Users Guide

Viewing hardware inventory — current or factory shipped.............................................................. 28
Exporting hardware inventory — current or factory shipped............................................................28
Exporting hardware inventory to a USB drive.............................................................................. 29
Exporting hardware inventory to a network share...................................................................... 29
Viewing or exporting hardware inventory after part replacement................................................... 30
Viewing or exporting current inventory after resetting Lifecycle Controller....................................31
Lifecycle Controller log.......................................................................................................................31
Viewing Lifecycle Log history........................................................................................................31
Exporting Lifecycle Log.................................................................................................................32
Adding a work note to the Lifecycle Log..................................................................................... 34
5 Firmware update.................................................................................................35
Firmware update methods..................................................................................................................36
Version compatibility...........................................................................................................................37
Updating firmware...............................................................................................................................37
Selecting the type of update and update source.........................................................................38
Using single component DUPs.....................................................................................................43
Selecting and applying updates....................................................................................................43
Firmware rollback................................................................................................................................43
Rolling back to previous firmware versions................................................................................. 44
6 Configure.............................................................................................................46
System control panel access options................................................................................................ 46
Controlling access to the front panel.......................................................................................... 46
Configuring iDRAC..............................................................................................................................47
Configuring system time and date..................................................................................................... 47
Configuring vFlash SD card................................................................................................................ 48
Enabling or disabling a vFlash SD card.........................................................................................48
Initializing a vFlash SD card...........................................................................................................48
Configuring RAID................................................................................................................................ 49
Foreign configuration found.........................................................................................................49
Viewing current RAID configuration............................................................................................ 50
Selecting RAID levels.....................................................................................................................50
Selecting physical disks................................................................................................................. 51
Setting virtual disk attributes.........................................................................................................52
Viewing summary..........................................................................................................................53
Configuring RAID using software RAID..............................................................................................53
Creating a secure virtual disk on a RAID controller...........................................................................54
Key encryption.....................................................................................................................................55
Applying the local key on a RAID controller................................................................................ 55
Local key encryption mode................................................................................................................ 55
Encrypting unsecure virtual disks................................................................................................. 56
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