Users Guide

Viewing or exporting hardware inventory after part replacement.................................................................................... 29
Viewing or exporting current inventory after resetting Lifecycle Controller..................................................................... 29
Lifecycle Controller log.....................................................................................................................................................29
Viewing Lifecycle Log history.....................................................................................................................................30
Exporting Lifecycle Log...............................................................................................................................................31
Adding a work note to the Lifecycle Log....................................................................................................................32
5 Firmware update...........................................................................................................33
Firmware update methods............................................................................................................................................... 34
Version compatibility........................................................................................................................................................ 35
Updating firmware........................................................................................................................................................... 35
Selecting the type of update and update source........................................................................................................36
Using single component DUPs................................................................................................................................... 40
Selecting and applying updates.................................................................................................................................. 40
Firmware rollback.............................................................................................................................................................40
Rolling back to previous firmware versions................................................................................................................. 41
6 Configure......................................................................................................................42
System control panel access options................................................................................................................................42
Controlling access to the front panel..........................................................................................................................42
Configuring iDRAC........................................................................................................................................................... 43
Configuring system time and date....................................................................................................................................43
Configuring vFlash SD card..............................................................................................................................................43
Enabling or disabling a vFlash SD card........................................................................................................................44
Initializing a vFlash SD card........................................................................................................................................ 44
Configuring RAID..............................................................................................................................................................44
Foreign configuration found....................................................................................................................................... 45
Viewing current RAID configuration........................................................................................................................... 45
Selecting RAID levels..................................................................................................................................................46
Selecting physical disks.............................................................................................................................................. 46
Setting virtual disk attributes......................................................................................................................................47
Viewing summary....................................................................................................................................................... 48
Configuring RAID using software RAID.............................................................................................................................48
Creating a secure virtual disk on a RAID controller...........................................................................................................49
Key encryption.................................................................................................................................................................50
Applying the local key on a RAID controller................................................................................................................ 50
Local key encryption mode...............................................................................................................................................50
Encrypting unsecure virtual disks................................................................................................................................51
Rekey controller with new local key............................................................................................................................ 51
Removing encryption and deleting data...................................................................................................................... 51
Breaking mirrored drives.................................................................................................................................................. 52
System setup — Advanced Hardware Configuration.......................................................................................................52
Modifying device settings.......................................................................................................................................... 55
Collect system inventory on restart................................................................................................................................. 55
Updating server inventory information.......................................................................................................................55
Configuring local FTP server............................................................................................................................................55
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