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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 on the Dell’s 11
th
and 12
th
generation of PowerEdge 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 Dell’s 11
th
generation of PowerEdge servers, Lifecycle Controller is known as Unified Server
Configurator (USC), Unified Server Configurator - Lifecycle Controller Enabled, and Lifecycle Controller-
Remote Services.
On the Dell’s 12
th
generation of PowerEdge 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 v1.4 — 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 v1.4 — 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 www.dell.com/support/
manuals.
Supported Dell Systems And Windows Operating Systems
For Lifecycle Controller v1.4
See Supported Dell OpenManage Systems Management on Windows Operating System 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 Controller is not supported on Windows Storage Server operating systems.
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