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Dell Lifecycle Controller 1.3 User's Manual

1. Disabling USC or USC LCE You can disable USC or USC LCE to prevent your system from entering it on start up 1 Press lt Ctrl gt lt e gt within 5 seconds when prompted during system start up The iDRAC6 Configuration Utility page displays 2 Navigate to System Services 3 Select Disable System Services 4 Save your changes and exit the iDRAC6 Configuration Utility page menu The system reboots automatically To enable USC or USC LCE repeat step 1 and step 2 and then select Enable System Services Canceling a Request to Enter System Services If USC or USC LCE causes the system to repeatedly reboot you can cancel a request to enter System Services USC andUSC LCE 17 A CAUTION This action cancels all tasks USC or USC LCE is in the process of executing Dell strongly recommends that you cancel the request to enter System Services only when absolutely necessary 1 Press lt Ctrl gt lt e gt within 5 seconds when prompted during system start up The iDRAC6 Configuration Utility page displays 2 Navigate to System Services 3 Select Cancel System Services Save your changes and exit the iDRAC6 Configuration Utility page The system reboots automatically Using USC Settings Wizard USC Settings wizard enables you to specify the language keyboard layout and network settings for USC or USC LCE USC settings apply only to USC or USC LCE and do not apply to the system or any other application running
2. Driver Pack does not have drivers for the selected operating system Lifecycle Controller does not have any drivers for the selected operating system The installation will have to use the native drivers present on the operating system media Cannot create USB device to copy drivers for the selected operating system Unable to create USB device to copy drivers for selected operating system iDRAC may not be operating normally 1 Reset iDRAC and run the command again Cannot mount USB device to copy drivers for the selected operating system Unable to access the newly created USB device to copy drivers for selected operating system IDRAC may not be operating normally 1 Reset iDRAC and run the command again Unable to expose USB device containing operating system drivers to host system Unable to expose the newly created USB device with drivers for selected operating system to the host server IDRAC may not be operating normally 1 Reset iDRAC and run the command again Mount network share failed incorrect username or password Unable to mount the network share using the credentials specified in the command Either username or password is incorrect 1 Run the command again with correct username and password Troubleshooting and Frequently Asked Questions 101 Table A 4 Lifecycle Controller Error Messages and Resolutions continued Error Message Resolution Mount network share Un
3. LCE e Proxy User Name The user name required for authentication on the proxy server USC and USC LCE e Proxy Password The password required for authentication on the proxy server Local Drive Select Local Drive if you are accessing the updates from a local USB device or Dell Server Updates DVD Select the appropriate volume label from the Local Drive drop down menu See Configuring a Local USB Device for more information 2 Click Next Select and Apply Updates The Select Updates screen displays a list of available updates 1 Select the check box for each update that you want to apply to your system The components for which a more current update is available are selected by default If you want to compare the version of the update with the version currently installed on the system compare the versions in the Current and Available fields e Component Displays the available updates Select the check box for each update you want to apply e Current Displays the component version currently installed on the system e Available Displays the version of the available update 2 Click Apply Post requisites e The system reboots after the update process is complete When applying more than one update the system may need to reboot between updates In this case the system boots directly into USC LCE and continues the update process No action on your part is required when the system reboots to compl
4. defines CIM classes for power control operations Command Line Protocol Service defines CIM classes for representing CLP s configuration IP Interface defines CIM classes for representing an IP interface of a managed system DHCP Client defines CIM classes for representing a DHCP client and its associated capabilities and configuration DNS Client defines CIM classes for representing a DNS client in a managed system Record Log defines CIM classes for representing different type of logs Role Based Authorization defines CIM classes for representing roles SMASH Collections defines CIM classes for representing CLP s configuration Profile Registration defines CIM classes for advertising the profile implementations Simple Identity Management defines CIM classes for representing identities SSH Service defines CIM classes for extending the management capability of referencing profiles by adding the capability to represent an SSH service and its associated sessions in a managed system Remote Service Features Battery defines CIM classes for describing and setting the logical properties of the battery Such properties include the description of the battery s charge status and the time it takes for the battery charge to be depleted The profile also describes operations such as recharging the battery Dell Extensions Dell Active Directory Client Version 2 0 0 defines CIM and
5. Support is available for CIFS TFTP and NFS e BootToISOFromVFlash Boots to the ISO image that has been staged on the vFlash You cannot perform this action if you are using the iDRAC GUI or RACADM commands to communicate with the vFlash This command will also reboot or power on your system if it is in an Off state once executed e DetachISOFromVFlash Detaches the partition so that the console cannot access it anymore 86 Remote Service Features Delete SOFromVFilash Deletes the ISO image from the vFlash partition It provides the capability to download an ISO image to the vF lash and then boot from it allowing you to download custom install images to run from This command will execute only if the ISO is detached You will need to perform the following steps to complete the process 1 Download the ISO image to the vFlash 2 Get the concrete job ID and poll for the completion of this job 3 Run the Boot ToISOFromVFlash command This will attach the image as aCD ROM boot to the attached image and then continue with the operating system installation 4 Detach the partition on the vF lash 5 Delete the ISO image from the partition Part Replacement Part Replacement provides the automated change of firmware of a newly replaced component such as a PowerEdge RAID controller NIC or power supply to match that of the original part This feature is disabled by default and may be enabled if required It is a licensed featur
6. The remote operating system deployment capabilities enable deployment of an operating system remotely using WS MAN web services protocols and CIFS and NFS network file sharing protocols Remote Operating System Deployment Main Features These are the main capabilities of remote operating system deployment e Remote activation of local exposure of embedded drivers as a USB device e Remote acquisition of embedded drivers per selected operating system e Boot to an ISO image located on a network share e Download an boot to ISO image to vFlash Remote Operating System Deployment Interface Dell Operating System Deployment web services interface provides the capability to support operating system deployment activities by manipulating operating system deployment features provided by the iDRAC service processor Detailed interface specifications and class definition mof files can be found at the Lifecycle Controller area on the Dell Enterprise Technology Center at Remote Service Features 81 www delltechcenter com Using CIM and Dell extension classes using the web services protocols WS MAN Dell Operating System Deployment feature provides the following capabilities 82 Get the embedded driver pack a package of all supported operating system drivers for all supported operating systems for the platform version Remote management consoles applications and scripts request driver pack version and list of supported operating systems fr
7. USC and USC LCE MAC Address Enables you to view the Media Access Control MAC address that uniquely identifies each node in a network read only NIC Selection Enables you to view or edit the NIC mode using the following mode options Dedicated This option enables remote access to utilize the dedicated network interface available on the Dell Remote Access Controller DRAC Because the DRAC interface is not shared with the host operating system and routes management traffic to a separate physical network it can be separated from the application traffic K NOTE This option is available only if an iDRAC6 Enterprise controller is present in the system Shared with failover Select this option to share the network interface with the host operating system The remote access device network interface is fully functional when the host operating system is configured for NIC teaming The remote access device receives data through the LAN on motherboard LOM 1 and LOM 2 but it transmits data only through LOM 1 If LOM 1 fails the remote access device fails over to LOM 2 for all data transmission The remote access device continues to use LOM 2 for data transmission If LOM 2 fails the remote access device fails over all data transmission back to LOM 1 Shared with failover LOM 2 Select this option to share the network interface with the host operating system The remote access device network interface is f
8. if an error occurred during downloading or updating failed For failed jobs the error message and error message ID for the failure are available in the job information Important e After successfully downloading the DUP and extracting it the downloader will update the status of the job as Downloaded and the job can then be scheduled If the signature is invalid or if download extraction fails then the Job status is set to Failed with an appropriate error code Updated firmware can be viewed by requesting firmware inventory after firmware update jobs have completed Scheduling Remote Update The remote update scheduling capability provides the ability to schedule or stage firmware updates now or in the future Updates for Diagnostics and USC can be performed directly and do not require any staging These updates will be applied as soon as they are downloaded and do not need the Job Scheduler All other remote updates are staged updates and require scheduling using different scheduling options The DUPs are downloaded to the Lifecycle Controller and staged and the actual update is performed by rebooting the system into UEFI System Services There are multiple options for scheduling updates e Run updates on the desired components at a desired time e Run the reboot command to get a reboot job ID e Check on the status of any of the jobs by enumerating DCIM_SoftUpdateConcreteJob instances and checking the JobStatus property val
9. Available instance DCIM AVAILABLE lt comptype gt lt compid gt lt version gt You will not be able to edit InstanceID values 9 If the version string property value of Available Software Instance is equal to the Installed Software Instance then the InstanceID value of that Available Software Instance should not be used for the rollback operation 10 If Unified Server Configurator USC is being run on the system during the inventory operation only Installed Instances will be returned Important e There may be DCIM_ SoftwareIdentity instances for hardware that was previously installed and then removed still listed in the inventory as available e When you perform an inventory of updates using remote enablement while the system is booted to USC the inventory may not be complete Some components could be missing from the list 76 Remote Service Features Remote Update Remote update also known as out of band update or operating system independent platform update allows you to update the system independent of the state of the operating system or the power on off state Benefits of Remote Update With Operating System independent platform update an operating system need not be running on the system Multiple updates can be scheduled together along with a graceful or power cycle reboot into USC to perform the updates Although the updates may involve intermediate BIOS restarts Lifecycle Controller will automati
