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
Configuring CIFS servers...........................................................................................................................................49
Conditions while configuring HTTP or HTTPS server.............................................................................................. 49
Chapter 7: Maintain..................................................................................................................... 51
Platform restore.................................................................................................................................................................51
Import server license.........................................................................................................................................................51
Part replacement configuration......................................................................................................................................51
Applying firmware and configuration updates to replaced parts.....................................................................52
Supported devices...................................................................................................................................................... 52
Repurpose or retire system............................................................................................................................................ 52
Deleting server information.......................................................................................................................................53
Hardware diagnostics.......................................................................................................................................................53
Performing hardware diagnostics............................................................................................................................53
SupportAssist Collection................................................................................................................................................. 54
Exporting the SupportAssist Collection................................................................................................................. 54
Chapter 8: Easy-to-use system component names...................................................................... 56
Chapter 9: Using the system setup and boot manager................................................................. 59
Choosing the system boot mode...................................................................................................................................59
Entering System Setup.................................................................................................................................................... 60
Responding to error messages.................................................................................................................................60
Using the system setup navigation keys............................................................................................................... 60
System Setup options................................................................................................................................................. 61
System and setup password features..........................................................................................................................68
Assigning system and setup password...................................................................................................................68
Deleting or changing an existing system and setup password.........................................................................68
Using your system password to secure your system......................................................................................... 69
Operating with a setup password enabled............................................................................................................69
Entering the UEFI boot manager...................................................................................................................................69
Using the boot manager navigation keys...............................................................................................................70
Boot Manager screen................................................................................................................................................. 70
UEFI Boot menu...........................................................................................................................................................70
Embedded systems management...................................................................................................................................71
iDRAC settings utility........................................................................................................................................................ 71
Entering the iDRAC settings utility.......................................................................................................................... 71
Chapter 10: Troubleshooting and frequently asked questions...................................................... 72
Error messages.................................................................................................................................................................. 72
Frequently asked questions.............................................................................................................................................72
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