Lifecycle Controller Version 1.6.
Release Type and Definition Lifecycle Controller An out-of-band mechanism for configuring the platform, applying firmware updates, saving a system inventory, or deploying an operating system, either by using a GUI or a remote scripting language. Version Lifecycle Controller version 1.6.0 Release Date: March 2013 Previous Version Lifecycle Controller version 1.5.5 Importance RECOMMENDED: Dell recommends applying this update during your next scheduled update cycle.
What’s New The highlights of this release are: Firmware update support for Fiber Channel (FC) cards.
Issue 2 Description When backing up to a network share using WSMAN, WSMAN allows only 64 characters to be used in the image name. Resolution Not applicable. Versions Affected Lifecycle Controller version 1.6.0 Issue 3 Description The Export and Import operations fail if multiple iDRAC virtual consoles are open. Resolution Make sure that only one iDRAC virtual console is open during Export or Import operation. Versions/Systems Affected Lifecycle Controller version 1.6.
Issue 5 Description When enumeration is performed on multiple devices such as NICs, CNAs, and controllers, the data returned is more than the maximum envelope size. Resolution Increase the envelope size of the client. The recommended envelope size is 1024 kilobytes. Versions Affected Lifecycle Controller version 1.6.0 Issue 6 Description After running several update jobs, some jobs are not executed in some systems.
Installation Prerequisites Unified Server Configurator-Lifecycle Controller Enabled version 1.6.0. For Blade systems, iDRAC6 version 3.5. For Rack and Tower systems, iDRAC6 version 1.95. Following are the BIOS versions based on the Dell systems: o Dell PowerEdge M910 – 2.7.8 o Dell PowerEdge M915 – 3.0.2 o Dell PowerEdge R715 – 3.0.2 o Dell PowerEdge R815 – 3.0.2 o Dell PowerEdge R910 – 2.7.8 Installation Procedure To use the latest features, upgrade the firmware in the following order: 1. 2. 3.
