Lifecycle Controller User's Guide December 2020 Rev.
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Contents Chapter 1: Introduction................................................................................................................. 6 Advantages of using Lifecycle Controller...................................................................................................................... 6 Benefits of using iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller...................................................................................................... 6 New in this release..............................
Exporting hardware inventory to network share................................................................................................. 25 Viewing or exporting hardware inventory after part replacement........................................................................ 26 Viewing or exporting current inventory after resetting Lifecycle Controller......................................................26 Lifecycle Controller log........................................................................
Configuring CIFS servers........................................................................................................................................... 51 Conditions while configuring HTTP or HTTPS server...............................................................................................51 Chapter 7: Maintain.....................................................................................................................53 Platform restore...........................................
1 Introduction Dell Lifecycle Controller provides advanced embedded systems management to perform systems management tasks such as deploy, configure, update, maintain, and diagnose using a graphical user interface (GUI). It is delivered as part of integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) out-of-band solution and embedded Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) applications in the latest Dell servers.
● Improved productivity and lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) — Extending the reach of administrators to larger number of distant servers can make the IT staff more productive while driving down operational costs such as travel. ● Secure environment — By providing secure access to remote servers, administrators can perform critical management functions while maintaining server and network security.
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.
Table 1. Licensable Features in Lifecycle Controller (continued) Feature iDRAC Basic iDRAC Express (Rack and Tower Servers) iDRAC Express (Blade Servers) iDRAC Enterprise / Datacenter Repurpose or retire system Yes Yes Yes Yes Viewing iDRAC license information After you open the Lifecycle Controller GUI page, you can view details about the iDRAC installed on a server. To view the iDRAC license information: 1. Start Lifecycle Controller. For more information, see Starting Lifecycle Controller. 2.
● The safety instructions that came with your system provide important safety and regulatory information. For additional regulatory information, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at https://www.dell.com/regulatorycompliance. Warranty information may be included within this document or as a separate document. ● The Rack Installation Instructions included with your rack solution describe how to install your system into a rack.
Contacting Dell NOTE: If you do not have an active Internet connection, you can find contact information on your purchase invoice, packing slip, bill, or Dell product catalog. Dell provides several online and telephone-based support and service options. Availability varies by country and product, and some services may not be available in your area. To contact Dell for sales, technical support, or customer service issues: 1. Go to https://www.dell.com/support. 2. Select your support category. 3.
2 Using Lifecycle Controller This section provides information about starting, enabling, and disabling Lifecycle Controller. Before using Lifecycle Controller, make sure that the network and iDRAC are configured. For more information, see the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller User’s Guide at https://www.dell.com/esmmanuals.
Table 3. Start messages during POST, cause, and resolution (continued) Message Cause Resolution ○ 3 consecutive unsuccessful attempts to perform tasks in Automated Task applications. Lifecycle Controller not available Another process is using iDRAC. Wait for 30 minutes for the current process to complete, restart the system, and then retry. You can use the iDRAC GUI to check the job queue and the status. Enabling Lifecycle Controller To enable access to Lifecycle Controller during system startup: 1.
Using Lifecycle Controller for the first time After you start Lifecycle Controller for the first time, by default the Initial Setup Wizard page is launched. Use this wizard to set up the Language ,Keyboard Type, Network Settings, and iDRAC Network and Credentials.
7. Click Enabled and type the VLAN ID and Priority under Lifecycle Controller VLAN Settings to configure the VLAN settings of a NIC. 8. Click Next. NOTE: If Lifecycle Controller settings are not correctly configured, an error message is displayed. NOTE: If you are unable to connect to a network, verify the settings. For information about correct network settings, contact your network administrator. Configuring iDRAC Network and Credentials Use this page to configure remote access parameters for iDRAC. 1.
Table 6. Recommended characters while accessing network shares Characters Length 0-9 User name: 1-16 A-Z Password: 1-20 a-z -*/:?@\_| Viewing summary of network settings This page provides a summary of the Lifecycle Controller and iDRAC IP configurations. Verify the configurations and click Finish to save the settings and exit from the Settings wizard. Accessing help Each Lifecycle Controller page has a help associated with it.
