1 Introduction
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Advantages of using Lifecycle Controller
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Benefits of using iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller
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Key features
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New in this release
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Advantages of using Lifecycle Controller Remote Services
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Licensable features in Lifecycle Controller
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About iDRAC RESTful API with Redfish and Web Service APIs
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About Lifecycle Controller API
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About one-to-many management achieved
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Other information that you may need
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Social Media Reference
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Accessing documents from the Dell EMC support site
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Contacting Dell
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2 Remote Services Features
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Deployment and configuration
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Server configuration profiles
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BIOS configuration
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iDRAC configuration
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RAID configuration
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NIC configuration
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Operating system deployment
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Near Field Communication using the QuickSync feature
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Configuring advanced security using hash password
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Configuring USB management port
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Monitor
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Collecting system inventory
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Hardware inventory
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Lifecycle log
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System event log
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Firmware inventory
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Event alerts
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SupportAssist Collection
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Out-of-band server performance monitoring
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Maintain
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Server configuration profiles—export or import
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Firmware update
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Part replacement
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Server profile—export or import
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Server license — import
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Provisioning Server
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Retire or repurpose the server
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Managing the web server certificate
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Contents
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