Users Guide

1 Introduction................................................................................................................................. 7
Using Lifecycle Controller.....................................................................................................................................................7
Benefits of using iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller............................................................................................................ 7
New in this release.................................................................................................................................................................8
Key features........................................................................................................................................................................... 8
Feature matrix.................................................................................................................................................................. 8
Licensable features in Lifecycle Controller.........................................................................................................................9
Viewing iDRAC license information....................................................................................................................................10
Other documents you may need........................................................................................................................................10
Social Media Reference..................................................................................................................................................11
Accessing documents from the Dell EMC support site................................................................................................... 11
Contacting Dell..................................................................................................................................................................... 12
2 Using Lifecycle Controller............................................................................................................13
Starting Lifecycle Controller............................................................................................................................................... 13
Start messages during POST, causes, and resolutions............................................................................................. 13
Enabling Lifecycle Controller.........................................................................................................................................14
Disabling Lifecycle Controller........................................................................................................................................14
Canceling Lifecycle Controller actions.........................................................................................................................14
Using Lifecycle Controller for the first time......................................................................................................................15
Setting up Lifecycle Controller using Initial Setup Wizard........................................................................................ 15
Setting up Lifecycle Controller from the home page.................................................................................................17
Lifecycle Controller features...............................................................................................................................................18
3 Operating system deployment..................................................................................................... 20
Installing operating system.................................................................................................................................................20
Using the optional RAID configuration..............................................................................................................................22
Configuring RAID using the operating system deployment wizard...............................................................................22
Unattended installation....................................................................................................................................................... 22
UEFI Secure Boot................................................................................................................................................................22
Driver access........................................................................................................................................................................23
Installing an operating system on iSCSI LUN and FCoE LUN........................................................................................23
Post reboot scenarios......................................................................................................................................................... 23
4 Monitor..................................................................................................................................... 25
Hardware inventory view and export................................................................................................................................25
About view and export current inventory........................................................................................................................ 25
About view and export factory-shipped inventory......................................................................................................... 25
Viewing hardware inventory — current or factory shipped..........................................................................................26
Exporting hardware inventory — current or factory shipped.......................................................................................26
Exporting hardware inventory to a USB drive........................................................................................................... 27
Exporting hardware inventory to a network share....................................................................................................27
Viewing or exporting hardware inventory after part replacement................................................................................28
Viewing or exporting current inventory after resetting Lifecycle Controller...............................................................28
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