Users Guide

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Lifecycle Controller Features
This section provides a brief description of the Lifecycle Controller features and helps you familiarize with the wizards to
use Lifecycle Controller most effectively. Each feature is a wizard in Lifecycle Controller. Lifecycle Controller supports
the following features:
• Home — Navigate back to Home screen.
• Lifecycle Log — View and export lifecycle log, and add a work note to lifecycle log.
• Platform Update — Apply updates or perform platform rollback for the system.
• Hardware Configuration — Configure system devices.
• OS Deployment — Install an operating system.
• Platform Restore — Backup, export, and restore system profile.
• Hardware Diagnostics — Perform diagnostics to validate the memory, I/O devices, CPU, physical disks, and
other peripherals.
• LC Settings — Specify the language, keyboard layout, and network settings while using Lifecycle Controller.
• System Setup — View the version information of Lifecycle Controller and UEFI.
Related Links
Lifecycle Log
Platform Update
Platform Rollback
Hardware Configuration
Operating System Deployment
Platform Restore
Hardware Diagnostics
Using LC Settings
System Setup
Lifecycle Log
Lifecycle Controller provides the history of firmware changes of the related components installed on a managed system.
Using this wizard, you can view and export lifecycle log, and add a work note to a log history. The log contains the
following:
• Firmware update history based on device, version, date, and time.
• Events based on severity, category, date, and time.
• User comments history based on date and time.
Related Links
Viewing Lifecycle Log History
Exporting Lifecycle Log
Adding Work Note to Lifecycle Log
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