● DHCP — indicates that the NIC must be configured by using an IP address from a DHCP server. DHCP is the default option and the DHCP IP address is displayed on the Network Settings page. ● Static IP — indicates that the NIC must be configured by using a static IP. Type the IP Address Properties — IP Address, Subnet Mask, Default Gateway, and DNS Address. If you do not have this information, contact your network administrator. ● No Configuration — indicates that the NIC must not be configured. 6.
3 Operating system deployment The OS Deployment feature allows you to deploy standard and custom operating systems on the managed system. You can also configure RAID before installing the operating system if it is not already configured. Lifecycle Controller allows deploying the operating system using the following options: ● Manual installation ● Unattended installation. For more information on unattended installation, see Unattended installation ● UEFI Secure Boot.
NOTE: Configuring RAID is optional if an already-connected virtual disk is present. ● Go Directly to OS Deployment — Click to launch the operating system deployment wizard and start installing an operating system. 4. On the Select an Operating System page, select the following and click Next: ● Boot Mode — Choose either UEFI or BIOS boot mode depending on the boot configuration of the system for OS installation. ● Secure Boot — Allows you to enable or disable the Secure Boot option.
Using the optional RAID configuration When you install an operating system, you can: ● Deploy the operating system without configuring RAID. ● Configure the hard-disk drives using the optional RAID configuration wizard and deploy the operating system. Alternatively, you can configure RAID through the RAID configuration page from the Hardware Configuration > Configuration Wizards > RAID Configuration.
There are two BIOS attributes that are associated with Secure Boot: ● Secure Boot — Displays if the Secure Boot is enabled or disabled. ● Secure Boot Policy — Allows you to specify the policy or digital signature that BIOS uses to authenticate. The policy can be classified as: ○ Standard — BIOS uses the default set of certificates to validate the drivers and operating system loaders during the boot process.
Table 7. Post reboot scenarios (continued) Scenario using a DUP. If you attempt a DUP through the operating system during this time period, the DUP displays a message that another session is active.
4 Monitor Using Lifecycle Controller, you can monitor the hardware inventory and events of a server throughout its life cycle.
Viewing hardware inventory — current or factory shipped NOTE: For factory-shipped inventory, the status of few parameters for the installed components is displayed as Unknown. To view the currently installed or factory-installed hardware components and their configuration details: 1. Start Lifecycle Controller. For more information, see Starting Lifecycle Controller. 2. In the left pane, click Hardware Configuration. 3. In the right pane, click Hardware Inventory. 4.
Exporting hardware inventory to a USB drive To export hardware-related inventory to a USB drive: 1. From the Select Device drop-down menu, select a USB drive. 2. Click Browse, and in folder selection widget, select the folder path where the file is stored in the root location of the device. Exporting hardware inventory to network share To export to a network share, select CIFS, NFS, HTTP, or HTTPS and type the required details.
Viewing or exporting hardware inventory after part replacement To view or export the hardware inventory after part replacement: 1. Start Lifecycle Controller. For more information, see Starting Lifecycle Controller 2. In the left pane, click Hardware Configuration. 3. In the right pane, click Hardware Inventory. 4. Click View Current Inventory. Lifecycle Controller displays the old hardware inventory. 5. Restart the server and relaunch Lifecycle Controller. 6.
You can use the filtering and sorting options to view the Lifecycle Log. NOTE: As the system events are generated by various systems management tools, you may not view the events in log immediately after they were logged. To view the Lifecycle Log history and use the filtering options: 1. Start Lifecycle Controller. For more information, see Starting Lifecycle Controller. 2. In the left pane, click Lifecycle Log. 3. In the right pane, click View Lifecycle Log History.
3. In the right pane, click Export Lifecycle Log. 4. Select either USB Drive or Network Share. For more information, see Exporting hardware inventory to a USB drive or Exporting hardware inventory to network share When you select Network Share, to verify connection, click Test Network Connection. Lifecycle Controller pings the Gateway IP, DNS server IP, and host IP. NOTE: Lifecycle Controller cannot ping the domain name and cannot display the IP address if the DNS is not able to resolve the domain name.
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 subdire
5 Firmware update With Lifecycle Controller, the system can be updated using the repositories accessible through FTP, a network share or on a locally attached USB drive or a DVD. Use the Firmware Update page to: ● View the current version of the installed applications and firmware. ● View a list of available updates.
