Users Guide

• If you are storing the exported file in a USB flash drive, make sure that a USB flash drive is connected to the

managed system.

To export the current or factory shipped hardware inventory:

NOTE: For factory shipped inventory, the state of few parameters for the installed components displays Unknown.

1. In the left pane, click Hardware Configuration.

2. In the right pane, click Hardware Inventory.

3. Click Export Current Inventory or Export Factory Shipped Hardware Inventory.

4. Select USB Device if you are exporting the inventory log to a local USB flash drive or Network Share if you are

exporting the file to a shared folder on a network.

5. Click Test Network Connection to verify if Lifecycle Controller is able to connect to the IP address that you

provided. By default, it pings the Gateway IP, DNS server IP, and host IP.

NOTE: Lifecycle Controller cannot ping to the domain name and does not display its IP address if the DNS is not

able to resolve the domain name. Make sure that the issue with DNS is resolved and then retry.

6. Click Finish to export the inventory.

The HardwareInventory _<servicetag>_<timestamp>.xml or FactoryShippedHWInventory_<servicetag>.xml is

copied to the specified location. For the current inventory, the time stamp is in the format yyyy-mm-ddthh:mm:ss,

and ‘t’ indicates time.

NOTE: Lifecycle Controller does not provide the driver version for the RAID controller. To view the driver version,

use iDRAC7, OpenManage Server Administrator Storage Service, or any other third party storage management

application.