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• Improved Productivity and Lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) — Extending the reach of administrators to
larger numbers of distant servers can make IT staff more productive while driving down operational costs such
as travel.
• Secure Environment — By providing secure access to remote servers, administrators can perform critical
management functions, while maintaining server and network security.
• Enhanced Embedded Management through Lifecycle Controller – Lifecycle Controller provides deployment and
simplified serviceability through Lifecycle Controller GUI for local deployment and Remote Services (WS-
Management) interfaces for remote deployment integrated with Dell OpenManage Essentials and partner
consoles.
For more information on iDRAC7, see Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller User’s Guide available at
dell.com/support/manuals.
What's New in this Release?
The highlights of this release of Lifecycle Controller are:
• Added support for the following operating systems:
– Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3
– VMware vSphere 5.1
– XenServer 6.1
• Added Firmware Update support for Backplanes, Enclosures (MD 1200 and MD 1220), CPLD, and Fibre Channel
(FC) cards.
• Added support for following FC cards:
– QLogic QLE2660 Single Port FC16 HBA
– QLogic QLE2660 Single Port FC16 HBA (LP)
– QLogic QLE2662 Dual Port FC16 HBA
– QLogic QLE2662 Dual Port FC16 HBA (LP)
– QLogic QME2662 Dual Port FC16 HBA Mezzanine
– QLogic QLE2560 FC8 Single Channel HBA
– QLogic QLE2562 FC8 Dual Channel HBA
– QLogic FC8 Embedded Mezz Card QME2572
– Emulex LPe16000 Single Port FC16 HBA
– Emulex LPe16000 Single Port FC16 HBA (LP)
– Emulex LPe16002 Dual Port FC16 HBA
– Emulex LPe16002 Dual Port FC16 HBA (LP)
– Emulex LPm16002 Dual Port FC16 HBA Mezzanine
• Part Replacement feature is available with iDRAC7 Express license.
• Added support for 64-bit DUP-based single component update. However, do not use the 64–bit DUP if you are
using Lifecycle Controller 2 Release 1.0.8.
• Added clear and precise event messages that are displayed with the message ID, message, and recommended
action. For detailed information about these messages, see Event Message Reference Guide on dell.com/
support/manuals.
• Synchronized mouse cursor while using Lifecycle Controller through iDRAC Virtual Console. Must have BIOS
version 1.3.x or later.
• Removed task validation post reboot after a firmware update operation. This has reduced the time taken to
complete firmware update.
NOTE: While performing firmware update, if CSIOR is disabled, after completing the update on all the
components, Lifecycle Controller performs a single validation task.
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