Table 8. Firmware Update — Supported Components (continued) Component Name Firmware Rollback Supported? (Yes or No) Out-of-band — System Restart Required? Storage Enclosure Processor Yes Yes IDSDM No Yes * Indicates that though a system restart is not required, iDRAC must be restarted to apply the updates. iDRAC communication and monitoring will temporarily be interrupted. ** The backplanes that cannot be updated are not listed. ***Applicable only for FX2 modular systems.
Table 10. Image file types and dependencies .D9 Image iDRAC DUP Interface Supported Requires LC enabled Supported Requires LC enabled BMCFW64.exe utility Yes No No N/A Racadm FWUpdate (old) Yes No No N/A Racadm Update (new) Yes Yes Yes Yes iDRAC UI Yes Yes Yes Yes WSMAN Yes Yes Yes Yes In-band OS DUP No N/A Yes No Version compatibility The version compatibility feature enables you to update the component firmware versions that are compatible with system components.
NOTE: If you select FTP Server, you can verify the connection by clicking Test Network Connection. If the domain name is provided, then the server IP address and the domain name is displayed. If proxy IP is provided, then the proxy IP along with the server IP is displayed. NOTE: If you select Network Share (CIFS, NFS, HTTP, or HTTPS), you can verify the connection by clicking Test Network Connection. By default, Lifecycle Controller pings the host and proxy IP. 5. Type or select the appropriate data.
Using a DVD Use either the Server Update Utility (SUU) DVDs or custom DVDs (SUU ISO downloaded from www.dell.com/support/ article/in/en/indhs1/sln312253 and written to a DVD) to perform the firmware updates. The available DVDs are: ● OpenManage SUU DVD to update all the server components such as Lifecycle Controller, Dell Diagnostics, BIOS, RAID controller, NIC, iDRAC, and Power Supply Unit. ● Lifecycle Controller OS Driver Packs DVD (Windows only) to update the operating system driver packs.
Using a non-proxy FTP server Lifecycle Controller can access the latest firmware from downloads page. It downloads the DUPs from this location to perform firmware update. Before performing an update using a non-proxy FTP server, make sure that the following prerequisites are met: ● The network settings are configured (Settings > Network Settings). ● The updates are downloaded using Dell Repository Manager, and the repository is created on an internal FTP server.
○ Type—The type of proxy server. Lifecycle Controller supports HTTP, HTTPS, and SOCKS 4 proxy server types. Using network share To use a shared folder over a network, select Network Share (CIFS, NFS, HTTP, or HTTPS) and enter the details provided in the following table: CIFS For CIFS, type the following details: ● Share Name/Address—Enter IP address or hostname and the root shared folder location. For example, \\192.168.20.26\shared_folder or \\hostname\share_folder ● Domain and User Name—Type the correct
NOTE: Make sure that the file name for the single component DUPs does not have any blank space. NOTE: Both 32–bit and 64–bit DUPs are supported. NOTE: If you execute multiple jobs for various components and iDRAC DUP is one of the jobs, ensure that iDRAC job is the last job in the queue. Ensure that all other jobs are either in SCHEDULED or COMPLETED state before you execute the iDRAC job. In the File Path or Update package path field, enter the name of the DUP (for example, APP_WIN_RYYYZZZ.
● Dell Diagnostics, operating system driver packs, CPLD, and operating system collector tool cannot be rolled back to earlier versions. ● The earlier version is available only if the component firmware is updated at least once to a different version. ● Except for iDRAC firmware, the earlier version of the firmware is not displayed if the current version and the earlier version are the same. ● Every time a firmware image is updated, the earlier version of the firmware image is backed up.
When Lifecycle Controller detects that TPM security is set to On with Pre-boot Measurements in the TPM version 1.2 or TPM Security On in the TPM version 2.0, the message indicates that certain updates require the recovery password or USB drive with the recovery key. The message also indicates components that affect the BitLocker. You can choose not to update or roll back those components by navigating to the Select Updates page, and then clearing the options for the appropriate components.
6 Configure Lifecycle Controller provides various system configuration wizards. Use the configuration wizards to configure system devices. The Configuration Wizards has: ● System Configuration Wizards — This wizard includes LCD Panel Security, iDRAC Settings, and System Date and Time Configuration. ● Storage Configuration Wizards — This wizard includes RAID Configuration, Key Encryption, and Break Mirror.
