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Benefits of using iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller, What's new in this release?

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and embedded, formatting or reinstalling the operating system does not remove the tool, thus saving significant time and money. Benefits of using iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller The benefits include: • Increased availability - Early notification of potential or actual failures that help prevent a server failure or reduce recovery time after failure. • Improved productivity and lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) - Extending the reach of administrators to larger number of distant servers can make the IT staff more productive while driving down operational costs such as travel. • Secure environment - By providing secure access to remote servers, administrators can perform critical management functions while maintaining server and network security. • Enhanced embedded management through Lifecycle Controller - Lifecycle Controller provides deployment and simplified serviceability through the Lifecycle Controller GUI for local deployment and Remote Services (WS-Man) interfaces for remote deployment integrated with Dell OpenManage Essentials and partner consoles. For more information on iDRAC, see the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller User's Guide at dell.com/support/home. For more information on WS-Man, see the Dell Lifecycle Controller GUI User's Guide at delltechcenter.com/lc. What's new in this release? The new features supported in this release are: • Initial Setup Wizard feature to guide first-time system configuration. • Firmware update by using HTTP. • Firmware update for backplanes. • Firmware update for PERC 9.3 controller. • Firmware update for HBA 330 Mini and Adapter Controller. • Firmware update support for the ConnectX-4 Lx Dual Port 25 GbE DA/SFP rNDC. • Support for enabling the physical disk write-cache policy, while creating a virtual disk using PERC S130. • Support for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 Service Pack 1 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2. • Renamed Technical Support Report to SupportAssist Collection. • Firmware update support for the following PCIe SSD cards: - Dell Express Flash NVMe PM1725 800 GB PCIe SSD Controller - Dell Express Flash NVMe PM1725 1.6 TB PCIe SSD Controller - Dell Express Flash NVMe PM1725 3.2 TB PCIe SSD Controller - Dell Express Flash NVMe PM1725 1.6 TB PCIe SSD Adapter by Samsung - Dell Express Flash NVMe PM1725 3.2 TB PCIe SSD Adapter by Samsung - Dell Express Flash NVMe PM1725 6.4 TB PCIe SSD Adapter by Samsung 8

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and embedded, formatting or reinstalling the operating system does not remove the tool, thus saving
significant time and money.
Benefits of using iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller
The benefits include:
•
Increased availability — Early notification of potential or actual failures that help prevent a server
failure or reduce recovery time after failure.
•
Improved productivity and lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) — Extending the reach of
administrators to larger number of distant servers can make the IT staff more productive while driving
down operational costs such as travel.
•
Secure environment — By providing secure access to remote servers, administrators can perform
critical management functions while maintaining server and network security.
•
Enhanced embedded management through Lifecycle Controller — Lifecycle Controller provides
deployment and simplified serviceability through the Lifecycle Controller GUI for local deployment
and Remote Services (WS-Man) interfaces for remote deployment integrated with Dell OpenManage
Essentials and partner consoles.
For more information on iDRAC, see the
Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller User’s Guide
at
dell.com/support/home
. For more information on WS-Man, see the
Dell Lifecycle Controller GUI User’s
Guide
at
delltechcenter.com/lc
.
What's new in this release?
The new features supported in this release are:
•
Initial Setup Wizard feature to guide first-time system configuration.
•
Firmware update by using HTTP.
•
Firmware update for backplanes.
•
Firmware update for PERC 9.3 controller.
•
Firmware update for HBA 330 Mini and Adapter Controller.
•
Firmware update support for the ConnectX-4 Lx Dual Port 25 GbE DA/SFP rNDC.
•
Support for enabling the physical disk write-cache policy, while creating a virtual disk using PERC
S130.
•
Support for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 Service Pack 1 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2.
•
Renamed Technical Support Report to SupportAssist Collection.
•
Firmware update support for the following PCIe SSD cards:
–
Dell Express Flash NVMe PM1725 800 GB PCIe SSD Controller
–
Dell Express Flash NVMe PM1725 1.6 TB PCIe SSD Controller
–
Dell Express Flash NVMe PM1725 3.2 TB PCIe SSD Controller
–
Dell Express Flash NVMe PM1725 1.6 TB PCIe SSD Adapter by Samsung
–
Dell Express Flash NVMe PM1725 3.2 TB PCIe SSD Adapter by Samsung
–
Dell Express Flash NVMe PM1725 6.4 TB PCIe SSD Adapter by Samsung
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