10. CPU physical disks and other peripherals Performing Hardware Diagnostics To start the hardware diagnostics utility click Hardware Diagnostics in the left pane and click Run Hardware Diagnostics in the right pane When the diagnostics utility launches follow the instructions on the screen You must reboot your system to exit the Hardware Diagnostics utility and press lt F10 gt to re enter USC or USC LCE The results of the diagnostics tests are displayed on the screen when the tests complete The test results describe the problems found You can use this information to search the Dell Support website at support dell com for details on resolving the problem If you want to exit the Hardware Diagnostics utility press the lt Esc gt key this will cause the system to reboot Updating the Hardware Diagnostics Utility For Systems Supporting USC Download the required Dell Update Package DUP from Dell Support site at support dell com Run the DUP as an executable in the installed operating system For Systems Supporting USC LCE USC andUSC LCE 27 Use the Platform Update wizard to update the hardware diagnostics utility See Updating the Platform using the Platform Update Wizard for more information Alternatively you can also download the required Dell Update Package DUP from Dell Support site at support dell com and run the DUP as an executable in the installed operating system Repairing USC If the message System Se
11. DRAC6 User s Guide available at support dell com manuals vF lash Enable or disable the use of flash memory that resides in the iDRAC file system This memory can be used for persistent storage and accessed by the system If set to Enabled the virtual flash card is configured as a virtual drive it appears in the boot order allowing you to boot from the virtual flash card If set to Disabled virtual flash is not accessible Prerequisites to Enable or Disable vF lash To boot from the virtual flash the virtual flash image must be bootable The virtual flash feature of IDRAC requires a formatted secure digital SD card that is 256 MB or greater This feature can be enabled only if a valid image is present on the SD card See the User Guide for your system s iDRAC device for more information Dell branded vF lash media is required for the virtual flash partition Click Next to proceed to LAN User Configuration LAN User Configuration Set account access account related attributes and smart card authentication using one of the following methods Auto Discovery Enables or disables auto discovery Provisioning Server Address Enables you to enter the Provisioning Server address valid address formats are IPv4 Pv6 or the provisioning server hostname Provisioning Server address criteria are USC andUSC LCE 47 48 e Alist of IP addresses and or hostnames and ports separated by comma e Hostname can be fully
12. Dell extension classes for configuring the Active Directory client and the local privileges for Active Directory groups Dell Virtual Media defines CIM and Dell extension classes for configuring Virtual Media Extends the USB Redirection Profile Dell Ethernet Port defines CIM and Dell extension classes for configuring NIC Side Band interface for the NIC Extends the Ethernet Port Profile Dell Power Utilization Management defines CIM and Dell extension classes for representing the host server s power budget and for configuring monitoring the host server s power budget Dell OS Deployment defines CIM and Dell extension classes for representing the configuration of operating system deployment features It extends the management capability of referencing profiles by adding the capability to support operating system deployment activities by manipulating operating system deployment features provided by the service processor For more information on Dell OS Deployment functions see Remote Operating System Deployment Interface Dell Software Update Profile defines CIM and Dell extensions for representing the service class and methods for updating BIOS component firmware Lifecycle Controller firmware Diagnostics and Driver Pack Update methods support update from CIFS NFS FTP and HTTP network share locations and from update images located in the Lifecycle Controller Update requests are formulated as jobs and can be s
13. Next after making your selection Select Basic Settings Select the RAID type for the virtual disk from the RAID Level drop down menu 52 RAID 0 Stripes data across the physical disks RAID 0 does not maintain redundant data When a physical disk fails in a RAID 0 virtual disk there is no method for rebuilding the data RAID 0 offers good read and write performance with 0 data redundancy RAID 1 Mirrors or duplicates data from one physical disk to another If a physical disk fails data can be rebuilt using the data from the other side of the mirror RAID 1 offers good read performance and average write performance with good data redundancy RAID 5 Stripes data across the physical disks and uses parity information to maintain redundant data If a physical disk fails the data can be rebuilt using the parity information RAID 5 offers good read performance and slower write performance with good data redundancy RAID 6 Stripes data across the physical disks and uses two sets of parity information for additional data redundancy If one or two physical disks fail the data can be rebuilt using the parity information RAID 6 offers better data redundancy and read performance but slower write performance with very good data redundancy RAID 10 Combines mirrored physical disks with data striping If a physical disk fails data can be rebuilt using the mirrored data RAID 10 offers good read and write performance with good d
14. To resolve this issue perform a platform update see Updating the Platform using the Platform Update Wizard 92 Troubleshooting and Frequently Asked Questions Table A 1 USC and USC LCE Error Messages and Resolutions continued Error Message Resolution The inserted OS media is invalid The operating system media is damaged or corrupted or the optical device used to read the media is not functioning correctly The updates you are trying to apply are not Dell authorized updates USC or USC LCE has detected that one or more of the DUPs used to update your system are not Dell authorized If you are using a local USB device for your update repository and this problem persists create it again using DUPs from the Server Update Utility DVD see Configuring a Local USB Device or provide an alternate repository Fatal error launching USC has occurred The system will reboot A fatal error occurred when launching USC or USC LCE The system will automatically reboot and attempt to enter USC or USC LCE again If the problem persists after rebooting see Repairing USC or Repairing USC LCE Network is not configured Network settings must be configured for USC or USC LCE to work correctly See Using USC Settings Wizard for information on configuring USC or USC LCE network settings from the Network Settings page Unable to set new date and time USC or USC LCE was unable to ch
15. USC and USC LCE are similar to a BIOS utility in that they can be started during the boot sequence and can function in a pre operating system environment Table 1 1 details the Dell system series remote system management device options USC or USC LCE and available features Using USC you can download drivers for operating system installation from the Dell FTP website at ftp dell com or using local devices such as a USB device or the Dell Systems Management Tools and Documentation or the Dell Server Updates DVD You can also deploy an operating system or run Hardware Diagnostics to validate the system and attached hardware Depending on your system you can upgrade from a Baseboard Management Controller BMC to an iDRAC6 Express or an iDRAC6 Enterprise card this hardware upgrade will also upgrade USC to USC LCE See How to Upgrade to an iDRAC6 Express Card and the Hardware Owner s Manual for your system for more information on how to upgrade Using USC LCE you can quickly identify download and apply system updates without searching the Dell Support site at support dell com You can also configure BIOS and system devices such as NIC RAID and iDRAC deploy an operating system and run Hardware Diagnostics to validate the system and attached hardware What s new in USC USC LCE 1 3 These are the new features introduced in USC USC LCE 1 3 USC and USC LCE 13 USC LCE Support for part replacement Support for con
16. acquired credentials to perform operations such as remote operating system deployment If you ordered a Dell system with the Auto Discovery feature Enabled factory default setting is Disabled then the iDRAC will be delivered with DHCP enabled and no enabled user accounts If the auto discovery feature is set to Disabled you can manually enable this feature and disable the default administrative account from the iDRAC6 Configuration Utility when booting your system For more information on Enabling and Disabling Auto Discovery feature see Auto Discovery Configuration Configuring DHCP DNS Before adding your Dell system to the network and utilizing the Auto Discovery feature ensure that Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DHCP server Domain Name System DNS are configured with added Remote Service Features 67 support for Auto Discovery There are several options for enabling the network environment to support discovery of the Provisioning Server host by unprovisioned servers One of the following prerequisites must be met for the Auto Discovery feature to work properly The DHCP server provides a comma separated list of Provisioning Server locations using a vendor scope option of class LifecycleController option 1 These locations can be a hostname or IP address and optionally include a port The iDRAC will resolve the hostname of the management console to an IP address with a DNS lookup The DNS server specifies a servic
17. an unused backup physical disk that can be used to rebuild data from a redundant virtual disk A hot spare can be used only with a redundant RAID level Hot spares also have requirements for physical disk size The hot spare must be as big as or bigger than the smallest physical disk included in the virtual disk If the RAID level and physical disk availability do not meet these requirements a hot spare will not be assigned To assign a hot spare to the virtual disk 1 Select the Assign a Hot Spare Disk check box or leave the check box clear 2 Click Next to continue with Express Wizard Only Review Summary Express Wizard Only Review Summary Review the virtual disk attributes you selected before creating a virtual disk A CAUTION Clicking the Finish button deletes all existing virtual disks except for any foreign configurations that you specified should be kept All data residing on the deleted virtual disks will be lost Click Finish to create a virtual disk with the displayed attributes OR USC andUSC LCE 53 To return to a previous screen to review or change selections click Back To exit the Wizard without making changes click Cancel For more control over the virtual disk attributes click Cancel and use the Advanced Wizard to create the virtual disk Advanced Wizard Only Select Physical Disks Use the Select Physical Disks screen to select the physical disks to be used for the virtual disk The number of physical disk
