Quick start manual

• Get the list of MAC Addresses of all the NICs present on the server.
• Deploying Operating System on iSCSI and FCOE LUN.
System Configuration XML
A system configuration XML file containing the component configuration information is used to apply the configuration
for BIOS, iDRAC, RAID, and NIC by importing the file to a target system. For more information, see XML Configuration
Workflow white paper.
Monitor
Using various Lifecycle Controller-Remote Services capabilities, you can monitor a system throughout its lifecycle.
Current and factory-shipped hardware inventory, Lifecycle Log, System Event Log, Firmware Inventory are some of the
features that help you monitor the system.
Hardware Inventory
The hardware inventory information is cached on the persistent storage of Lifecycle Controller and is available to iDRAC
and UEFI applications. It is used to export the hardware inventory from Lifecycle Controller to a text file on a remote
share.
You can remotely query the inventory of hardware components. Each hardware inventory classes contains important
attributes about the hardware components.
For example, the LastSystemInventoryTime attribute identifies when the last time a Collect System Inventory on
Restart (CSIOR) was run. It is an important attribute as it indicates how recently the inventory was updated.
Hardware inventory and configuration information is available for the following components:
• Power Supply Unit
• Fan
• Memory
• CPU
• iDRAC
• PCI Device
• Video Card
• vFlash SD Card
• NIC
• RAID
• BIOS
• System
• Sensor
Lifecycle Log
Lifecycle logs contain entries for configuration and firmware updates of BIOS, Storage Controllers, LOMs, and add-in
NIC cards, if supported. The Lifecycle Log can be exported to a network share or saved to a USB drive. The lifecycle log
is accessible through the iDRAC7 Web interface, RACADM, and WSMAN interface.
The full Lifecycle log provides the following information:
• iDRAC, BIOS, NIC, and RAID configuration changes
13