Users Guide

NOTE: You can also modify the device settings by using the System Setup utility during startup. For more information about the
System Setup utility, see Using The System Setup Program And Boot Manager.
1 Start Lifecycle Controller. For more information, see Starting Lifecycle Controller.
2 In the left pane, select System Setup.
3 In the right pane, click Advanced Hardware Conguration.
4 Select the device you want to congure.
Based on the conguration setting changes, the following message may be displayed:
One or more of the settings requires a reboot to be saved and activated. Do you want to
reboot now?
5 Select No to continue making additional conguration changes or select Yes to save the changes and exit the wizard.
All changes are applied during the next system restart.
Collect system inventory on restart
When you enable the Collect System Inventory On Restart (CSIOR) property, hardware inventory and part conguration information is
discovered and compared with previous system inventory information on every system restart.
NOTE: By default, the CSIOR property is enabled.
Updating server inventory information
To enable collecting system inventory on restart:
1 Start Lifecycle Controller. For more information, see Starting Lifecycle Controller.
2 In the left pane, click Hardware Conguration.
3 In the right pane, select Hardware Inventory.
4 Click Collect System Inventory on Restart.
5 Under Collect System Inventory on Restart, click Enabled, and then click Finish.
The system inventory is updated after the next restart.
Conguring local FTP server
If your organization’s users are on a private network that does not have access to external sites, specically ftp.dell.com, you can provide
rmware updates from a locally-congured FTP server. The users in your organization can access updates or drivers for their Dell server
from the local FTP server instead of ftp.dell.com. A local FTP server is not required for users, who have access to ftp.dell.com through a
proxy server. Check ftp.dell.com frequently to make sure your local FTP server has the most recent updates.
FTP authentication
Although you must provide the user name and password for the FTP server, Lifecycle Controller supports anonymous login to the FTP
server using the FTP server address to download the catalog information. If you use a rewall, you should congure it to allow outgoing
FTP trac on port 21. The rewall must be congured to accept incoming FTP response trac.
Requirements for a local FTP server
The following requirements apply when conguring a local FTP server.
• The local FTP server must use the default port (21).
Congure
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