Users Guide
Table Of Contents
- Lifecycle Controller User's Guide
- Contents
- 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
Chapter 7: Maintain.....................................................................................................................50
Platform restore................................................................................................................................................................ 50
Import server license........................................................................................................................................................50
Part replacement configuration.....................................................................................................................................50
Applying firmware and configuration updates to replaced parts......................................................................51
Supported devices....................................................................................................................................................... 51
Repurpose or retire system............................................................................................................................................. 51
Deleting server information.......................................................................................................................................52
Hardware diagnostics.......................................................................................................................................................52
Performing hardware diagnostics............................................................................................................................52
SupportAssist Collection................................................................................................................................................. 53
Exporting the SupportAssist Collection................................................................................................................. 54
Chapter 8: Easy-to-use system component names...................................................................... 55
Chapter 9: Using the system setup and boot manager................................................................. 58
Choosing the system boot mode...................................................................................................................................58
Entering System Setup.................................................................................................................................................... 59
Responding to error messages.................................................................................................................................59
Using the system setup navigation keys............................................................................................................... 59
System Setup options................................................................................................................................................ 60
System and setup password features.......................................................................................................................... 67
Assigning system and setup password...................................................................................................................67
Deleting or changing an existing system and setup password......................................................................... 67
Using your system password to secure your system......................................................................................... 68
Operating with a setup password enabled............................................................................................................68
Entering the UEFI boot manager...................................................................................................................................68
Using the boot manager navigation keys.............................................................................................................. 69
Boot Manager screen.................................................................................................................................................69
UEFI Boot menu...........................................................................................................................................................69
Embedded systems management..................................................................................................................................70
iDRAC settings utility........................................................................................................................................................70
Entering the iDRAC settings utility......................................................................................................................... 70
Chapter 10: Troubleshooting and frequently asked questions....................................................... 71
Error messages................................................................................................................................................................... 71
Frequently asked questions............................................................................................................................................. 71
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