Reference Guide

10. 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
.
Supported Dell Systems and Windows Operating Systems for
Lifecycle Controller
See Supported Dell OpenManage Systems Management Software on Windows Operating Systems
for a list of all the Dell systems and Microsoft Operating systems that support Lifecycle Controller.
Note:
Lifecycle controller is not supported on Dell PowerEdge T110 and T110II.
Note:
Lifecycle is not supported on Windows Storage Server operating systems.
Supported Dell Systems and Linux Operating Systems for Lifecycle
Controller
See Supported Dell OpenManage Systems Management Software on Linux Operating Systems
for a
list of all the Dell systems and Microsoft Operating systems that support Lifecycle Controller.
Note:
Lifecycle controller is not supported on Dell PowerEdge T110 and T110II.