18. based on your selections A CAUTION Clicking the Finish button deletes all existing virtual disks except for any foreign configurations that you specified should be kept All data residing on the deleted virtual disks will be lost Click Finish to create a virtual disk with the displayed attributes OR To return to a previous screen to review or change selections click Back To exit the Wizard without making changes click Cancel Advanced Configuration Use Advanced Configuration to modify advanced settings 1 Select Hardware Configuration from the left menu 2 Click Advanced Configuration in the right panel 3 Select the device you want to configure Depending on the configuration setting changes the following message may be displayed One or more of the settings requires a reboot to be saved and activated Do you want to reboot now You can select No and continue making additional configuration changes or perform other tasks such as operating system deployment All changes will be applied during the next system boot USC LCE Hardware Configuration allows you to configure other devices through Human Interface Infrastructure HII HID is a UEFI standard method for viewing and setting a device s configuration You can utilize a single utility to configure multiple devices that had different pre boot 56 USC and USC LCE configuration utilities in the past HII also provides localization meaning that utilities that were previous
19. continue with Boot ToPXE another command is running Unable to continue with Boot ToPXE command because another process is using Lifecycle Controller 1 See ConcreteJob status to ensure that the current running process is complete and then run Boot ToPXE Copying drivers for selected operating system failed Copying drivers for selected operating system failed The Driver Pack may be corrupt 1 Update the Driver Pack using USC or DUP and then run the command again Hash verification on the ISO image failed Hash verification on the ISO image has failed The hash value specified in the command is either not correct or the ISO image has been changed 1 Verify that the hash value specified in the command is correct 2 Ensure that the ISO has not been changed replace the ISO image on the share and run the command again Driver Pack config file not found in Lifecycle Controller Driver Pack might be corrupt Driver Pack config file not found in Lifecycle Controller Driver Pack may be corrupt 1 Update the Driver Pack using USC or DUP and then run the command again Troubleshooting and Frequently Asked Questions 103 Table A 4 Lifecycle Controller Error Messages and Resolutions continued Error Message Resolution Invalid value for ExposeDuration must be 60 65535 seconds The value specified for ExposeDuration is out of range It must be 60 65535 seconds 1 Run the command again with Ex
20. device for more information available at support dell com manuals What is UEFI With which version does USC or USC LCE comply UEFI Unified Extensible Firmware Interface is a specification that details an interface for transitioning control from the pre boot environment to the operating system USC or USC LCE complies with UEF version 2 1 See www uefi org for more information 8 106 Troubleshooting and Frequently Asked Questions Within Hardware Configuration what is the difference between the Configuration Wizards and Advanced Configuration USC LCE offers two ways to configure hardware Configuration Wizards and Advanced Configuration Configuration Wizards guide you through a sequence of steps to configure your system devices The Configuration Wizards include iDRAC RAID System Date Time and Physical Security See Hardware Configuration for more information Advanced Configuration allows you to configure Human Interface Infrastructure HII enabled devices for example NICs and BIOS See Advanced Configuration for more information Does USC or USC LCE support configuration of all RAID levels and all RAID cards for xx1x systems USC or USC LCE supports RAID levels 0 1 5 6 10 50 and 60 on PERC 6 cards running PERC 6 1 firmware RAID 0 and 1 are supported on the SAS 6 iR These are the latest generation of series 7 RAID controllers PERC H700 Internal and H800 External SAS H200 Interna
21. ensure that you have the most current drivers before installing the operating system Before installing the operating system the OS Deployment wizard detects if a boot device is available A boot device is a physical disk virtual disk or other storage device on which the operating system can be installed If your system has a RAID controller you can configure a virtual disk and choose to use the virtual disk as the boot device If your system does not have a RAID controller or if you choose to bypass the optional RAID configuration the OS Deployment wizard installs the operating system to a default location which is typically the disk identified as Disk 0 in the BIOS utility Launch the Operating System Deployment Wizard 1 To launch USC boot your system and press the lt F10 gt key within 10 seconds of the Dell logo being displayed 2 Click OS Deployment in the left pane 3 Click Deploy OS in the right pane 4 For USC continue with the Select the Operating System Driver Source Location for USC only procedure that follows 5 For USC LCE if your system has a RAID controller continue with Optional RAID Configuration f your system does not have a RAID controller continue with Select an Operating System Select the Operating System Driver Source Location for USC only Use this screen to select the driver required for operating system installation You can download operating system drivers from an online repository
22. for configuration including the series 6 and 7 controllers 3 Select a storage controller The RAID Configuration options are displayed 4 Complete RAID settings and click Finish The RAID configuration is applied on the disks Viewing Secure Capability Status and Virtual Disks of the Series 7 Controller You can create change or delete the security key on security capable controllers Setting a security key allows you to create secured virtual disks using Self Encryption Disks SED To view the secure capability status and virtual disks of the series 7 controller follow these steps 1 Click OS Deployment on the left pane The Configure RAID wizard and Install operating system options are displayed 2 Select Configure RAID Now The number of virtual disks present on every controller is displayed along with information on whether the virtual disk is secure The controllers with security capability are displayed suffixed with the phrase Security Capable Creating a Secure Virtual Disk on Series 7 Controller To create a secure virtual disk on series 7 controller follow these steps 1 Click OS Deployment on the left pane The Configure RAID Now and Go Directly to OS deployment options are displayed 2 Select Configure RAID Now The number of virtual disks present on every controller is displayed along with information on whether the virtual disk is secure 3 Select Secure Capable Controllers and click Next Two options are d
23. for the current RAID span is incorrect Review your span selections and enter the correct number No physical disk has been selected for this virtual disk The number of physical disks you selected for the virtual disk is insufficient Review the minimum number of physical disks required for the current RAID level and select at least that number of physical disks No controller is present in the system No RAID controller is present in your system To resolve this issue 1 Add a supported RAID controller that includes two or more physical disks 2 Re enter USC LCE by pressing the lt F10 gt key 3 Restart the RAID Configuration wizard No valid RAID level found The number of physical disks attached to your system is insufficient for the RAID level you selected Attach more physical disks and try again Troubleshooting and Frequently Asked Questions 99 Table A 3 USC LCE Error Messages and Resolutions continued Error Message Resolution An error occurred One or more settings may not be saved An error occurred when changing Hardware Advanced Configuration settings To resolve this issue 1 Reboot the system 2 Re enter USC LCE by pressing the lt F10 gt key 3 Change the settings again An error occurred One or more settings may not be restored An error occurred when restoring Hardware Advanced Configuration settings To resolve this issue 1 Reboot the system 2 Re enter
24. from the DHCP server Disabling IP Address Source deactivates the Ethernet IP Address Prefix Length and Default Gateway controls Ethernet IP Address Enables you to specify or edit the static IPv6 address for the iDRAC NIC when not provided by DHCP This field is limited to a maximum value of FFFE FFFF FFFE FFFF FFFF FFFE FFFF FFFE The multi cast ff00 8 and loopback 1 128 values are not valid addresses for the Ethernet IP address and or the other address related fields described in this section IPv6 Address forms supported X X X X X X X X In this preferred form X represents the hexadecimal values of the eight 16 bit pieces of the address You can omit leading zeros in individual fields but you must include at least one numeral in every field x two colons Using this form you can represent a string of contiguous zero fields in the preferred form The can only appear once in the address You can also use this form to represent unspecified addresses 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 xixix x x x d d d d This form is sometimes more convenient when dealing with a mixed environment of IPv4 and IPv6 nodes In this form x represents the hexadecimal values of the six high order 16 bit pieces of the address and d represents the decimal values of the four low order 8 bit pieces of the address standard Pv representation Prefix Length Enables you to specify or edit the number of significant bits in the IP
25. iDRAC6 Express card from the iDRAC6 Express slot See the Hardware Owner s Manual for your system for more information on Installing iDRAC6 Express Card 3 Reconnect the system and peripherals to their power sources 4 Switch on the system and then press lt F10 gt to enter USC Unified Server Configurator Lifecycle Controller Enabled Unique Features This section contains the features that are only available in USC LCE For information on features common to USC and USC LCE see Common Features Updating USC LCE You can update to the latest version of USC LCE using the Platform Update wizard It is recommended that you run the Platform Update wizard on a regular basis to access updates as they become available See Updating the Platform using the Platform Update Wizard for more information 30 USC and USC LCE Updating the Platform using the Platform Update Wizard Use the Platform Update wizard to view the current versions of the installed applications and firmware information You can use the Platform Update Wizard to display a list of available updates for your system After you select the updates you want to apply USC LCE downloads and applies the updates To ensure optimal system performance and avoid system problems Dell recommends that you download and apply updates on a regular basis To run the Platform Update wizard you need access to the Dell File Transfer Protocol FTP server at ftp dell com
26. on a Local FTP Server Configuring a Local USB Device Creating the Local USB Repository Using Dell Server UpdatesDVD 61 Creating the Local USB Repository Using Dell Repository Update Manager 61 3 Remote Service Features 63 Web Services for Management 63 What s New in Remote Services1 3 67 Auto Discovery 00004 67 Configuring DHCP DNS 67 Auto Discovery Configuration 68 Auto Discovery Workflow 69 Connecting Directly to Provisioning Server for Handshake 2 0 4 70 Contents Remotely Reinitiating Auto Discovery in New Environments 200 71 Using Custom Certificates 73 Remote Firmware Inventory 74 Instant Firmware Inventory 74 Supported Devices 75 Remote Update 77 Benefits of Remote Update TI Supported Devices 78 Scheduling Remote Update 79 Remote Scheduling Types 80 Remote Operating System Deployment 81 Remote Operating System Deployment Main Features 81 Remote Operating System Deployment Interface 81 Operating System Deployment Typical Use Case Scenario see peed bebe Rea ee 85 Staging and Booting to Operating System Image ON VElashis 3 ace eee BA ee RE are 86 PartReplacement 87 A Troubl
