thank you Daniel you've been really helpful :emotion-2:

what steps would you advise for removing any company info, like asset info , domain names etc

clearing the nvram and resetting the iDRAC from the bios menu to defaults or ?

thanks again for all your help

Hello Jon

i've gone into bios and used the scroll lock,num lock,cap lock, and ALT keys combos  that are suppose to reset the nvram and restore factory defaults

You should clear NVRAM via jumper:

http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/19/product-support/product/poweredge-r710/manuals

but what about resetting the LC and iDrac to factory defaults, which will delete all iDRAC user credentials and IP address configuration settings also it would delete all the lifecycle logs that contain the history of all the change events, firmware upgrades, and user comments.

You can clear most of the by doing a racadm racresetcfg or reset defaults in the iDRAC BIOS menu. To clear the LCC logs you will need to use LCwipe. Using LCwipe alone should clear everything. You can read more about it in this thread:

http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/servers/f/177/t/19593326

This document explains the LCwipe parameters:

http://en.community.dell.com/cfs-file/__key/telligent-evolution-components-attachments/13-4491-00-00-20-21-40-66/Dell_2D00_LCManagementProfile_2D00_1.3.pdf

would you advise resetting the LC and iDRac and if i do will it cause any problems when the servers are used by someone else?

There should be no problems. Everything will be reset to default values. The only issue that would arise is if you try to perform these actions remotely. When you start resetting these items you will lose remote connectivity as the settings are wiped.

Thanks

thanks again Daniel