Users Guide
Table Of Contents
- Lifecycle Controller User's Guide
- Introduction
- Using Lifecycle Controller
- Operating system deployment
- Monitor
- Hardware inventory view and export
- About view and export current inventory
- About view and export factory-shipped inventory
- Viewing hardware inventory — current or factory shipped
- Exporting hardware inventory — current or factory shipped
- Viewing or exporting hardware inventory after part replacement
- Viewing or exporting current inventory after resetting Lifecycle Controller
- Lifecycle Controller log
- Firmware update
- Configure
- System control panel access options
- Configuring iDRAC
- Configuring system time and date
- Configuring RAID
- Configuring RAID using software RAID
- Creating a secure virtual disk on a RAID controller
- Key encryption
- Local key encryption mode
- Breaking mirrored drives
- System setup — Advanced Hardware Configuration
- Collect system inventory on restart
- Configuring a local USB drive
- Configuring NFS and CIFS servers
- Conditions while configuring HTTP or HTTPS server
- Maintain
- Easy-to-use system component names
- Using the system setup and boot manager
- Troubleshooting and frequently asked questions
Menu Item Description
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.
NOTE: Certain platform configurations may not support the full set of features provided by the Lifecycle controller.
For more information about setting up the Lifecycle controller, configuring hardware and firmware, and deploying the operating
system, see the Lifecycle controller documentation at https://www.dell.com/support/article/sln311809.
iDRAC settings utility
The iDRAC Settings utility is an interface to set up and configure the iDRAC parameters using UEFI. You can enable or disable
various iDRAC parameters using the iDRAC Settings Utility.
NOTE: Accessing some of the features on the iDRAC Settings Utility requires the iDRAC Enterprise License upgrade.
For more information on using iDRAC, see iDRAC User's Guide available at https://www.dell.com/idracmanuals .
Entering the iDRAC settings utility
1. Turn on or restart the managed system.
2. Press <F2> during POST.
3. In the System Setup Main Menu page, click iDRAC Settings.
The iDRAC Settings screen is displayed.
Using the system setup and boot manager
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