27. optionally followed by a anda port number e Examples of valid strings are hostname hostname domain com P 8 Setting Provisioning Server using the USC Console 1 onrnow Aa W Press lt F10 gt System Services when prompted within 5 seconds during system start up The Unified Server Configurator Lifecycle Controller Enabled page displays Navigate to Hardware Configuration gt Configuration Wizard gt iDRAC6 Configuration Use the Next button to navigate to LAN User Configuration Navigate to Provisioning Server Addresses Enter the IP hostname string of the Provisioning Server host Click Next and then click Apply Click Finish Click Exit and Reboot Confirm exit Set Provisioning Server using iDRAC6 Configuration Utility 1 OO OF FF W N Press lt Ctrlt e gt when prompted within 5 seconds during system start up The iDRAC6 Configuration Utility page displays Navigate to LAN User Configuration Select Provisioning Server Enter the IP hostname string of the Provisioning Server host Click Enter Save and Exit the iDRAC6 Configuration Utility Remotely Reinitiating Auto Discovery in New Environments This feature allows you to reinitiate Auto Discovery through WS MAN even though Auto Discovery has taken place earlier It can be used when you need to move a server from one data center to another The Auto Discovery settings will be persisted using the existing user credentials Remote Service Fea
28. or from a local drive 1 Select either Online Repository or Local Drive FTP Repository Select FTP Repository to download drivers from an FTP server Enter the appropriate information according to the method you are using to access the FTP server 20 USC and USC LCE If you use a firewall you should configure it to allow outgoing FTP traffic on port 21 The firewall must also be configured to accept incoming FTP response traffic e To download drivers from the online repository Dell FTP server you must enter ftp dell com in the Address field Or To download drivers from a locally configured online repository in the Address field you must specify the server host name or the IP address of the server on which the drivers reside For information on setting up local FTP server see Configuring a Local FTP Server e To download drivers by using a proxy server to access an FTP server you must specify e Address The IP address of the local FTP server or ftp dell com e User Name The user name to access the FTP location e Password The password to access this FTP location e Proxy Server The server host name or the IP address of the proxy server e Proxy Port The port number of the proxy server e Proxy Type The type of proxy server HTTP and SOCKS 4 proxy types are supported by USC e Proxy User Name The user name required for authentication on the proxy server e Proxy Password The
29. partition Windows will now install on the C drive See http support microsoft com kb 896536 for more information on assigning the Windows bootable system partition to the C drive Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 3 or Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 8 on a system with SAS7 H200 controller Perform the following steps to install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 3 1 Copy the driver image file img or dd into a USB key Specify the driver image file location when prompted for a driver diskette 2 Select Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 3 on the OS Deployment screen of USC 3 After USC reboots to the OS installer CD DVD enter the following command gt linux dd 26 USC and USC LCE 4 Insert the driver update disk DUD when prompted and specify the location of the USB drive and press lt Enter gt 5 Complete the installation as directed by the installation program Hardware Diagnostics Utilizing the Hardware Diagnostics utility it is recommended that you run diagnostics as part of a regular maintenance regimen to validate that the system and attached hardware are functioning properly Because the diagnostics utility has a physical as opposed to logical view of attached hardware this utility may be able to identify hardware problems that the operating system and other online tools cannot You can use the hardware diagnostics utility to validate the memory I O devices
30. reported by the system BIOS 4 Modify the System Date and Time HH MM SS AM PM values as required 5 Click Finish to apply the changes USC andUSC LCE 39 To return to the Configuration Wizards screen click Back To exit the wizard click Cancel iDRAC Configuration Use the iDRAC Configuration Wizard to configure and manage iDRAC parameters This wizard is similar to the iDRAC Configuration Utility in the legacy BIOS operation You can use the wizard to configure iDRAC parameters applicable to the system such as LAN common IP settings Pv4 IPv6 virtual media and LAN user configuration To launch the iDRAC Configuration Wizard 1 Click Hardware Configuration in the left pane 2 Click Configuration Wizards in the right pane 3 Click iDRAC Configuration to launch the wizard The following steps will walk you through the iDRAC Configuration Wizard a LAN Configuration b Advanced LAN Configuration c Common IP Configuration d IPv4 Configuration e IPv6 Configuration f Virtual Media Configuration LAN User Configuration g h Confirmation LAN Configuration View or configure iDRAC LAN IPMI over LAN MAC address and NIC selection iDRAC LAN Enables or disables the iDRAC NIC Disabling iDRAC LAN deactivates the remaining controls IPMI Over LAN Enables or disables Intelligent Platform Management Interface IPMI commands on the iDRAC Local Area Network LAN channel 40
31. switching on the system to allow the iDRAC to fully start Switch on the system and then press lt F10 gt to enter USC USC automatically detects the iDRAC6 Express card installed on the system and completes the upgrade process If the installation is successful you are able to boot to Unified Server Configurator Lifecycle Controller Enabled If the installation fails you must upgrade iDRAC See the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller User Guide for more information After you have upgraded iDRAC repeat the above instructions USC andUSC LCE 29 Transferring an iDRAC6 Express Card If the iDRAC6 Express card is transferred from one system to another e The rollback feature is unavailable on the new system See Rolling Back to Previous BIOS and Firmware Versions for more information All pending USC LCE tasks that are in the process of execution are deleted on the new system e Run Platform Update wizard to download the appropriate driver pack for the new system The driver pack is deleted if the iDRAC6 Express card is transferred to a different Dell system For example if you move the iDRAC6 Express card from Dell R410 system to Dell T410 system the driver pack is deleted Removing the iDRAC6 Express Card 1 Tum off the system including any attached peripherals and disconnect the system from the electrical outlet To discharge the residual power in the system press the power button once 2 Remove the
32. use the RAID configuration wizard to create a single new virtual disk to be used as the new boot device To select this option click Next K NOTE RAID 0 does not provide data redundancy Other RAID levels provide data redundancy and may enable you to reconstruct data in the event of a disk failure Select RAID Controller The Select RAID Controller screen displays all supported RAID controllers attached to the system Select the RAID controller on which you want to create the virtual disk and then click Next 50 USC and USC LCE Foreign Configuration Found The Foreign Configuration Found screen displays only if a foreign configuration resides on the selected RAID controller A foreign configuration is a set of physical disks containing a RAID configuration that has been introduced to the system but is not yet managed by the RAID controller to which it is attached You may have a foreign configuration if physical disks have been moved from a RAID controller on another system to a RAID controller on the current system You have two options Ignore Foreign Configuration and Clear Foreign Configuration If the foreign configuration contains data that you want to keep select Ignore Foreign Configuration If you select this option the disk space containing the foreign configuration is not available for use in a new virtual disk To delete all data on the physical disks containing the foreign configuration select Clear Fore
33. 6 Express and Enterprise cards and provides platform updates hardware configuration operating system deployment hardware diagnostics USC settings dedicated NIC port virtual KVM and virtual media capabilities Dell systems series 200 500 can be upgraded to USC LCE For more information see your Hardware Owner s Manual For information on the supported systems and operating systems see the Dell Systems Software Support Matrix See the Glossary at support dell com manuals for terms used in this document USC or USC LCE displays features that are supported by the system depending on your system configuration See Table 1 1 for more details 10 l Overview Table 1 1 Product Classification Dell Available Remote USC or System Options System Management Available Features USC LCE Series Device BMC Operating System 100 No Options Embedded BMC USC Deployment Hardware Diagnostics USC Settings BMC Operating System Standard Embedded BMC USC Deployment Hardware Diagnostics USC Settings BMC Operating System Deployment Hardware Embedded BMC Diagnostics USC Settings iDRAC6 Express USC LCE jDRAC6 Express adds Card Platform Update Hardware Configuration Driver Repository 200 to Optional BMC Operating System 500 Deployment Hardware Diagnostics USC Settings Embedded BMC iDRAC6 Express adds Platform Update IDRACO Express Hardware Configuration card USC TCE Driver Re ie iDRAC6 E
34. Alternatively your system administrator may provide the updates on a local USB device or on a Dell Server Update Utility DVD Contact your system administrator to find out the preferred method for accessing updates in your organization See Configuring a Local FTP Server for more information If you are using FTP as your update method you must configure the network card using USC LCE USC Settings wizard before accessing the updates See Using USC Settings Wizard for more information Version Compatibility The version compatibility features ensures that only the Lifecycle Controller BIOS and iDRAC versions that are compatible with system components are installed The console will display upgrade or downgrade error messages to warn you about compatibility issues for various components these messages will be displayed for ten seconds only View Current Version Information 1 Boot your system and press the lt F10 gt key within 10 seconds of the Dell logo being displayed 2 Click Platform Update in the left pane 3 Click View Current Versions in the right pane Launch the Platform Update Wizard 1 Boot your system and press the lt F10 gt key within 10 seconds of the Dell logo being displayed 2 Click Platform Update in the left pane 3 Click Launch Platform Update in the right pane USC andUSC LCE 31 Select Download Method You can download updates from Dell s FTP server at ftp dell com using the Platform Update
35. CE over the iDRAC KVM Ensure that the Single Cursor option under Tools in the iDRAC KVM menu is selected on the iDRAC KVM client See the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 6 i DRAC6 User s Guide available on the Dell Support site at support dell com manuals for more information 108 Troubleshooting and Frequently Asked Questions Index A auto discovery 67 enable 68 BIOS configuring with HII 57 rolling back 34 BitLocker 35 CLI 9 D deployment interfaces 66 DHCP DNS configure 67 DUP 15 28 E error messages 91 F FAQs 105 firmware adding custom 106 interrupting install 33 rolling back 34 FTP configuring a local server for updates 59 60 H hardware advanced configuration 56 configuration wizards 36 configuring 36 hardware diagnostics updating the utility 27 HII 56 iDRAC configuring 0 Enterprise 1 46 105 Index 109 L LAN advanced configuration 42 Linux driver location 23 25 updating drivers 25 0 operating system adding custom drivers 105 deploying 19 20 launching the wizard 20 using virtual media for installation 106 P Part Replacement 58 87 physical security configuring 39 platform updating from local FTP server 59 60 R RAID configuration wizard 22 configuring 49 Remote Firmware Inventory 74 110 Index Remote Operating System Deployment 81 remote operating system deployment 81 dep
