6 (iDRAC6) Express or an
iDRAC6 Enterprise card; this hardware upgrade will upgrade USC to
USC-LCE.
• Quickly identify, download, and apply system updates without searching
support.dell.com . You can configure BIOS and system devices (such as
NIC, RAID, and iDRAC), deploy an operating system, and run Hardware
Diagnostics to validate the system and attached hardware.
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