Users Guide

• To manually enter a Service Tag, click Manually configure service tag. On the Service Tag Settings page, type the

Service Tag, and then click OK.

To restore the server profile using Easy Restore:

NOTE: Easy Restore is available only on 13

generation PowerEdge servers that have the Easy Restore flash

memory. Easy Restore is not available on PowerEdge R930.

After you replace the motherboard on your server, Easy Restore allows you to automatically restore the following data:

• System Service Tag

• Licenses data

• UEFI Diagnostics application

• System configuration settings—BIOS, iDRAC, and NIC

Easy Restore uses the Easy Restore flash memory to back up the data. When you replace the motherboard and power on the

system, the BIOS queries the iDRAC and prompts you to restore the backed-up data. The first BIOS screen prompts you to

restore the Service Tag, licenses, and UEFI diagnostic application. The second BIOS screen prompts you to restore system

configuration settings. If you choose not to restore data on the first BIOS screen and if you do not set the Service Tag by

another method, the first BIOS screen is displayed again. The second BIOS screen is displayed only once.

NOTE:

• System configurations settings are backed-up only when CSIOR is enabled. Ensure that Lifecycle Controller and

CSIOR are enabled.

• System Erase does not clear the data from the Easy Restore flash memory.

• Easy Restore does not back up other data such as firmware images, vFlash data, or add-in cards data.

Import server license

Use the Import Server License feature to import an iDRAC license from the Lifecycle Controller GUI. The scenarios in which you

may want to import a license are when you set up a new server shipped from the factory, while upgrading an Express license to an

Enterprise license, and so on. You can import the license that is stored on a USB drive or on the network share such as CIFS or NFS.

You can perform the following operations only if you have an evaluation license of Lifecycle Controller:

• Back up a server profile

• Export a server profile

• Configure a vFlash SD card

NOTE: You can import license on PowerEdge 12th generation and later servers. For more information about importing

server license, see the

Importing iDRAC License Using Lifecycle Controller

white paper at delltechcenter.com/lc.

Importing server license from a network share or USB drive

Before importing a server license, make sure that the following prerequisites are met:

• The number of licenses already installed on the server must not be more than 16.

• The license being imported is not expired.

• The license being imported is not of perpetual type, which has a unique identifier or Service Tag associated with another server.

• The license being imported is a proper compressed file and not corrupted file.

• The license being imported must not be already installed on the same server.

• If importing a leased license, that date of import must be a date after the lease date is activated.