36. CTLR E option on the server User has cancelled system services by using CTLR E option during POST This has effectively cancelled the WSMAN request to boot to ISO 1 Do not cancel system services using CTLR E during POST when system is rebooting to the ISO 104 Troubleshooting and Frequently Asked Questions Frequently Asked Questions When USC LCE downloads updates where are the files stored The files are stored in non volatile memory located on the main system board This memory is not removable and is not accessible through the operating system Is a virtual media device or vFlash card required to store data for updates No The files are stored in memory on the main system board What is virtual media Virtual media is remote media like CDs DVDs and USB keys that a server identifies as local media What should I do if an update fails If an update fails USC LCE will reboot and then attempt all the remaining pending updates selected After the final reboot the system returns to the USC LCE Home page Launch Platform Updates again and then re select the update that had failed and click Apply What is vFlash or virtual flash vF lash is a formatted SD Secure Digital card that plugs into iDRAC6 Enterprise vFlash can be formatted and enabled via iDRAC to make it accessible as a USB key for data storage Virtual flash is a partition on vF lash to which you can remotely write an ISO See the Integrated Dell Re
37. Common IP Configuration Register the iDRAC name set the domain name from DHCP and specify the domain name and host name string Register iDRAC Name If set to Yes the iDRAC name is registered with the Domain Name System DNS If set to No no registration takes place iDRAC Name Enables you to view or edit the iDRAC name to be used when registering with DNS The iDRAC Name string can contain up to 63 printable ASCII characters You can edit the iDRAC Name string when Register iDRAC Name is No The information in this field is erased after updating the iDRAC firmware Domain Name from DHCP If set to Yes iDRAC acquires the domain name from the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DHCP server If set to No you must enter the domain name manually Domain Name Enables you to view or edit the iDRAC domain name to be used if it is not acquired from DHCP You can specify a domain name when Domain Name from DHCP is set to No The information in this field is erased after updating the iDRAC firmware Host Name String Enables you to specify or edit the host name associated with iDRAC The information in this field is erased if iDRAC is reset to the original defaults or if the iDRAC firmware is updated The Host Name string can contain up to 62 ASCII printable characters Click Next to proceed to IPv4 Configuration Pv4 Configuration Enable or disable IPv4 and set the RMCP encryption key IP address source subnet m
38. D for example a message displays requesting that you insert the correct installation media For USC LCE only Virtual media is supported through iDRAC See the User Guide for your system s iDRAC device for more information on setting up virtual media through iDRAC Reboot the System Prerequisite Microsoft Windows Server 2008 UEFI operating system installations are not currently supported Use the following step to reboot the system 1 Click Finish to reboot the system and continue with the operating system installation Upon reboot the system boots to the operating system installation media A CAUTION During the beginning of Windows Server 2003 installation the installer will automatically detect and possibly assign the default drive letter C to USC and USC LCE temporary storage device OEMDRV Creating a new Windows bootable system partition on the hard disk will assign the partition to a drive letter other than C this is standard Windows installer behavior To assign the new partition to C see Assign a Windows Bootable System Partition to the C Drive for more information Post requisites e When the system reboots after you click Finish you may be prompted to press a key before booting to the operating system installation media If you do not press a key the system boots to the hard disk and not the operating system installation media 24 USC and USC LCE e In the event that the operating system installation
39. Dell Lifecycle Controller Version 1 3 User Guide DOLL Notes and Cautions K NOTE A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of your computer VAN CAUTION A CAUTION indicates potential damage to hardware or loss of data if instructions are not followed Information in this document is subject to change without notice 2009 Dell Inc All rights reserved Reproduction of these material in any manner whatsoever without the written permission of Dell Inc is strictly forbidden Trademarks used in this text Dell and the DELL logo are trademarks of Dell Inc Microsoft Windows and Windows Server are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and or other countries Red Hat Red Hat Linux and Red Hat Enterprise Linux are registered trademarks of Red Hat Inc in the United States and other countries SUSE is a registered trademark of Novell Inc in the United States and other countries Intel is a registered trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U S and other countries Broadcom is a trademark of Broadcom corporation Other trademarks and trade names may be used in this document to refer to either the entities claiming the marks and names or their products Dell Inc disclaims any proprietary interest in trademarks and trade names other than its own December 2009 Contents 1 Overview 2 54356 50 hb SA ESOS 2 end 9 Remote Services ononon 0000008 9 Unifi
40. S or firmware using a post operating system Dell Update Package If you have used other update methods this feature is not available Important If you have updated your system s BIOS or firmware only once the rollback feature offers the option of reverting to the factory installed BIOS or firmware images If you have updated your BIOS or firmware more than once the factory installed images are overwritten and you cannot revert to them Launch the Rollback Wizard 1 Boot your system to launch USC LCE When the Dell logo displays press the lt F10 gt key within 10 seconds 2 Click Platform Update in the left pane 3 Click Launch Platform Rollback in the right pane 34 USC and USC LCE Select and Apply Rollbacks The Platform Rollback screen displays a list of available rollback components 1 Select the check box of each rollback image that you want to apply to the system To compare the version of the rollback image with the version currently installed on the system compare the versions in the Current and Previous fields e Component Displays the available updates select the check box of each update you want to apply e Current Displays the component version currently installed on the system e Previous Displays the version of the rollback image 2 Click Apply Post requisite The system reboots after the update process is complete When applying more than one update the system may need to reboot be
41. USC LCE by pressing the lt F10 gt key 3 Re open the Advanced Configuration screen This feature is not supported in this configuration Your modular system does not support the feature you selected Table A 4 Lifecycle Controller Error Messages and Resolutions Error Message Resolution General failure An error has occurred No other details are available at this time 1 Run the command again 2 Reset iDRAC and run the command Lifecycle Controller is being used by another process Lifecycle Controller is currently locked by another process Ensure that the process is completed before attempting to run another command 1 Run the command again after sometime 2 Ensure that USC or DUP is not running 3 Reset iDRAC and run the command 100 Troubleshooting and Frequently Asked Questions Table A 4 Lifecycle Controller Error Messages and Resolutions continued Error Message Resolution Cannot access Driver Pack partition in Lifecycle Controller Driver Pack partition in Lifecycle Controller is not accessible The Lifecycle Controller might be corrupted 1 Reset iDRAC and run the command Driver Pack not found in Lifecycle Controller No Driver Pack in Lifecycle Controller 1 Update the Driver Pack using USC or DUP and then run the command again Cannot allocate memory Unable to dynamically allocate memory to perform the task 1 Reset iDRAC and run the command
42. able the SATA ports for the optical device The repository you selected as a source for the updates has failed an integrity check This error may be caused by temporary network problems try again later to connect to the update repository If you are using a local FTP server for your update repository and this problem persists create the repository again see Configuring a Local FTP Server or provide an alternate repository Troubleshooting and Frequently Asked Questions 95 Table A 3 USC LCE Error Messages and Resolutions Error Message Resolution Drivers pack not found USC LCE cannot find the drivers required to install the OR operating system To resolve this issue perform a platform _ update see Updating the Platform using the Platform Error populating OS list Update Wizard Unable to find a device USC LCE cannot detect a device to read the operating capable of reading the system media One of the following situations is probably OS install media causing the error e No optical device is available on the system Shut down the system and add a SATA optical device or USB optical device If an optical device is present it may not be properly connected Check to ensure the device cables are adequately seated If an optical device is present it is disabled in the BIOS Reboot the system enter the BIOS setup utility and enable the SATA ports for the optical device e iDRAC virtual media is
43. able to mount the network share using the credentials failed incorrect specified in the command Either IP address or share name IP address or is incorrect share name 1 Run the command again with correct IP address and share name Exposing ISO image as Unable to expose the ISO image as internal CD device to internal device tothe the host system The ISO file is no longer present host system failed network errors are preventing access to the ISO file or IDRAC may not be operating normally 1 Reset iDRAC and run the command again Unable to locate the Unable to find the ISO file specified in the network share ISO image on the Ensure that you have specified the correct path to the network share point ISO file in the command and all other user credentials are correct 1 Run the command again with correct path to ISO file The fork command Failed to execute fork system call to perform the task in for a child process to do a child process IDRAC may not be operating normally the task failed 1 Reset iDRAC and run the command Unable to get size or Unable to get the size or label for selected operating label from Driver Pack system from the Driver Pack present in Lifecycle for selected operating Controller The driver pack may be corrupt system 1 Update the driver pack using USC or DUP and run the command again Unable to boot Booting to ISO has failed Either BIOS was unable to to ISO image boot to the ISO
44. ailed To resolve this issue 1 Turn off the system and then unplug it 2 Wait 5 seconds apply Ponce and 3 Plug the system back in and then turn it on power on iDRAC hard failure Connection with iDRAC has failed To resolve this issue Please power down unplug the system wait 5 seconds apply power and power on 1 Turn off the system and then unplug it 2 Wait 5 seconds 3 Plug the system back in and then turn it on 98 Troubleshooting and Frequently Asked Questions Table A 3 USC LCE Error Messages and Resolutions continued Error Message Resolution RAID configuration failed USC LCE failed when creating the RAID configuration To resolve this issue 1 Reboot the system 2 Re enter USC LCE by pressing the lt F10 gt key 3 Try again to create the RAID configuration Generic Failure USC LCE experienced an unidentified error when creating the RAID configuration To resolve this issue 1 Reboot the system 2 Re enter USC LCE by pressing the lt F10 gt key 3 Try again to create the RAID configuration Sufficient physical disks You do not have a sufficient number of disks to support not available on any supported RAID controller The wizard will exit RAID configuration you must attach more physical disks and start the RAID Configuration wizard again Please select required number of physical disk s for current span The number of physical disks you selected
