Users Guide

* Congure controller properties.
* Import or auto-import foreign conguration.
* Clear foreign conguration.
* Reset controller conguration.
* Create or change security keys.
– PCIe SSD devices:
* Inventory and remotely monitor the health of PCIe SSD devices in the server.
* Prepare the PCIe SSD to be removed.
* Securely erase the data.
– Set the backplane mode (unied or split mode).
– Blink or unblink component LEDs.
– Apply the device settings immediately, at next system reboot, at a scheduled time, or as a pending operation to be applied as
a batch as part of the single job.
Update
• Manage iDRAC licenses.
• Update BIOS and device rmware for devices supported by Lifecycle Controller.
• Update or rollback iDRAC rmware and Lifecycle Controller rmware using a single rmware image.
• Manage staged updates.
• Back up and restore server prole.
• Access iDRAC interface over direct USB connection.
• Congure iDRAC using Server Conguration Proles on USB device.
Maintenance and Troubleshooting
• Perform power-related operations and monitor power consumption.
• Optimize system performance and power consumption by modifying the thermal settings.
• No dependency on OpenManage Server Administrator for generation of alerts.
• Log event data: Lifecycle and RAC logs.
• Set email alerts, IPMI alerts, remote system logs, WS Eventing logs, Redsh event, and SNMP traps (v1, v2c, and v3) for events
and improved email alert notication.
• Capture last system crash image.
• View boot and crash capture videos.
• Out-of-band monitor and alert the performance index of CPU, memory, and I/O modules.
• Congure warning threshold for inlet temperature and power consumption.
• Use iDRAC Service Module to:
– View operating system information.
– Replicate Lifecycle Controller logs to operating system logs.
– Automatic system recovery options.
– Remotely hard-reset iDRAC
– Enable in-band iDRAC SNMP alerts
– Access iDRAC using host OS (experimental feature)
– Populate Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) information.
– Integrate with SupportAssist collection. This is applicable only if iDRAC Service Module Version 2.0 or later is installed. For
more information, see Generating SupportAssist Collection.
– Prepare to remove NVMe PCIe SSD. For more information, see Preparing to remove PCIe SSD.
• Generate SupportAssist collection in the following ways:
– Automatic — Using iDRAC Service Module that automatically invokes the OS Collector tool.
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