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Using the System Viewer Utility
This chapter describes the operations that you can perform with the System Viewer Utility.
You can use the System Viewer Utility to:
• View and edit the hardware configuration. For more information, see Viewing and Editing BIOS
Configuration.
• View and edit the RAID configuration. For more information, see Viewing and Configuring RAID.
• Create and edit iDRAC configuration profiles for your system. For more information, see Configuring
iDRAC Profiles for a System.
• Create configurations for network adapters such as NICs and CNAs and save them to a profile. For
more information, see Configuring NICs and CNAs for a System.
• View the current firmware inventory, compare it against a baseline, and update the firmware. For
more information, see Comparing and Updating the Firmware Inventory.
• Compare the hardware configuration profiles. For more information, see Comparing Hardware
Configuration Profile.
• View and export the Lifecycle Controller logs. For more information, see Viewing Lifecycle Controller
Logs.
• View the hardware inventory for the system. For more information, see Viewing the Hardware
Inventory for the System.
NOTE: You can only edit the hardware configuration and RAID configuration profiles directly,
and not edit the system configurations directly.
• Perform tasks with respect to restoring a platform that includes:
– Exporting the system profile to an external location.
– Importing the saved system profile from an external location.
– Configuring Part Replacement properties for the system.
For more information, see Platform Restore for a System.
Viewing and editing BIOS configuration
This feature enables you to view and modify the current BIOS configuration of a system or a collection of
systems and save them as a profile.
NOTE:
• Applying boot sequence across target systems works only if the target systems have the same,
equal, or less number of boot devices as it appears on the profile.
• In SCCM 2012, Operating system Deployment using UEFI boot mode is not supported.
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