45. and click Apply The update process is initiated and the firmware update is completed USC and USC LCE Physical Security Configuration Use the Physical Security Configuration Wizard to control access to the system control panel To launch the Physical Security Configuration Wizard 1 Click Hardware Configuration in the left pane 2 Click Configuration Wizards in the right pane 3 Click Physical Security Configuration to launch the wizard 4 Set System Control Panel Access to one of the following options e Disabled You do not have access to information or control other than the information displayed by the management controller and you cannot specify actions e View Only You can move through the data screens to obtain information using the system control panel interface e View and Modify You can obtain information and make changes using the system control panel interface 5 Click Finish to apply the changes To return to the Configuration Wizards screen click Back To exit the wizard click Cancel System Date Time Configuration Use the System Date Time Configuration Wizard to set the date and time for the system To launch the System Date Time Configuration Wizard 1 Click Hardware Configuration in the left pane 2 Click Configuration Wizards in the right pane 3 Click System Date Time Configuration to launch the wizard The default system date and system time shown in USC LCE is the date and time
46. ange the system date and time To resolve this issue 1 Reboot the system 2 Re enter USC or USC LCE by pressing the lt F10 gt key 3 Change the date and time settings again Invalid Proxy Server The proxy server specified to access the FTP server is invalid See Select Download Method for more information Please enter a valid Encryption Key of up to 40 Hex digits Enter a valid encryption key that contains not more than 40 hex digits Valid characters are within the ranges of 0 9 a f and A F Please enter a valid IPv4 Address for this iDRAC Enter a valid IPv4 protocol address for iDRAC that is between 0 0 0 0 and 255 255 255 255 Please enter a valid Subnet Mask Enter a valid Subnet Mask that is between 0 0 0 0 and 255 255 255 255 Troubleshooting and Frequently Asked Questions 93 Table A 1 USC and USC LCE Error Messages and Resolutions continued Error Message Resolution Please enter a valid Enter a valid default gateway address that is between Default Gateway 0 0 0 0 and 255 255 255 255 Address Please enter a valid IPv4 Enter a valid IPv4 DNS Server address that is between DNS Server 1 Address 0 0 0 0 and 255 255 255 255 Please enter a valid IPv4 Enter a valid IPv4 DNS Server2 address that is between DNS Server 2 Address 0 0 0 0 and 255 255 255 255 Account access change You must create another user account Click the Help failed Multiple user button in the u
47. ards based on your system s configuration OS Deployment Enables you to install an operating system See Deploying the Operating System Using the OS Deployment Wizard for more information Hardware Diagnostics Enables you to perform diagnostics to validate the memory I O devices CPU physical disks and other peripherals See Hardware Diagnostics for more information USC andUSC LCE 15 e USC Settings Enables you to specify the language keyboard layout and network settings to be used with USC or USC LCE See Using USC Settings Wizard for more information Along with the above mentioned wizards USC and USC LCE provide the following options e Home Enables you to navigate back to Home screen e About Enables you to view the version information of USC LCE and UEFI Click View Readme in the About wizard to view USC LCE readme USC LCE provides the following additional wizards based on your system s configuration e Platform Update Enables you to download and apply updates for your system You can access the updates from ftp dell com or a USB device attached to your system See Updating the Platform using the Platform Update Wizard and Configuring a Local USB Device for more information e Hardware Configuration Enables you to configure system devices See Hardware Configuration for more information Launching a Wizard USC and USC LCE display the available wizards in the
48. are pulled up from the system in both system off and system on conditions 3 Users that have administrator or Execute Server Command privileges can retrieve the firmware and embedded software inventory of the system Remote Service Features 75 4 The enumeration request will generate a WinRM error when the UEFI system services are set to Disabled 5 Requested inventories are collected as Installed and Available CIM instances 6 The software currently installed on the component is listed as the Installed Software Instance The key property value of this instance InstancelD represented as DCIM INSTALLED lt COMPONENTTYPE gt lt COMPONENTID gt lt Version gt and the status value of this instance is represented as Installed 7 The available software in the persistent storage is listed as the Available Software Instance The key property value of the instance InstanceID represented as DCIM AVAILABLE lt COMPONENTTYPE gt lt COMPONENTID gt lt Version gt and the status value of this instance is represented as Available Current installed software instances are also represented as available software instances 8 Inventory instances provide input values for the update and rollback operations To perform the update operation pick the InstanceID value from the Installed Instance DCIM INSTALLED lt comptype gt lt compid gt lt version gt For the rollback operation pick the InstanceID Value from the
49. ask default gateway and DNS server values IPv4 Enables or disables iDRAC NIC IPv4 protocol support Disabling IPv4 deactivates the remaining controls RMCP Encryption Key Configures the RMCP encryption key using 0 to 40 hexadecimal digits no blanks allowed The default setting is all zeros 0 IP Address Source Enables or disables the ability of the iDRAC NIC to acquire an IPv4 address from the DHCP server deactivate or activate the Ethernet IP Address Subnet Mask and Default Gateway controls USC andUSC LCE 43 Ethernet IP Address Enables you to specify or edit a static IPv4 address for the iDRAC NIC The IP address you enter in the Ethernet IP Address field is reserved and used only when DHCP fails to resolve and assign an available IP address The Ethernet IP Address field is limited to a maximum value of 255 255 255 255 Subnet Mask Enables you to specify or edit the static subnet mask for the iDRAC NIC The subnet mask defines the significant bit positions in the IPv4 address The Subnet Mask string should be in the form of a netmask where the more significant bits are all ones 1 with a single transition to all zeros 0 in the lower order bits For example 255 255 255 0 The Subnet Mask field is limited to a maximum value of 255 255 255 255 Default Gateway Enables you to specify or edit the static Pv default gateway for the iDRAC NIC Requests that cannot be resolved locally are routed t
50. ata redundancy RAID 50 A dual level array that uses multiple RAID 5 sets in a single array A single physical disk failure can occur in each of the RAID 5 without any loss of data on the entire array Although the RAID 50 has increased write performance when a physical disk fails and reconstruction takes place performance decreases data program access is slower and transfer speeds on the array are affected USC and USC LCE e RAID 60 Combines the straight block level striping of RAID 0 with the distributed double parity of RAID 6 Your system must have at least eight physical disk to use RAID 60 Because RAID 60 is based on RAID 6 two physical disk from each of the RAID 6 sets could fail without loss of data Failures while a single physical disk is rebuilding in one RAID 6 set do not lead to data loss RAID 60 has improved fault tolerance because more than half the number of total physical disk must fail for data loss to occur K NOTE The virtual disk size is automatically calculated and displayed in the Size field You cannot change the virtual disk size The disk size may be displayed inaccurately after you complete RAID configuration for a SAS 6 iR controller If you are using the Express Wizard proceed to Express Wizard Only Assign a Hot Spare If you are using the Advanced Wizard click Next and proceed to Advanced Wizard Only Select Physical Disks Express Wizard Only Assign a Hot Spare A hot spare is
51. cally handle them until the updates are complete This feature supports two methods to perform updates e Install from Uniform Resource Identifier URI This method allows a WS MAN request to install or update software on a host platform using a URI The URI consists of a string of characters used to identify or name a resource on the network The URI is used to specify the location of the Dell Update Package image on the network that can be downloaded to the Lifecycle Controller and then installed e Install from Software Identity This method allows update or rollback to a version that is already available on the Lifecycle Controller You can use a WS MAN capable application script or command line utility to perform a remote update The application or script performs WS MAN invoke method request using one of the remote update interface methods The iDRAC then downloads the firmware from the network share local network share CIFS NFS FTP TFTP http https URI and stages the updates to be performed at the specified time and utilizing the specified graceful power cycle or none system reboot types Important e When you perform a remote update on the Driver Pack for the system it will replace the current driver pack The replaced driver pack will no longer be available Remote Service Features 77 If you have NIC cards of different families on your system different tasks will be displayed for each NIC card family For example
52. can be used to check the success of the processing and installation of the Provisioning Server public key For examples of command line invocations using WinRM and WSMANCLI see the Lifecycle Controller 1 3 Web Services Interface Guide DCIM Profile specification and related MOF files are available at Dell TechCenter wiki in the DCIM Extension Library area www Dell TechCenter com Remote Firmware Inventory Remote firmware inventory enables a WS MAN client to use the Web services interface provided by iDRAC to instantly retrieve the firmware and embedded software inventory of the system The inventory however does not retrieve hardware related information such as slot number or hardware settings The firmware inventory feature will return an inventory of the installed firmware on devices on the system and the inventory of available BIOS firmware on the iDRAC6 express card Lifecycle Controller It also returns the inventory of both the currently installed version of BIOS Firmware on the iDRAC6 Express card and the versions available for rollback N and N 1 versions that can be installed using the remote update Web services interface Instant Firmware Inventory Instant firmware inventory allows you to run an inventory independent of whether the system is turned on or off Traditionally the system firmware inventory was performed by downloading an inventory collector onto the operating system executing it locally and then gathering the
53. ces Error Messages Table A 1 describes the error messages commonly generated by USC and USC LCE and provides suggestions for resolving the errors Table A 2 describes the error messages commonly generated by USC and provides suggestions for resolving the errors Table A 3 describes the error messages commonly generated by USC LCE and provides suggestions for resolving the errors Table A 4 describes the error messages commonly generated by Lifecycle Controller and provides suggestions for resolving the errors Table A 1 USC and USC LCE Error Messages and Resolutions Error Message Resolution Unable to find a boot USC or USC LCE does not detect a device on which an device on which to operating system can be installed One of the following install the operating situations is probably causing the error system e The drives are not properly connected e There are no recognized storage controllers on the system e The on board SATA controller is disabled in the BIOS To resolve this issue click Exit and Reboot and shut down the system Then make sure you have at least one device on which to install an operating system before launching USC or USC LCE again Troubleshooting and Frequently Asked Questions 91 Table A 1 USC and USC LCE Error Messages and Resolutions continued Error Message Resolution Unable to copy driver The drivers required to install the operating system are files corrupted
