Users Guide

• Enable Collect System Inventory On Restart. If it is disabled, the cache of system inventory information may

become stale if new components are added without manually entering Lifecycle Controller after turning the

system on. In the manual mode, you must press <F10> after part replacement during reboot.

• The replaced card or part must belong to the same family as the previous component.

To perform part firmware and configuration update:

1. In the left pane, click Platform Restore.

2. In the right pane, click Part Replacement.

The Part Replacement Configuration page is displayed.

3. From the part firmware update drop-down, select one of the following:

– Disabled — Firmware update on replaced parts is not performed.

– Allow version upgrade only — Firmware update on replaced parts is only performed if the firmware version

of the new part is lower than the existing part.

– Match firmware of replaced part — Firmware on the new part is updated to the version of the original part.

4. From the part configuration update drop-down, select one of the following:

– Disabled — The feature is disabled and the current configuration is not applied if a part is replaced.

– Apply always — The feature is enabled and the current configuration is applied if a part is replaced.

– Apply only if firmware match — The feature is enabled and the current configuration is applied only if the

current firmware matches with the firmware of a replaced part.