Users Guide

Contents
1 Introduction..................................................................................................................... 7
Why Use Lifecycle Controller.............................................................................................................................................. 7
Benets of Using iDRAC7 with Lifecycle Controller.............................................................................................................7
What's New in this Release?.............................................................................................................................................. 8
Key Features.......................................................................................................................................................................8
Licensable Features in Lifecycle Controller..........................................................................................................................8
Viewing iDRAC License Information....................................................................................................................................9
Other Documents You May Need....................................................................................................................................... 9
Social Media Reference...............................................................................................................................................10
Accessing Documents From Dell Support Site.................................................................................................................. 10
Contacting Dell.................................................................................................................................................................. 11
2 Using Lifecycle Controller.............................................................................................. 12
Launching Lifecycle Controller...........................................................................................................................................12
Automatic System Restore..........................................................................................................................................12
Launch Messages, Causes, and Resolutions................................................................................................................13
Enabling Lifecycle Controller....................................................................................................................................... 13
Disabling Lifecycle Controller.......................................................................................................................................14
Canceling Lifecycle Controller Actions.........................................................................................................................14
Using Lifecycle Controller for the First Time......................................................................................................................14
Setting Up Lifecycle Controller....................................................................................................................................15
Lifecycle Controller Features.............................................................................................................................................16
3 Operating System Deployment...................................................................................... 17
Installing Operating System............................................................................................................................................... 17
Using Optional RAID Conguration....................................................................................................................................18
Conguring RAID Using Operating System Deployment Wizard........................................................................................18
Selecting Operating System..............................................................................................................................................18
Selecting an Operating System Available in the List.................................................................................................... 18
Selecting Custom Operating System...........................................................................................................................19
Selecting an Operating System Not Available in the List............................................................................................. 19
Driver Access..............................................................................................................................................................19
Installing Operating System in Unattended Mode..............................................................................................................19
Installing Operating System on iSCSI LUN and FCoE LUN............................................................................................... 20
Rebooting System............................................................................................................................................................20
Post-reboot Scenarios................................................................................................................................................20
4 Monitor..........................................................................................................................21
Hardware Inventory View and Export................................................................................................................................21
About View and Export Current Inventory.........................................................................................................................21
About View and Export Factory-Shipped Inventory...........................................................................................................21
Viewing Hardware Inventory—Current or Factory-Shipped............................................................................................. 22
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