Quick start manual

Management) interfaces for remote deployment integrated with Dell OpenManage Essentials and partner

consoles.

For more information about iDRAC7, see

Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller User’s Guide

available at dell.com/

support/manuals

Key Features

You can perform the following systems management tasks using Lifecycle Controller-Remote services:

• Install operating systems and drivers

• Manage Licensing

• Perform BIOS firmware updates

• Part Replacement

• Perform component firmware updates

• Get hardware inventory information

• Get and set NIC/CNA and RAID configuration

• Get and set BIOS configuration and BIOS passwords

• Export lifecycle log and add work notes

• Export current and factory shipped hardware inventory log

• Manage, attach, and boot to vFlash SD card partitions

• Lock the controllers using the local key

• Export and import the server profile

• Export and import System Configuration XML

• Schedule and track the status of the update and configuration

What’s New in this Release?

The highlights of this release of Lifecycle Controller-Remote Services are:

• Import and export System Configuration XML file that contains information about a component configuration

• Backplane and enclosure firmware update

• Faster iDRAC firmware update

• New Shutdown job type

• Added support for Fibre Channel (FC) HBA cards

Why Use Lifecycle Controller Remote Services?

When Dell examined the most common management tasks and the inefficiencies associated with them, it discovered

that the additional time taken for performing the management tasks was not because of the tools, but it was because of

how they were delivered. The most common tasks such as provisioning, deploying, and updating required multiple tools,

multiple forms of media, and searching the Web for the latest enablement tools, including drivers and firmware. This

traditional delivery model resulted in inefficient usage of time, a potential for error, and exposure to security risks.

Lifecycle Controller-Remote Services addresses all these system management issues.