54. cheduled immediately or at a later time with a choice of types of reboot action to apply the updates Remote Service Features 65 e Dell Software Inventory Profile Defines CIM and Dell Extensions for representing currently installed BIOS component firmware Diagnostics Unified Server Configurator and Driver Pack versions Also provides representation of versions of BIOS and firmware update images available in Lifecycle Controller for rollback and re installation e Dell Job Control Profile Defines CIM and Dell extensions for managing jobs generated by update requests Jobs can be created deleted modified and aggregated into job queues to sequence and perform multiple updates in a single reboot e Lifecycle Controller Management Profile Defines CIM and Dell extensions for getting and setting attributes for managing Auto Discovery and Part Replacement Lifecycle Controller features The Lifecycle Controller Remote Services WS MAN implementation uses SSL on port 443 for transport security and supports basic and digest authentication Web services interfaces can be utilized by leveraging client infrastructure such as Windows WinRM and Powershell CLI open source utilities like WS MANCLI and application programming environments like Microsoft NET There are additional implementation guides white papers profile specifications class definition mof files and code samples available in the Dell Tech Center at www del
55. cheduling Reboot Behavior The DCIM_SoftwareInstallationService CreateRebootJob method takes one of the following reboot types as an input parameter and a reboot job ID is returned as an output parameter The reboot Job ID is used as the first Job ID in the JobArray parameter of the DCIM_JobService SetupJobQueue method along with other update Job IDs 80 Remote Service Features e Reboot 1 Power cycle Performs the iDRAC PowerCycle that will power down the system and power it back up This is not a graceful reboot The system will power off the system without sending a shutdown request to an operating system running on the system Only reboot type will power on the system if the system is in an Off state but A C power is still applied e Reboot 2 Graceful reboot without forced shutdown Performs the iDRAC Graceful Shutdown command and if the system is powered off within the PowerCycle Wait Time it powers the system back up and marks the reboot job as Reboot Completed If the system is not powered off within the PowerCycle Wait Time the reboot job is marked as failed e Reboot 3 Graceful reboot with forced shutdown Performs the iDRAC Graceful Shutdown command and if the system is powered off within the PowerCycle Wait Time it powers the system back up and marks the reboot job as Reboot Completed If the system is not powered off within the PowerCycle WaitTime the system is Power Cycled Remote Operating System Deployment
56. controller Advanced LAN Configuration 1 Set additional attributes for VLAN VLAN ID VLAN priority Auto Negotiate LAN speed and LAN duplex 42 VLAN Enables or disables the VLAN mode of operation and parameters When VLAN is enabled only matched VLAN ID traffic is accepted When disabled VLAN ID and VLAN Priority are not available and any values present for those parameters are ignored VLAN ID Sets the VLAN ID value Legal values fall in the range of 1 to 4094 as defined by IEEE 801 1g specification VLAN Priority Sets the VLAN ID priority value Legal values fall in the range of 0 to 7 as defined by IEEE 801 11 specification Auto Negotiate Turns the auto negotiate feature on or off When auto negotiate is on it determines whether iDRAC automatically sets the Duplex Mode and Network Speed values by communicating with the nearest router or hub When auto negotiate is off you must set the Duplex Mode and Network Speed values manually LAN Speed Configures the network speed to 100 Mb or 10 Mb to match the user s network environment This option is not available if Auto Negotiate is set to On LAN Duplex Configures the duplex mode to Full or Half to match the user s network environment This option is not available if Auto Negotiate is set to On 2 Click OK to save your settings and return to the LAN Configuration menu 3 Click Next to proceed to Common IP Configuration USC and USC LCE
57. creen to specify cache policies and stripe element size You can also assign a hot spare to the virtual disk 54 USC and USC LCE Select the stripe element size from the Stripe Element Size drop down menu The stripe element size is the amount of disk space a stripe consumes on each physical disk in the stripe The Stripe Element Size drop down menu may contain more options than initially displayed on the screen Use the up arrow and down arrow keys to display all options Select the read policy from the Read Policy drop down menu Read Ahead The controller reads sequential sectors of the virtual disk when seeking data The Read Ahead policy may improve system performance if the data is written to sequential sectors of the virtual disk No Read Ahead The controller does not use the Read Ahead policy The No Read Ahead policy may improve system performance if the data is random and not written to sequential sectors Adaptive Read Ahead The controller initiates the Read Ahead policy only if the most recent read requests accessed sequential sectors of the disk If the recent read requests accessed random sectors of the disk then the controller uses the No Read Ahead policy Select the write policy from the Write Policy drop down menu Write Through The controller sends a write request completion signal only after the data is written to the disk The Write Through policy provides better data security tha
58. d return to the main wizards screen RAID Configuration If your system has one or more supported PERC RAID controller s with PERC 6 1 firmware or greater or SAS RAID controller s you have the option of using the RAID Configuration wizard to configure a virtual disk as the boot device To launch the RAID Configuration Wizard 1 Click Hardware Configuration in the left pane 2 Click Configuration Wizards in the right pane 3 Click RAID Configuration to launch the wizard USC andUSC LCE 49 The following steps will walk you through the RAID Configuration wizard a View Current Configuration b Select RAID Controller c Foreign Configuration Found d Select the Express or Advanced Wizard e Select Basic Settings f Express Wizard Only Assign a Hot Spare g Express Wizard Only Review Summary h Advanced Wizard Only Select Physical Disks i Advanced Wizard Only Additional Settings j Advanced Wizard Only Review Summary View Current Configuration The View Current Configuration screen displays the attributes of any virtual disks already configured on the supported RAID controllers attached to the system You have two options e Accept the existing virtual disks without making changes To select this option click Back If you intend to install the operating system on an existing virtual disk ensure that the virtual disk size and RAID level are appropriate e Delete all existing virtual disks and
59. ded for updating your system after installation are extracted to a temporary location These files are deleted after an 18 hour period or when you press the lt F10 gt key to either cancel operating system installation or re enter USC after rebooting K NOTE During the 18 hour period when drivers are extracted to a temporary location after the operating system is installed you cannot update USC or USC LCE drivers or hardware diagnostics using a DUP If you attempt an update using a DUP during this time period the DUP will display a message that another session is open Select an Operating System Use the following steps to select an operating system 1 Select the operating system you want to install and click Next 22 USC and USC LCE 2 USC or USC LCE extracts the drivers required by the operating system you selected The drivers are extracted to an internal USB drive named OEMDRV 3 After the drivers are extracted USC or USC LCE prompts you to insert the operating system installation media Important For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 xserver and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 x the drivers are extracted to OEMDRV under oemdrv rpm For SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP2 the drivers are extracted under linux suse x86 64 sles10 install rpm When installing the Microsoft Windows operating system the extracted drivers are automatically installed during the operating system installation When installing t
60. disabled See the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 6 1DRAC6 User s Guide for your system available at support dell com manuals The repository you This error may be caused by temporary network problems selected as a source for try again later to connect to the update repository If you are the updates has failed using a local USB device for your update repository and this an integrity check problem persists create the repository again see Configuring a Local USB Device or provide an alternate repository Decompression of the The catalog downloaded to compare currently installed catalog file failed versions with the latest available versions cannot be decompressed This error may be caused by temporary network problems try again later to connect to the update repository If you are using a local USB device for your update repository and this problem persists create the repository again see Configuring a Local USB Device or provide an alternate repository 96 Troubleshooting and Frequently Asked Questions Table A 3 USC LCE Error Messages and Resolutions continued Error Message Resolution File seek of catalog archive failed The catalog downloaded to compare currently installed versions with the latest available versions is corrupt This error may be caused by temporary network problems try again later to connect to the update repository If you are using a local USB device for your upda
61. e and requires the Dell vFlash SD card When a component is replaced and the Part Replacement feature is enabled the actions taken by the Lifecycle Controller are displayed locally on the system monitor The presence of the vFlash SD Card and configuration of Part Replacement related properties can be accomplished remotely through the Web services interface using the WS MAN protocol For examples of command line invocations using WinRM and WSMANCLI see the Lifecycle Controller 1 3 Web Services Interface Guide DCIM Profile specification and related MOF files are available at Dell TechCenter wiki in the DCIM Extension Library area www Dell TechCenter com Important Part replacement is supported on modular systems with the following Broadcom devices e Broadcom NetXExtreme I 5709 Quad Port Ethernet Mezzanine Card for M Series Remote Service Features 87 e Broadcom NetXtreme II 57711 Dual Port 10 Gb Ethernet Mezzanine Card with TOE and iSCSI Offload for M Series e Broadcom 57710 10 Gb Ethernet card Validating vFlash presence Using WS MAN To ensure that the system is equipped with a Dell licensed vF lash card follow these steps 1 Using an application script or command line shell that can process WS MAN based web services requests send a get instance request for the DCIM_LCEnumeration class instance with the InstanceID of DCIM_LCEnumeration CCRI1 2 If the vF lash is present the output will have the following attribute va
62. e option dcimprovsrv _ tcp that will resolve to an IP address The DNS server specifies an IP address for a server with the known name DCIMCredentialServer For more information on configuring DHCP and DNS see Lifecycle Controller Auto Discovery Network Setup Specification on the Dell Enterprise Technology Center at www delltechcenter com page Lifecycle Controller Auto Discovery Configuration Before enabling the Auto Discovery feature do the following 1 oo N OO oO FP W BD _ 68 Press lt Ctrl gt lt e gt when prompted within 5 seconds during system start up The iDRAC6 Configuration Utility page displays Enable NIC for modular system only Enable DHCP Navigate to LAN Parameters Select Domain Name from DHCP Select On Select DNS Server from DHCP Select On Navigate to LAN user configuration Select Account Access Remote Service Features 11 Select Disabled This disables the default administrative account 12 Save and exit iDRAC6 Configuration Utility 13 Restart your system Enabling Disabling Auto Discovery 1 Press lt Ctrl gt lt e gt when prompted within 5 seconds during system start up The iDRAC6 Configuration Utility page displays Navigate to LAN User Configuration Select Auto Discovery 4 Select Enable to enable the Auto Discovery feature Select Disable to disable the Auto Discovery feature A NOTE Auto Discovery feature will not run if any administrator account