Configuring iDRAC To configure iDRAC parameters applicable to the system, such as LAN, common IP settings, IPv4, IPv6, Virtual Media, and LAN user configuration use the iDRAC Settings wizard. NOTE: You can also use the System Setup utility during startup for configuring iDRAC. For more information about the System Setup utility, see Using the System Setup Program and Boot Manager. To configure and manage the iDRAC parameters: 1. Start Lifecycle Controller.
NOTE: Autoconfigure to RAID 0 is not supported in Lifecycle controller. NOTE: Lifecycle controller does not support VD creation when the controller is in eHBA mode. To configure RAID using LC: 1. Start Lifecycle Controller. For more information, see Starting Lifecycle Controller. 2. In the left pane, click Hardware Configuration. 3. In the right pane, click Configuration Wizards. 4. Under Storage Configuration Wizards, click RAID Configuration to launch the wizard.
Selecting a RAID controller The View Current RAID Configuration and Select Controller page displays all supported RAID controllers attached to the system. Select the RAID controller on which you want to create the virtual disk, and then click Next. Selecting RAID levels Select a RAID Level for the virtual disk: ● RAID 0 — Stripes data across the physical disks. RAID 0 does not maintain redundant data. When a physical disk fails in a RAID 0 virtual disk, there is no method for rebuilding the data.
Selecting physical disks Use the Select Physical Disks screen to select the physical disks to be used for the virtual drive and select the physical disk drive-related properties. The number of physical disks required for the virtual disk varies depending on the RAID level. The minimum and maximum numbers of physical disks required for the RAID level are displayed on the screen. ● Protocol — Select the protocol for the disk pool: Serial Attached SCSI (SAS), Serial ATA (SATA), or NVM Express (NVMe).
○ Write Through — The controller sends a write-request-completion signal only after the data is written to the disk drive. The Write Through policy provides better data security than the Write Back policy, because the system assumes that the data is available only after it has been written to the disk drive. ○ Write Back — The controller sends a write-request completion signal as soon as the data is in the controller cache, but has not yet been written to the disk drive.
2. In the left pane, click Hardware Configuration. 3. In the right pane, click Configuration Wizards. 4. Under Storage Configuration Wizards, click RAID Configuration to launch the wizard. The View Current RAID Configuration and Select Controller page is displayed. Select the Windows or Linux RAID option to install the appropriate operating system. This option is available only for the software RAID controller, which enabled only if the software RAID controller is supported.
Key encryption Use the Key Encryption feature to: ● ● ● ● Apply local encryption for PERC H730, H730P, H740, H740P, H745, H755, and H840 RAID controllers. Delete the local encryption key. Encrypt the existing unsecured virtual drives. To change an existing encryption key to another one. NOTE: When PERC controllers H740, H740P, and H745 are set to Secure Enterprise Key Manager (SEKM) mode, they will not be listed under Key Encryption feature.
NOTE: All virtual drives created on the same physical disk-drives are automatically encrypted when any one of the virtual drives is encrypted. 1. Start Lifecycle Controller. For more information, see Starting Lifecycle Controller. 2. In the left pane, click Hardware Configuration. 3. In the right pane, click Configuration Wizards. 4. On the Storage Configuration wizards page, click Key Encryption. 5. Select the controller that is encrypted and click Next.
System setup — Advanced Hardware Configuration The Lifecycle Controller Advanced Hardware Configuration wizards allow you to configure BIOS, iDRAC, and certain devices such as NIC, and RAID controllers through Human Interface Infrastructure (HII). HII is a UEFI-standard method for viewing and setting a device's configuration. You can utilize a single utility to configure multiple devices that may have different pre-boot configuration utilities.
All changes are applied during the next system restart. Collect system inventory on restart When you enable the Collect System Inventory On Restart (CSIOR) property, hardware inventory and part configuration information is discovered and compared with previous system inventory information on every system restart. NOTE: By default, the CSIOR property is enabled. Updating server inventory information To enable collecting system inventory on restart: 1. Start Lifecycle Controller.
2. Use this local FTP server for firmware update. Configuring NFS and CIFS servers If you are using a private network that does not have access to external sites such as downloads.dell.com, you can provide updates from a locally‑configured NFS and CIFS servers. Configuring NFS servers To configure an NFS server, perform the following tasks: 1. Open the /etc/exports configuration file and add an NFS entry.
● The HTTP serveris configured to the default port 80, whereas HTTPS server is configured to the default port 443. The Lifecycle Controller web interface accesses the web server using the default port. If the web server is configured to a port other than the default, Lifecycle Controller cannot access the web server. ● The Apache web server is set as the default web server. Using other web servers may result in unexpected behavior or errors.
