Guide de l’utilisateur de Dell Lifecycle Controller

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 the embedded drivers on Lifecycle Controller. Unattended installation mode is available for Microsoft Windows and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 operating systems.
• Download drivers for operating system installation from www.dell.com/support.
• Patching or updating — Operating system agnostic, and reduced maintenance downtime with direct access to updates from . 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 components such as a PowerEdge storage controller, NIC, and power supply unit. Support for VLAN in network configuration.
• System erase — Deletes the server and storage-related data on selected components of a server. You can delete information on BIOS, Lifecycle Controller data (LC logs, configuration database and rollback firmware versions), iDRAC settings, and storage components on the server.
  NOTE:

  • You cannot delete the iDRAC license file.
  • Secure erase does not erase iDRAC rollback firmware from the partition when command racadm systemerase lcdata is used.
• Security — Support local key encryption.
• Enhanced Security — Support for TLS 1.3, 1.2, and 1.1. To enhance security, default setting is TLS 1.1 and higher.
• Hardware inventory — Provides information about the current and factory system configuration.
• Lifecycle Controller logs for troubleshooting.
• CIFS operations — CIFS operations from LCUI uses SMBv2 protocol but is displayed as CIFS on the GUI.