Users Guide

• System identication information such as model number and Service Tag. For example, R720 and 1P3HRBS.

• Date and time the backup was last taken.

• Currently installed hardware inventory information.

• Firmware for each component.

• Encrypted

• Component conguration information.

• User name and password for RAID controller and BIOS.

• Component certicates.

• Licenses.

• Signature to validate that the backup le is not tampered and generated by Lifecycle Controller.

The server prole backup image le does not contain:

• Operating system or any data stored on hard-disk drives or virtual drives.

• vFlash SD card partition information.

• Lifecycle log.

• Dell diagnostics.

• Dell OS Driver Pack.

• A Local Key Management (LKM) passphrase, if the LKM–based storage encryption is enabled. However, you must provide the LKM

passphrase after performing the restore operation.

Security

The contents of the backup image le cannot be accessed with any application, even if it is generated without a passphrase. However, if

the backup image le is created using a passphrase, Lifecycle Controller uses the passphrase to encrypt the backup image le with 128-bit

encryption.

Size

Based on the server conguration, the size of a backup image le can be a maximum of 384 MB.

Performance

• Back up — The time taken to collect the required information and store the backup image le on a vFlash SD card is 45 minutes

(maximum).

• Restore — The time taken to restore a server using a backup image le depends on the number of components installed on the server.

Most of the server components such as BIOS, NIC, RAID, and other host bus adapters require multiple system restarts in order to

restore the server to its previous conguration. Each restart may take 1–15 minutes (for maximum system hardware congurations).

This restart time is in addition to the time taken for accessing the backup image le, which depends on where it is stored (vFlash SD

card, USB drive, or network share).

Supported components

The following table lists the server components that are supported by Lifecycle Controller while performing a backup or restore operation.

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