Users Guide

and embedded, formatting or reinstalling the operating system does not remove the tool, thus saving
significant time and money.
Benefits of using iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller
The benefits include:
Increased availability — Early notification of potential or actual failures that help prevent a server
failure or reduce recovery time after failure.
Improved productivity and lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) — Extending the reach of
administrators to larger number of distant servers can make the IT staff more productive while driving
down operational costs such as travel.
Secure environment — By providing secure access to remote servers, administrators can perform
critical management functions while maintaining server and network security.
Enhanced embedded management through Lifecycle Controller — Lifecycle Controller provides
deployment and simplified serviceability through the Lifecycle Controller GUI for local deployment
and Remote Services (WS-Man) interfaces for remote deployment integrated with Dell OpenManage
Essentials and partner consoles.
For more information on iDRAC, see the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller User’s Guide at
dell.com/support/home. For more information on WS-Man, see the Dell Lifecycle Controller GUI User’s
Guide at delltechcenter.com/lc.
What's new in this release?
The new features supported in this release are as follows:
View Common Internet File System (CIFS) and Network File System (NFS) server configuration
information.
IPv6 technology.
Half-Height Half-Length Non-Volatile Memory express (HHHL NVMe) adapter firmware update.
UEFI capsule update to resolve Intel firmware update issues.
2000W power supply unit (PSU) on Dell PowerEdge C4130 servers.
OS deployment on PCIe SSD and dual SD cards.
Support for the following operating systems:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
Support for the latest Intel, Qlogic, and Mellanox PowerEdge network adapters.
Key features
The key features of Lifecycle Controller are:
Provisioning — Entire preoperating system configuration from a unified interface.
Deploying — Simplified operating system installation with the embedded drivers on Lifecycle
Controller. Unattended installation mode is available for Microsoft Windows and Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 7 operating systems.
Download drivers for operating system installation from ftp.dell.com.
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