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Key features, Feature matrix

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Key features The key features of Lifecycle Controller are: • Provisioning - Entire preoperating system configuration from a unified interface. • Deploying - Simplified operating system installation with the embedded drivers on Lifecycle Controller. Unattended installation mode is available for Microsoft Windows and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 operating systems. • Download drivers for operating system installation from downloads.dell.com. • Patching or updating - Operating system agnostic, and reduced maintenance downtime with direct access to updates from downloads.dell.com. It simplifies firmware updates by maintaining a working version for rollback. • Servicing - Continuous availability of diagnostics without depending on a hard-disk drive. Ability to flash firmware automatically, while replacing components such as a Dell PowerEdge storage controller, NIC, and power supply unit. Support for VLAN in network configuration. • System erase - Deletes the server and storage-related data on selected components of a server. You can delete information on BIOS, Lifecycle Controller data (LC logs, configuration database and rollback firmware versions), iDRAC settings, and storage components on the server. NOTE: You cannot delete the iDRAC license file. • Security - Support local key encryption. • Restoring the server - Back up the server profile (including RAID configuration) and restore the server to a previously known state. Importing a server license, firmware rollback, and restoring system configuration in case of system board replacement. • Hardware inventory - Provides information about the current and factory system configuration. • Lifecycle Controller logs for troubleshooting. Feature matrix The following table lists the Lifecycle Controller features supported on the 12th and 13th generation Dell PowerEdge servers. Table 1. Feature Matrix Features supported Dell PowerEdge 12th generation servers Dell PowerEdge 13th generation servers Firmware update Operating system deployment Device configuration Diagnostics Server profile backup and export Server profile import 9

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Key features
The key features of Lifecycle Controller are:
•
Provisioning — Entire preoperating system configuration from a unified interface.
•
Deploying — Simplified operating system installation with the embedded drivers on Lifecycle
Controller. Unattended installation mode is available for Microsoft Windows and Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 7 operating systems.
•
Download drivers for operating system installation from
downloads.dell.com
.
•
Patching or updating — Operating system agnostic, and reduced maintenance downtime with direct
access to updates from
downloads.dell.com
. It simplifies firmware updates by maintaining a working
version for rollback.
•
Servicing — Continuous availability of diagnostics without depending on a hard-disk drive. Ability to
flash firmware automatically, while replacing components such as a Dell PowerEdge storage
controller, NIC, and power supply unit. Support for VLAN in network configuration.
•
System erase — Deletes the server and storage-related data on selected components of a server. You
can delete information on BIOS, Lifecycle Controller data (LC logs, configuration database and
rollback firmware versions), iDRAC settings, and storage components on the server.
NOTE:
You cannot delete the iDRAC license file.
•
Security — Support local key encryption.
•
Restoring the server — Back up the server profile (including RAID configuration) and restore the server
to a previously known state. Importing a server license, firmware rollback, and restoring system
configuration in case of system board replacement.
•
Hardware inventory — Provides information about the current and factory system configuration.
•
Lifecycle Controller logs for troubleshooting.
Feature matrix
The following table lists the Lifecycle Controller features supported on the 12
th
and 13
th
generation Dell
PowerEdge servers.
Table 1. Feature Matrix
Features supported
Dell PowerEdge 12
th
generation
servers
Dell PowerEdge 13
th
generation servers
Firmware update
Operating system
deployment
Device configuration
Diagnostics
Server profile backup
and export
Server profile import
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