Users Guide

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Server Discovery
You can do out-of-band discovery of unassigned Dell servers and import information on Dell servers into
the appliance.
• When you discover a PowerEdge server, it is listed as an unassigned server and marked as compliant if
the server contains minimum versions of Lifecycle Controller firmware, iDRAC, and BIOS that are
required to work with the appliance.
• If the PowerEdge server has operating system deployed on it and it is present in the appliance, then
the PowerEdge server is listed as a host server.
• If the PowerEdge server has operating system deployed on it and it is not provisioned in the appliance,
then the PowerEdge server is listed as an unassigned server and marked as compliant.
You can discover unassigned Dell servers using the following options:
• Auto discovery of unassigned servers
• Manual discovery based on IP addresses (within a subnet)
System Requirements for Discovering Managed Systems
For appliance to discover managed systems (including Microsoft Hyper-Vs), note the following system
requirements:
• For the 11th, 12th, and 13th generation of PowerEdge servers the appliance supports only rack and
blade server models.
• For source configuration and destination configuration, use same type of disks — only SAS or only
SATA drives.
• For successful hardware profile RAID cloning, for destination system disks, use same or greater size
and number of disks as present in the source.
• RAID sliced virtual disks are not supported.
• iDRAC with shared LAN on motherboard (LOM) is not supported.
• Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) boot mode is not supported.
• RAID configured on external controller is not supported.
• Enable Collect System Inventory on Start (CSIOR) in managed systems. For more information see,
Enabling CSIOR in Managed Systems.
Enabling CSIOR in Managed Systems
To enable CSIOR for 12th and 13th generation PowerEdge servers:
1. Select F2 during the post to enter System Setup.
2. Select iDRAC Settings and click Lifecycle Controller.
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