Users Guide
Feature Functionality
• Importing the saved system profiles from an
external share/vFlash.
• Configuring Part Replacement properties for a
system or a collection.
For more information, see Platform restore for a
system and Platform restore for a collection.
Viewing and exporting the Lifecycle Controller logs You can view the Lifecycle Controller logs of a
system or a collection in a readable format and
save or export the logs to a .CSV file. In addition,
you can filter logs and view the number of logs
based on the search string. For more information,
see
Viewing Lifecycle Controller logs and Viewing
and exporting Lifecycle Controller logs for a
collection.
Configure network interface cards (NICs) and
converged network adapters (CNAs)
You can configure different attributes of specific
NICs or CNAs in the system and save them to a
profile.
The saved profiles can later be applied to the
collection as part of the hardware configuration or
operating system deployment, or both.
You can also compare the applied NIC/CNA
profiles against the NIC/CNA configurations of the
systems and generate comparison reports.
For more information, see:
• Configuring NICs and CNAs for a system.
• Applying a NIC or CNA profile on a collection.
• Comparing NIC or CNA profiles against systems
in a collection.
Configure iDRAC profiles for a system or collection
You can define iDRAC configurations for a system
and save it as part of the hardware configuration
profile of the system.
The saved profiles are applied later to the
collection as part of the hardware configuration or
operating system deployment, or both.
For more information, see Configuring iDRAC
profiles for a system.
Connect to Dell FTP for Firmware updates You can now connect to the FTP site and perform
the following:
• Download firmware updates for a system or a
collection.
• Determine the status of the firmware if the
firmware of your collection is compliant, or
needs an update.
• Schedule a firmware update for a single system
or a collection of systems.
• Export an inventory of chassis and servers from
DLCI and use this information to create
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