Users Guide

Exporting hardware inventory — current or factory shipped............................................................26
Exporting hardware inventory to a USB drive.............................................................................. 27
Exporting hardware inventory to a network share.......................................................................27
Viewing or exporting hardware inventory after part replacement................................................... 28
Viewing or exporting current inventory after resetting Lifecycle Controller................................... 29
Lifecycle Controller log...................................................................................................................... 29
Viewing Lifecycle Log history....................................................................................................... 29
Exporting Lifecycle Log.................................................................................................................30
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.................................................................................................... 41
Firmware rollback................................................................................................................................41
Rolling back to previous firmware versions................................................................................. 42
6 Configure.............................................................................................................44
System control panel access options................................................................................................ 44
Controlling access to the front panel.......................................................................................... 44
Configuring iDRAC..............................................................................................................................45
Configuring system time and date..................................................................................................... 45
Configuring vFlash SD card................................................................................................................ 46
Enabling or disabling a vFlash SD card.........................................................................................46
Initializing a vFlash SD card...........................................................................................................46
Configuring RAID................................................................................................................................ 47
Foreign configuration found.........................................................................................................47
Viewing current RAID configuration............................................................................................ 48
Selecting RAID levels.....................................................................................................................48
Selecting physical disks.................................................................................................................49
Setting virtual disk attributes.........................................................................................................50
Viewing summary.......................................................................................................................... 51
Configuring RAID using software RAID.............................................................................................. 51
Creating a secure virtual disk on a RAID controller...........................................................................52
Key encryption.....................................................................................................................................53
Applying the local key on a RAID controller................................................................................ 53
Local key encryption mode................................................................................................................ 53
Encrypting unsecure virtual disks................................................................................................. 54
Rekey controller with new local key............................................................................................ 54
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