Users Guide

Exporting hardware inventory to a USB drive.............................................................................. 25
Exporting hardware inventory to a network share.......................................................................25
Viewing or exporting hardware inventory after part replacement................................................... 26
Viewing and exporting current inventory after resetting Lifecycle Controller.................................26
Lifecycle Controller log.......................................................................................................................27
Viewing Lifecycle Log history....................................................................................................... 27
Exporting Lifecycle Log.................................................................................................................28
Adding a work note to the Lifecycle Log..................................................................................... 30
5 Firmware update................................................................................................. 31
Firmware update methods..................................................................................................................32
Version compatibility.......................................................................................................................... 32
Updating firmware.............................................................................................................................. 32
Selecting the type of update and update source.........................................................................33
Using single component DUPs..................................................................................................... 37
Selecting and applying updates....................................................................................................38
Firmware rollback................................................................................................................................38
Rolling back to previous firmware versions................................................................................. 39
6 Configure.............................................................................................................40
System control panel access options................................................................................................ 40
Controlling access to the front panel.......................................................................................... 40
Configuring iDRAC.............................................................................................................................. 41
Configuring system time and date..................................................................................................... 41
Configuring vFlash SD card................................................................................................................ 42
Enabling or disabling a vFlash SD card.........................................................................................42
Initializing a vFlash SD card...........................................................................................................42
Configuring RAID................................................................................................................................ 43
Foreign configuration found.........................................................................................................43
Viewing current RAID configuration............................................................................................ 44
Selecting RAID levels.....................................................................................................................44
Selecting physical disks.................................................................................................................45
Setting virtual disk attributes.........................................................................................................46
Viewing summary..........................................................................................................................47
Configuring RAID using software RAID..............................................................................................47
Creating a secure virtual disk on a RAID controller...........................................................................48
Key encryption.................................................................................................................................... 49
Applying the local key on a RAID controller................................................................................ 49
Local key encryption mode................................................................................................................49
Encrypting unsecure virtual disks.................................................................................................50
Rekey controller with new local key............................................................................................ 50
Removing encryption and deleting data.......................................................................................51