Quick start manual

• Get the list of MAC Addresses of all the NICs present on the server.

System Configuration XML

System configuration XML file contains the component configuration information, and this file is used to apply the

configuration for BIOS, iDRAC, RAID, and NIC by importing the file into a target system. For more information, see

XML

Configuration Workflow

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Monitor

Using various Lifecycle Controller-Remote Services capabilities, you can monitor a system throughout its lifecycle.

Current and factory-shipped hardware inventory, Lifecycle Log, System Event Log, Firmware Inventory are some of the

features that help you monitor the system.

Hardware Inventory

The hardware inventory information is cached on the Lifecycle Controller—persistent storage and is available to iDRAC

and UEFI applications. It is used to export the hardware inventory from Lifecycle Controller to a text file on a remote

share.

You can remotely query the inventory of hardware components. Each hardware inventory classes contains important

attributes about the hardware itself.

For example, the LastSystemInventoryTime attribute identifies when the last time a Collect System Inventory on

Restart (CSIOR) was run. It is an important attribute as it indicates how recently the inventory was updated.

Hardware inventory and configuration information is available for the following components:

• Power Supply

• Fan

• Memory

• CPU

• iDRAC

• PCI Device

• Video Card

• vFlash SD Card

• NIC

• RAID

• BIOS

• System

• Sensor

Lifecycle Log

Lifecycle logs contain entries for configuration and firmware updates of BIOS, Storage Controllers, LOMs, and add-in

NIC cards, if supported. The Lifecycle Log can be exported to a network share or saved to a USB drive. The lifecycle log

is accessible through the iDRAC7 Web interface, RACADM, and WSMAN interface.

Lifecycle log provides the following information:

• iDRAC configuration changes