User's Manual

Viewing or Exporting Hardware Inventory After Part Replacement
To view or export the hardware inventory after part replacement:
1. Launch Lifecycle Controller.
2. In the left pane, click Hardware Configuration.
3. In the right pane, click Hardware Inventory.
4. Click View Current Inventory.
Lifecycle Controller displays the old hardware inventory.
5. Restart the server and relaunch Lifecycle Controller.
6. To view the latest inventory, on the Hardware Inventory page, click View Current Hardware Inventory to view the
latest inventory, or click Export Current Inventory to export the latest inventory to an external location.
NOTE: For more information about the part replacement feature, see the
Part Replacement in Lifecycle
Controller
white paper available at delltechcenter.com/lc.
Related Links
About View and Export Current Inventory
Viewing and Exporting Current Inventory After Resetting Lifecycle
Controller
To view or export the current hardware inventory data after resetting the Lifecycle Controller:
NOTE: After you select the Delete Configuration and Reset Defaults option , the system automatically turns off.
1. Turn on the system and wait for a few minutes for iDRAC to start functioning.
2. Press <F10> to launch Lifecycle Controller and the system inventory is collected as CSIOR is enabled by default.
3. After Lifecycle Controller launches, go to Hardware Configuration and click View Current Hardware Inventory or
Export Current Hardware Inventory to view or export current hardware inventory respectively. If the following
message is displayed, click No, reboot the system, and then retry.
Hardware change is detected on the system. The current hardware inventory
does not contain the latest updates as the hardware inventory update is in
progress. To view or export the latest hardware inventory, relaunch
Lifecycle Controller and retry. Do you want to continue with the old current
hardware inventory information?
Related Links
Viewing Hardware Inventory—Current or Factory-Shipped
Exporting Hardware Inventory—Current or Factory-Shipped
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 on the basis of device, version, and date and time.
Events on the basis of category, severity, and date and time.
User comments history on the basis of date and time.
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