Dell Precision 7920 Rack Owner's Manual

Dell Lifecycle Controller

NOTE:This is an overview of the Lifecycle Controller. For more information about Dell LifeCycle Controller, see dell.com/idracmanuals.

iDRAC9 with Lifecycle Controller

Dell Lifecycle Controller provides advanced embedded systems management to perform systems management tasks such as deploy, configure, maintain, and diagnose by using a graphical user interface (GUI). It is delivered as part of integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) out-of-band solution and embedded Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) applications in the latest Dell systems. iDRAC works with the UEFI firmware to access and manage every aspect of the hardware, including component and subsystem management that is beyond the traditional Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) capabilities.

NOTE:Out-of-band lifecycle management are no longer supported as of December 2019. For more information, search in the Knowledge Base Resource at www.dell.com/support .

Benefits of using iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller

The benefits of using iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller includes:

Increased availability—Early notification of potential or actual failures that help prevent a system failure or reduce recovery time after failure.
Improved productivity and lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) — Extending the reach of administrators to larger numbers of distant systems can make the IT staff more productive while driving down operational costs such as travel.
Secure environment—By providing secure access to remote systems, administrators can perform critical management functions while maintaining system and network security.
Enhanced embedded management through Lifecycle Controller - Lifecycle Controller provides deployment and simplified serviceability through Lifecycle Controller GUI for local deployment and remote services (Redfish, Racadm, and WS-Man) interfaces for remote deployment integrated with Dell OpenManage Essentials and partner consoles.

Key features

The key features of Lifecycle Controller are:

System erase - Deletes the system and storage-related data on selected components of a system. You can delete information pertaining to BIOS, Lifecycle Controller logs, iDRAC settings, and storage components on the system. However, you cannot delete the iDRAC license information.
Security - Support local key encryption.
Restoring the system - Back up the system profile, including RAID configuration, and restore the system to a previously known state. Importing a system license, firmware rollback, and restoring system configuration if there is system board replacement.
Easy Restore - Automatically restore hardware configuration and license information after a system board replacement
SupportAssist Collection - Gathers all hardware and OS logs and inventory information required for technical support.
Lifecycle Controller logs for troubleshooting.
Hardware inventory - Provides information about the current and factory system configuration.

Starting Lifecycle Controller

To start Lifecycle Controller, restart the system and press <F10> during POST to select Lifecycle Controller from the list displayed. When Lifecycle Controller is started for the first time, the Settings wizard is displayed which allows you to configure the language and network settings.

Welcome

Welcome to Dell