Concept Guide

• Increased Efficiency— With Lifecycle Controller Remote Services, you can automate the server configuration management

using Dell OpenManage Essentials and Dell partner consoles, which enables efficient administration as server deployments scale.

For more information about iDRAC, see the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller User’s Guide available at dell.com/

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Key features

You can perform the following systems management tasks using Lifecycle Controller-Remote Services:

• Install operating systems and drivers

• Manage licensing

• Perform server firmware update including BIOS, iDRAC/LC, backplane and enclosure controllers, RAID, NIC/CNA, Fibre Channel

host bus adapters, PCIe SSDs, SAS HDDs and SSDs, and SATA HDD

• Part Replacement and automatic restore of server configuration

• Get hardware inventory information

• Get and set NIC/CNA, Fibre Channel host bus adapters (FC-HBA), PCIe SSDs, and RAID configuration

• Get and set BIOS configuration and BIOS passwords

• Full export of Lifecycle log and add work notes

• Export current- and factory-shipped hardware inventory log

• Manage, attach, and boot to vFlash SD card partitions

• Lock the controllers using the local key

• Export and import the server profile

• Import server license

• View firmware details during server update

• Export and import Server Configuration Profiles

• Schedule and track the status of the update and configuration

• Import and export Server Configuration Profiles file that contains information about a component configuration

• Out-of-band server performance monitoring

• Enhance security using hash password

• View logs, monitoring, and server information, and configure the network parameters of a server using a mobile device

• Delete server-related information

• View the managed system using Physical Computer System View

• Manage the web server certificate

• Configure the USB management port

• View SupportAssist Collection to resolve business-critical issues

• Replace motherboard using Import Server Profile feature

What’s new in this release?

The updates supported in this release are:

• Added support for the Windows 2016 and the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.8 operating systems.

• Added support for M4 GPU and M40 24GB GPU for PowerEdge C4130 and R730 servers.

• Added support for Server Configuration Profile using Redfish interface.

• Added support to export and import of Server Configuration Profiles using Redfish interface.

• Added support for TLS 1.2 and TLS 1.1.

• Added support for FIPS compliance.

• Added support for enhanced Lifecycle Controller logging.

• Added support for 1100 W PSU on PowerEdge R830 platform.