7 Maintain Using Lifecycle Controller, you can maintain the health of a system throughout its life cycle using the features such as Part Replacement Configuration and Platform Restore.
Applying firmware and configuration updates to replaced parts Before configuring replaced parts, make sure that the following prerequisites are met: ● Click the Collect System Inventory On Restart option, so that Lifecycle Controller automatically invokes Part Firmware Update and Part Configuration Update when the system is started.
information (historical data and work notes), non-volatile (NV) cache, NVDIMM, operating system driver packs, disk erase, and diagnostics. Click on this link for more details on System erase - https://downloads.dell.com/manuals/common/dellemc-system-erase-poweredge-idrac9.pdf. 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.
SupportAssist Collection If you have to work with Dell technical support on an issue with a server but the security policies restrict direct Internet connection, you can provide technical support with necessary data to facilitate successful troubleshooting of the problem without having to install any software or download tools from Dell and without having access to the Internet from the server operating system or Lifecycle Controller.
Exporting the SupportAssist Collection Before exporting a report, make sure that: ● Collect System Inventory On Reboot (CSIOR) is enabled. ● You have login and server control rights. To export a SupportAssist Collection: 1. Start Lifecycle Controller. For more information, see Starting Lifecycle Controller. 2. In the left pane, click Hardware Diagnostics, and then click Export SupportAssist Collection. 3.
8 Easy-to-use system component names The following is the list of most commonly used Fully Qualified Device Descriptors (FQDD) used in all the interfaces including GUI, iDRAC RESTful API with Redfish, WSMAN, and RACADM. ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ALL iDRAC System LifecycleController EventFilters BIOS NIC FC RAID NVDIMM BOSS-S1 BOSS DISK The following table lists the FQDD of the system components and the equivalent easy-to-use names. Table 12.
Table 12. Easy-to-use Names of System Components (continued) FQDD of System Component Name Easy-to-use Name ISABridge.Embedded.1-1 Embedded ISA Bridge 2 P2PBridge.Embedded.1-1 Embedded P2P Bridge 3 P2PBridge.Mezzanine.2B-1 Embedded Host Bridge in Mezzanine 1 (Fabric B) USBUHCI.Embedded.1-1 Embedded USB UHCI 1 USBOHCI.Embedded.1-1 Embedded USB OHCI 1 USBEHCI.Embedded.1-1 Embedded USB EHCI 1 Disk.SATAEmbedded.A-1 Disk on Embedded SATA Port A Optical.SATAEmbedded.
Table 12. Easy-to-use Names of System Components (continued) FQDD of System Component Name Easy-to-use Name Fan.Slot. 6 Fan 6 Fan.Slot. 7 Fan 7 Fan.Slot. 8 Fan 8 Fan.Slot. 9 Fan 9 MC.Chassis.1 Chassis Management Controller 1 MC.Chassis.2 Chassis Management Controller 2 KVM.Chassis.1 KVM IOM.Slot.1 IO Module 1 IOM.Slot.2 IO Module 2 IOM.Slot.3 IO Module 3 IOM.Slot.4 IO Module 4 IOM.Slot.5 IO Module 5 IOM.Slot.6 IO Module 6 PSU.Slot.1 Power Supply 1 PSU.Slot.
9 Using the system setup and boot manager System Setup enables you to manage your system hardware and specify BIOS-level options. The following keystrokes provide access to system features during startup: Table 13. System setup keystrokes Keystroke Description Opens the System Setup page. Opens and starts Lifecycle Controller, which supports systems management features such as operating system deployment, hardware diagnostics, firmware updates, and platform configuration, using a GUI.
● Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) (the default) boot mode is an enhanced 64-bit boot interface. If you have configured your system to boot to UEFI mode, it replaces the system BIOS. NOTE: The system supports only BIOS boot mode. 1. From the System Setup Main Menu, click Boot Settings, and select Boot Mode. 2. Select the UEFI boot mode you want the system to boot into.
System Setup options System Setup Main screen NOTE: Press to reset the BIOS or UEFI settings to their default settings. Menu item Description System BIOS This option is used to view and configure BIOS settings. iDRAC Settings This option is used to view and configure iDRAC settings. Device Settings This option is used to view and configure device settings. System BIOS screen NOTE: The options for System Setup change based on the system configuration.
