- Notes, Cautions, and Warnings
- 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 and Exporting Current Inventory After Resetting Lifecycle Controller
- Lifecycle Log
- Firmware Update
- Configure
- System Control Panel Access Options
- Configuring iDRAC
- Configuring System Time And Date
- Configuring vFlash SD Card
- Configuring RAID
- Configuring RAID Using Software RAID
- Creating a Secure Virtual Disk on Series 8 Controller
- Key Encryption
- Local Key Encryption Mode
- Breaking Mirrored Drives
- System Setup-Advanced Hardware Configuration
- Collect System Inventory on Restart
- Configuring Local FTP Server
- Configuring Local USB Drive
- Maintain
- Troubleshooting and Frequently Asked Questions
- Lifecycle Log Schema
- Easy-to-use System Component Names
- Using The System Setup and Boot Manager
Dell Lifecycle Controller 2 Release 1.4.0 User's Guide
Key Features
The key features of Lifecycle Controller are:
- Provisioning — Entire pre-operating system configuration from a unified interface.
- Deploying — Simplified operating system installation with embedded drivers on the Lifecycle Controller. Installing an OS using the unattended installation mode for Windows-based OS.
- Download drivers for operating system installation from one of
the following sources:
- Dell FTP website at ftp.dell.com
- Dell Lifecycle Controller OS Driver Packs DVD for Windows and Linux
- Patching or Updating — Operating system agnostic, and reduced maintenance downtime with direct access to updates from ftp.dell.com. It simplifies firmware updates by maintaining a working version for rollback.
- Servicing — Continuous availability of diagnostics without depending on a hard disk drive. Ability to flash firmware automatically, while replacing field-replaceable components such as a Dell PowerEdge storage controller, NIC, and power supply unit. Support for VLAN in network configuration.
- Reset the system to factory default — Deletes the current iDRAC settings and resets iDRAC to factory default settings. It also deletes lifecycle logs, factory-shipped inventory, driver packs, and diagnostics information on the managed node, and deletes all the user-settings and configurations.
- Security — Supports local key encryption.
- Restoring Platform — Backup the server profile (including RAID configuration) and restore the server to a previously-known state. Importing a server license, updating firmware, and restoring system configuration in case of motherboard replacement.
- Lifecycle logs for troubleshooting
- Hardware inventory — Provides information about both the current and factory system configuration.
- Supports H730P controller on the Equinox server.
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