Users Guide

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.................................................................................................................................................... 26
Viewing Lifecycle Log history...................................................................................................................................26
Exporting Lifecycle Log..............................................................................................................................................27
Adding a work note to the Lifecycle Log...............................................................................................................29
Chapter 5: Firmware update........................................................................................................ 30
Firmware update methods............................................................................................................................................... 31
Version compatibility........................................................................................................................................................ 32
Updating firmware.............................................................................................................................................................32
Selecting the type of update and update source................................................................................................ 33
Using single component DUPs................................................................................................................................. 36
Selecting and applying updates................................................................................................................................37
System Configuration Lockdown mode....................................................................................................................... 37
Firmware rollback.............................................................................................................................................................. 37
Rolling back to previous firmware versions...........................................................................................................38
Chapter 6: Configure...................................................................................................................40
System control panel access options........................................................................................................................... 40
Controlling access to the front panel..................................................................................................................... 40
Configuring iDRAC.............................................................................................................................................................41
Configuring system time and date................................................................................................................................. 41
Configuring RAID................................................................................................................................................................41
Foreign configuration found......................................................................................................................................42
Viewing current RAID configuration........................................................................................................................42
Selecting RAID levels.................................................................................................................................................. 43
Selecting physical disks..............................................................................................................................................44
Setting virtual disk attributes................................................................................................................................... 44
Viewing summary.........................................................................................................................................................45
Configuring RAID using software RAID........................................................................................................................45
Creating a secure virtual disk on a RAID controller.................................................................................................. 46
Key encryption................................................................................................................................................................... 47
Applying the local key on a RAID controller...........................................................................................................47
Local key encryption mode..............................................................................................................................................47
Encrypting unsecure virtual disks............................................................................................................................ 47
Rekey controller with new local key........................................................................................................................48
Removing encryption and deleting data.................................................................................................................48
Breaking mirrored drives..................................................................................................................................................48
System setup — Advanced Hardware Configuration.............................................................................................. 49
Modifying device settings......................................................................................................................................... 49
Collect system inventory on restart............................................................................................................................. 50
Updating server inventory information.................................................................................................................. 50
Configuring a local USB drive.........................................................................................................................................50
Copying repository to a local FTP server from the Dell EMC server Updates DVD................................... 50
Using Dell Repository Manager to create the repository and copy it to a local FTP server.....................50
Configuring NFS and CIFS servers................................................................................................................................51
Configuring NFS servers............................................................................................................................................ 51
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