Reference Guide

9. Lifecycle Controller — Supported Dell Systems and Operating Systems
The Dell Lifecycle Controller provides advanced embedded systems management and is delivered as part of integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC)
and embedded Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) applications in the 11
th
and 12
th
generation Dell servers. The Lifecycle Controller software
components are built on iDRAC and UEFI system firmware. Lifecycle Controller firmware can access and manage the hardware, including component and sub-
system management that is beyond the traditional Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) capabilities. The UEFI environment provides the local console
interface and the infrastructure for locally managed system components. It simplifies the end-to-end server lifecycle management.
On the 11th generation servers, Lifecycle Controller is known as Unified Server Configurator (USC), Unified Server Configurator-Lifecycle Controller Enabled, and
Lifecycle Controller-Remote Services. On the 12
th
generation servers, Lifecycle Controller is known as Lifecycle Controller 2 (includes GUI and Remote Services).
The functionalities available are based on the generation of the server and the variant of Lifecycle Controller:
• Lifecycle Controller GUI — Lifecycle Controller GUI supports systems management tasks such as deploy, configure, update, maintain, and diagnose in a one-
to-one method.
• Lifecycle Controller-Remote Services — Remote Services (WS-MAN) simplifies end-to-end server lifecycle management using the one-to-many method. It
interfaces for remote deployment integrated with Dell OpenManage Essentials and partner consoles.
For more information, see the Lifecycle Controller documentation available at support.dell.com/manuals.