Quick start manual

For more information about iDRAC7, see the

Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller User’s Guide

available at

dell.com/support/manuals

Key Features

You can perform the following systems management tasks using Lifecycle Controller-Remote services:

• Install operating systems and drivers

• Manage Licensing

• Perform BIOS firmware updates

• Part Replacement and automatic restore of server configuration

• Perform component firmware updates

• Get hardware inventory information

• Get and set NIC/CNA and RAID configuration

• Get and set BIOS configuration and BIOS passwords

• Full export lifecycle log and add work notes

• Export current- and factory-shipped hardware inventory log

• Manage, attach, and boot to vFlash SD card partitions

• Lock the controllers using the local key

• Export and import the server profile

• Import server license

• View firmware details during server update

• Export and import System Configuration XML

• Schedule and track the status of the update and configuration

• Import and export System Configuration XML file that contains information about a component configuration

• Backplane and enclosure firmware update

• Faster iDRAC firmware update

• Shutdown job type

• Support for Fibre Channel (FC) HBA cards

What’s New in this Release?

The highlights of this release of Lifecycle Controller-Remote Services are:

• Part Replacement and automatic restore of server configuration

• Import server license

• View firmware details during server update

• Full export lifecycle log

• General support for PERC9

Why Use Lifecycle Controller Remote Services?

When Dell examined the most common management tasks and the inefficiencies associated with them, it discovered

that the additional time taken for performing management tasks was not because of the tools, but it was because of how

the functions were split between several tools. For example, the most common tasks such as provisioning, deploying,

and updating required not only multiple tools and multiple media format, but also searching the Web for tools such as