Users Guide

Enabling Lifecycle Controller

You can enable the Lifecycle Controller service when turning on a server:

• For iDRAC servers, on the boot console, to access System Setup, press the <F2> key.

• On the System Setup Main Menu page, go to iDRAC Settings > Lifecycle Controller, click Enabled. Go to the System Setup Main

Menu page and click Finish to save the settings.

Canceling System Services enables you to cancel all scheduled jobs that are pending and remove them from the queue.

For more information about the Lifecycle Controller and supported server components, and device rmware management, see:

• Lifecycle Controller-Remote Services Quick Start Guide.

• delltechcenter.com/page/Lifecycle+Controller.

The Server Component Update page enables you to update various rmware components on the server. To use the features and

functions on this page, you must have:

• For CMC: The Server Administrator privilege.

• For iDRAC: The Congure iDRAC privilege and Log in to iDRAC privilege.

In case of insucient privileges, you can only view the rmware inventory of components and devices on the server. You cannot select any

components or devices for any type of Lifecycle Controller operation on the server.

Choosing Server Component Firmware Update Type Using

CMC Web Interface

To select the type of server component update type:

1 In the system tree, go to Server Overview, and then click Update > Server Component Update.

The Server Component Update page is displayed.

2 In the Choose Update Type section, select the required update method:

• Update from File

• Update from Network Share

Filtering Components for Firmware Updates

Information about all the components and devices across all servers is retrieved at one time. To manage this large amount of information,

Lifecycle Controller provides various ltering mechanisms.

NOTE

: To use this feature, you must have an Enterprise License.

The Component/Device Update Filter section in the Server Component Update page that allows you to lter the information based on

the component, is available only for the Update by File mode.

These lters enable you to:

• Select one or more categories of components or devices for easy viewing.

• Compare rmware versions of components and devices across the server.

• To narrow the category of a particular component or device based on types or models, automatically lter the selected components

and devices.

Updating Firmware