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
Monitor
Using Lifecycle Controller, you can monitor the hardware inventory and events of a server throughout its life cycle.
Topics:
• 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
Hardware inventory view and export
Lifecycle Controller provides the following wizards to manage the system inventory:
● View Current Inventory
● Export Current Inventory
● View Factory Shipped Inventory
● Export Factory Shipped Inventory
● Collect System Inventory on Restart
About view and export current inventory
You can view information about the currently installed hardware components that are internal to the system chassis and the
configuration for each component. All the currently installed hardware components such as fans, PCI devices, NICs, DIMMs,
PSU, and their properties and values are displayed. You can export this information from a JSON file to a USB drive or network
share. The JSON file is saved in the following format: HardwareInventory_<servicetag>_<timestamp>.json.
For more information about the easy-to-use names of the hardware components, see Easy-To-Use System Component Names.
NOTE:
Incorrect inventory data is displayed or exported after performing a system erase. For viewing the correct inventory
data, see Viewing and Exporting Current Inventory After Resetting Lifecycle Controller.
NOTE: The inventory displayed in the Lifecycle Controller GUI may not be the same as that of any iDRAC interfaces. To get
the updated inventory, run the CSIOR, wait for 2 mins, reboot the host, and then enter the LCUI.
About view and export factory-shipped inventory
You can view information about the factory-installed hardware components and their configuration. You can export
this information in an XML format to a USB drive or a network share. The XML file is saved in this format:
FactoryShippedHWInventory_<servicetag>.xml.
For more information about the easy-to-use names of the hardware components, see Easy-To-Use System Component Names.
NOTE:
View and export factory-shipped inventory feature is grayed out if the Repurpose or Retire System option is
selected, which permanently deletes the factory-shipped inventory.
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