Menu Item Description System Model Name Displays the system model name. System BIOS Version Displays the BIOS version installed on the system. System Service Tag Displays the system Service Tag. System Manufacturer Displays the name of the system manufacturer. System Manufacturer Contact Information Displays the contact information of the system manufacturer. Memory Settings screen Menu Item Description System Memory Size Displays the amount of memory installed in the system.
Menu Item Description set to Disabled, the BIOS only displays one logical processor per core. By default, the Logical Processor option is set to Enabled. QPI Speed Allows you to set the QuickPath Interconnect (QPI) data rate settings. By default, the QPI Speed option is set to Maximum data rate. NOTE: QPI Speed displays only when both the processors are installed.
SATA Settings Screen Menu Item Description Embedded SATA Allows the embedded SATA to be set to Off, ATA, AHCI, or RAID mode. By default, Embedded SATA is set to AHCI Mode. Port A Auto enables BIOS support for the device attached to SATA port A. By default, Port A is set to Auto. Port B Auto enables BIOS support for the device attached to SATA port B. By default, Port B is set to Auto. Port C Auto enables BIOS support for the device attached to SATA port C. By default, Port C is set to Auto.
Menu Item Description NOTE: This option is displayed only if IDSDM is installed on the system board. Internal SD Card Redundancy If set to Mirror mode, data is written on both SD cards. If any one of the SD card fails, data is written to the active SD card. Data from this card is copied to the replacement SD card at the next boot. By default, Internal SD Card Redundancy option is set to Mirror. NOTE: This option is displayed only if IDSDM is installed on the system board.
To view the System Profile Settings screen, click System Setup Main Menu > System BIOS > System Profile Settings. The System Profile Settings screen details are explained as follows: Option Description System Profile Sets the system profile. If you set the System Profile option to a mode other than Custom, the BIOS automatically sets the rest of the options. You can only change the rest of the options if the mode is set to Custom. This option is set to Performance Per Watt Optimized (DAPC) by default.
Menu Item Description TPM Activation Allows you to change the operational state of the TPM. By default, the TPM Activation option is set to No Change. TPM Status Displays the TPM status. TPM Clear CAUTION: Clearing the TPM results in the loss of all keys in the TPM. The loss of TPM keys may affect booting to the operating system. Allows you to clear all the contents of the TPM. By default, the TPM Clear option is set to No.
System and setup password features You can create a system password and a setup password to secure your system. To enable creation of the system and setup password, the password jumper must be set to enabled. For more information on the password jumper settings, see System Board Jumper Settings. System password This is the password that you must enter before you can boot your system.
3. In the System BIOS Screen, select System Security and press . The System Security screen is displayed. 4. In the System Security screen, verify that Password Status is Unlocked. 5. Select System Password, alter or delete the existing system password and press or . 6. Select Setup Password, alter or delete the existing setup password and press or . NOTE: If you change the System and/or Setup password a message prompts you to re-enter the new password.
To enter the Boot Manager: 1. Turn on or restart your system. 2. Press after you see the following message: = UEFI Boot Manager If your operating system begins to load before you press , allow the system to finish booting, and then restart your system and try again. Using the boot manager navigation keys Key Description Up arrow Moves to the previous field. Down arrow Moves to the next field.
Menu Item Description Add Boot Option Adds a new boot option. Delete Boot Option Deletes an existing boot option. Boot From File Sets a one-time boot option not included in the boot option list. Embedded systems management The Lifecycle controller provides advanced embedded systems management throughout the system’s lifecycle. The Lifecycle controller can be started during the boot sequence and can function independently of the operating system.
10 Troubleshooting and frequently asked questions This section describes the error messages commonly generated by Lifecycle Controller and provides suggestions for resolving the issues. This section also lists the questions that are frequently asked by Lifecycle Controller users. Topics: • • Error messages Frequently asked questions Error messages Each error message that is generated from Lifecycle Controller has a Message ID, Message Description, and Recommended Response Action in a single dialog box.
Yes. For more information about iDRAC, see iDRAC User's Guide available at https://www.dell.com/idracmanuals . 10. Can I use a virtual USB drive to update the repository? Yes. For more information on using a virtual USB drive to update the repository, see iDRAC User's Guide available at https://www.dell.com/idracmanuals . 11.
