User's Manual

Hardware Inventory View and Export.....................................................................................................................25
About View and Export Current Inventory..............................................................................................................25
About View and Export Factory-Shipped Inventory............................................................................................... 25
Viewing Hardware Inventory—Current or Factory-Shipped..................................................................................26
Exporting Hardware Inventory—Current or Factory-Shipped............................................................................... 26
USB Drive......................................................................................................................................................... 27
Network Share................................................................................................................................................. 27
Viewing or Exporting Hardware Inventory After Part Replacement...................................................................... 28
Viewing and Exporting Current Inventory After Resetting Lifecycle Controller..................................................... 28
Lifecycle Log...........................................................................................................................................................28
Viewing Lifecycle Log History..........................................................................................................................29
Exporting Lifecycle Log.................................................................................................................................... 30
Adding Work Note to Lifecycle Log................................................................................................................. 30
5 Firmware Update.......................................................................................................................31
Download Methods.................................................................................................................................................32
Version Compatibility..............................................................................................................................................32
Updating Firmware................................................................................................................................................. 32
Selecting Type of Update And Update Source................................................................................................ 33
Using Single Component DUPs........................................................................................................................ 37
Selecting and Applying Updates......................................................................................................................37
Firmware Rollback.................................................................................................................................................. 38
Rolling Back to Previous Firmware Versions...................................................................................................38
6 Configure.................................................................................................................................... 41
System Control Panel Access Options................................................................................................................... 41
Controlling Access to Front Panel....................................................................................................................41
Configuring iDRAC.................................................................................................................................................. 42
Configuring System Time And Date........................................................................................................................42
Configuring vFlash SD Card.................................................................................................................................... 43
Enabling or Disabling vFlash............................................................................................................................ 43
Initializing vFlash.............................................................................................................................................. 43
Configuring RAID.................................................................................................................................................... 43
Foreign Configuration Found............................................................................................................................44
Viewing Current RAID Configuration................................................................................................................45
Selecting RAID Levels......................................................................................................................................45
Selecting Physical Disks.................................................................................................................................. 46
Setting Virtual Disk Attributes..........................................................................................................................46
Viewing Summary............................................................................................................................................ 47
Configuring RAID Using Software RAID................................................................................................................. 47
Creating a Secure Virtual Disk on Series 8 Controller............................................................................................48
Key Encryption........................................................................................................................................................49