Dell PowerEdge R830 Lifecycle Controller GUI v2.30.30.30 Users Guide - Page 29

Exporting hardware inventory to a USB drive, Export Factory Shipped Hardware Inventory

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3. In the right pane, click Hardware Inventory. 4. Click Export Current Inventory or Export Factory Shipped Hardware Inventory. 5. If you are exporting the inventory to a local USB drive, select USB Drive. If you are exporting the file to a shared folder on a network, select Network Share. For more information, see Exporting Hardware Inventory To A USB Drive or Exporting Hardware Inventory To A Network Share. To verify that using Lifecycle Controller, you can connect to the IP address, click Test Network Connection. Using Lifecycle Controller you can ping the Gateway IP, DNS server IP, and the host IP. NOTE: If the domain name is not resolved in the DNS, then you cannot use Lifecycle Controller to ping the domain name and view the IP address. Make sure that the DNS issue is resolved, and then retry. 6. Click Finish to export the inventory. The HardwareInventory __.xml or FactoryShippedHWInventory_.xml file is copied to the specified location. For the current inventory, the time stamp is in the format yyyy-mm-ddthh:mm:ss, where 't' indicates time. NOTE: For factory-shipped inventory, the status of few parameters for the installed components is displayed as Unknown. Related Links About view and export current inventory About view and export factory-shipped inventory Exporting hardware inventory to a USB drive Exporting hardware inventory to a network share Exporting hardware inventory to a USB drive To export hardware-related inventory to a USB drive: 1. From the Select Device drop-down menu, select a USB drive. 2. In the File Path box, type a valid directory or subdirectory path on the device. For example, 2015\Nov. If the path is not provided, the file is stored in the root location of the device. NOTE: Lifecycle Controller allows 256 characters in a path that includes the file name and file extension. For example, if 56 characters are used for file name and extension, only 200 characters can be used for the path. Lifecycle Controller does not support these characters and SPACE. Exporting hardware inventory to a network share To export to a network share, select CIFS or NFS and type the required details. Related Links CIFS NFS CIFS For CIFS, type the following details: • Share Name - Type the server IP or host name followed by the root of the network share. Examples: \\192.168.0.120\sharename or \\hostname\sharename. 29

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3.
In the right pane, click
Hardware Inventory
.
4.
Click
Export Current Inventory
or
Export Factory Shipped Hardware Inventory
.
5.
If you are exporting the inventory to a local USB drive, select
USB Drive
. If you are exporting the file
to a shared folder on a network, select
Network Share
.
For more information, see
Exporting Hardware Inventory To A USB Drive
or
Exporting Hardware
Inventory To A Network Share.
To verify that using Lifecycle Controller, you can connect to the IP address, click
Test Network
Connection
. Using Lifecycle Controller you can ping the Gateway IP, DNS server IP, and the host IP.
NOTE:
If the domain name is not resolved in the DNS, then you cannot use Lifecycle Controller
to ping the domain name and view the IP address. Make sure that the DNS issue is resolved, and
then retry.
6.
Click
Finish
to export the inventory.
The
HardwareInventory _<servicetag>_<timestamp>.xml
or
FactoryShippedHWInventory_<servicetag>.xml
file is copied to the specified location. For the
current inventory, the time stamp is in the format
yyyy-mm-ddthh:mm:ss
, where ‘t’ indicates time.
NOTE:
For factory-shipped inventory, the status of few parameters for the installed
components is displayed as
Unknown
.
Related Links
About view and export current inventory
About view and export factory-shipped inventory
Exporting hardware inventory to a USB drive
Exporting hardware inventory to a network share
Exporting hardware inventory to a USB drive
To export hardware-related inventory to a USB drive:
1.
From the
Select Device
drop-down menu, select a USB drive.
2.
In the
File Path
box, type a valid directory or subdirectory path on the device. For example,
2015\Nov
. If the path is not provided, the file is stored in the root location of the device.
NOTE:
Lifecycle Controller allows 256 characters in a path that includes the file name and file
extension. For example, if 56 characters are used for file name and extension, only 200
characters can be used for the path. Lifecycle Controller does not support these characters -:,
*,?,”,<,>,|,#,%,^, and SPACE.
Exporting hardware inventory to a network share
To export to a network share, select
CIFS
or
NFS
and type the required details.
Related Links
CIFS
NFS
CIFS
For CIFS, type the following details:
•
Share Name
— Type the server IP or host name followed by the root of the network share. Examples:
\\192.168.0.120\sharename
or
\\hostname\sharename
.
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