63. e this USB device for Platform Update with the catalog location as repository Creating the Local USB Repository Using Dell Repository Update Manager See the Dell Repository Manager User Guide on the Dell Support site at support dell com manuals for information on creating a local USB device using Dell Repository Update Manager USC andUSC LCE 61 62 USC and USC LCE Remote Service Features The Dell Lifecycle Controller Remote Services are a set of features that allow systems management in a one to many mode Remote Services capabilities use the web services based hardware management interface provided by the Lifecycle Controller firmware They are aimed at simplifying tasks like operating system deployment remote update and inventory and automating the setup and configuration of new Dell systems remotely Web Services for Management Web Services for Management WS MAN is a Simple Object Access Protocol SOAP based protocol designed for systems management WS MAN is published by the Distributed Management Task Force DMTF and provides an interoperable protocol for devices to share and exchange data across networks The WS MAN implementation complies with the DMTF WS MAN specification version 1 0 0 Dell Lifecycle Controller Remote Services uses WS MAN to convey DMTF Common Information Model CIM based management information the CIM information defines the semantics and information types that can be manipulated
64. ed Server Configurator USC 10 2 Unified Server Configurator and Unified Server Configurator Lifecycle Controller Enabled a4 ia nae nw oe ea eee e 13 What s new in USC USC LCE13 13 USGL CE rd se i tat hs a teeta A 14 USC and USC LCE Supportfor 14 Common Features 14 Launching the Product 14 Using the Wizards 15 Disabling USC or USC LCE 17 Canceling a Request to Enter System Services 17 Using USC Settings Wizard 18 Deploying the Operating System Using the OS Deployment Wizard 19 Hardware Diagnostics 27 Repairing USC 28 Repairing USC LCE 28 How to Upgrade to an iDRAC6 Express Card 29 Installing the iDRAC6 Express Card 29 Transferring aniDRAC6 Express Card 30 Removing the iDRAC6 ExpressCard 30 Contents Unified Server Configurator Lifecycle Controller Enabled Unique Features Rolling Back to Previous BIOS and Firmware Versions 2 22 020000008 Hardware Configuration PartReplacement 06 Configuring a Local FTPServer Requirements fora Local FTP Server Creating the Local FTP Server Using Dell Server UpdatesDVD Creating the Local FTP Server Using Dell Repository Update Manager Accessing Updates
65. ed are removed after the time specified in ExposeDuration parameter or if no time is specified in the method invocation then by default the OEMDRV USB device will be removed after 18 hours Ensure that ISO images attached during the process are detached before you use system services When installing Red Hat Linux 5 3 using remote enablement commands the installation will fail whenever there is an OEM drive for driver source attached To avoid failure do not attach the OEM drive when using remote enablement commands to install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 3 e The following methods can be used to boot the system from an ISO image on a network share or to initiate PXE boot mechanisms The BootToNetworkISO method on the DCIM_OSDeploymentService class will boot the system using an ISO image that has been made available on a CIFS or NFS network share The method takes the ISO image name network share information and exposure duration as input parameters and returns a job identification that can be subsequently checked for the status of the unpack and share activity Network share information includes the IP address of the share the share name share type and username password and workgroup data for secure shares For additional security a hash value can be calculated using well known hash algorithms and this value along with the type of the hash used can be provided as input parameters The BootToPXE method on the DCIM_OSDeploymentSer
66. ernal sites specifically ftp dell com you can provide platform updates from a locally configured FTP server The users in your organization can access updates or drivers for their Dell server from the local FTP server instead of ftp dell com A local FTP server is not required for users who have access to ftp dell com through a proxy server Check ftp dell com frequently to make sure your local FTP server has the most recent updates Requirements for a Local FTP Server The following requirements apply when configuring a local FTP server e The local FTP server must use the default port 21 USC andUSC LCE 59 e You must use USC Settings wizard to configure the network card on your system before accessing updates from the local FTP server See Using USC Settings Wizard for more information Creating the Local FTP Server Using Dell Server Updates DVD 1 Download the Dell Server Updates ISO to your system from Dell Support site at support dell com and burn it to a DVD 2 Copy the repository folder of the DVD you just created to the root directory of the local FTP server 3 Use this local FTP server for Platform Update Creating the Local FTP Server Using Dell Repository Update Manager See the Dell Repository Manager User Guide on the Dell Support site at support dell com manuals for information on creating a local FTP server using Dell Repository Update Manager Accessing Updates on a Local FTP Server The users in your organi
67. eshooting and Frequently Asked QUESTIONS ices cian i tera ota goeale g 91 Error Messages 00005 91 Frequently Asked Questions 105 MUER ceeded tiara edad ox oats aad brats ak 109 Contents Contents Overview In order to provide new and robust server management capabilities the Unified Server Configurator Unified Server Configurator Lifecycle Controller Enabled USC USC LCE software product has been enhanced to include additional remote services functionality Since this addition allows for a comprehensive approach to server management the entire set of software components is now called Dell Lifecycle Controller The Lifecycle Controller software components are built upon the integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 6 iDRAC6 Express card and the Unified Extensible Firmware Infrastructure UEFI system firmware The iDRAC6 works together with the UEFI firmware to access and manage every aspect of the hardware including component and subsystem management that is beyond the traditional BMC Baseboard Management Controller capabilities Remote server management is accomplished using the network for programmatic web services while command line CLI and graphical user interfaces GUI are provided by the iDRAC6 card in an operating system and system power state independent manner The UEFI environment provides the local console interface and the infrastructure for locally and remotely managing syste
68. ete the update process If the iDRAC firmware update is interrupted for any reason you may need to wait for up to 30 minutes before attempting another firmware update USC andUSC LCE 33 Important e USC LCE does not support the update or rollback of PERC 5 E Adapter for external storage SAS 5i R Adapter for tape PERC S100 and PERC 5300 Adapters and Intel NIC Adapters e ANIC wrapper efi error may be displayed if you try updating the NIC using platform update in USC without the latest versions of iDRAC and BIOS Upgrade to the latest BIOS and iDRAC versions to ensure this error does not occur A CAUTION While using USC to update the power supply unit firmware the system will shut down after the first task It will take a couple of minutes to update the PSU firmware and then automatically power on Rolling Back to Previous BIOS and Firmware Versions USC LCE enables you to roll back to a previously installed version of BIOS or firmware It is recommended that you use this feature if you have a problem with the currently installed version and want to revert to the previously installed version Only BIOS and firmware can be rolled back USC LCE the hardware diagnostics application and drivers needed for operating system OS installation cannot be rolled back to earlier versions This feature is available only if you have used the USC LCE update feature to update BIOS and firmware or if you have updated the system BIO
69. f to 128 Enter the number of significant bits in the IPv6 address prefix for your network The prefix length should be between 1 and 128 See IPv6 Configuration Troubleshooting and Frequently Asked Questions 97 Table A 3 USC LCE Error Messages and Resolutions continued Error Message Resolution Please enter the IPv6 Default Gateway address Enter the IPv6 default gateway address See Pv6 Configuration Please enter a valid IPv6 DNS Server 1 Address Enter a valid IPv6 DNS Server address See IPv6 Configuration Please enter a valid IPv6 DNS Server 2 Address Enter a valid IPv6 DNS Server2 address See IPv6 Configuration Please enter a valid iDRAC Name of up to 63 characters Enter a valid iDRAC name that is less than or equal to 63 characters Please enter a valid Domain Name of up to 64 characters Enter a valid domain name that is less than or equal to 64 characters Please enter a valid Host Name of up to 62 characters Enter a valid host name that is less than or equal to 62 characters Please enter a value in the range of 1 to 4094 Enter a VLAN ID between 1 and 4094 See Advanced LAN Configuration Please enter a value in the range of 0 to 7 Enter a VLAN ID priority value between 0 and 7 See Advanced LAN Configuration iDRAC communication failure Please power down unplug the system wait 5 seconds Communication with iDRAC has f
70. figuring Provisioning Server and Auto Discovery from iDRAC configuration utility Report vFlash health status and presence Support for BIOS boot order Version compatibility check for BIOS iDRAC and USC USC and USC LCE Support for Series 7 controllers SED Self encryption disk drive Dell Repository Update Manager with option to specify sub directory FTP authentication Common Features This section contains the features that are common to both USC and USC LCE Any additional steps or information required for USC LCE tasks are noted and provided Launching the Product To launch either USC or USC LCE boot the system and press the lt F10 gt key within 10 seconds of the Dell logo being displayed during the system boot process to enter System Services If the system is in one of the following states pressing lt F10 gt will not allow you to enter System Services 14 System Services disabled If you power on or restart your system while iDRAC is initializing the message System Services disabled will display during the system boot process This situation happens if you power on your system immediately after AC is applied to the system or if you restart the system immediately after resetting iDRAC To avoid this issue wait about a minute after resetting iDRAC to restart your system thus allowing enough time for iDRAC to complete initialization USC and USC LCE Ifthe message System Services disabled still disp
71. he Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 x operating system the operating system installation uses native drivers After the Linux installation is complete you need to manually install the drivers extracted by USC or USC LCE See Update Drivers for Linux Systems Only for more information Kickstart Installation for the Linux Operating System If you are using a kickstart installation for the Linux operating system provide the following information in the post installation script Command to mount the USB device containing the operating system drivers labeled OEMDRV For example mkdir OEMDRV mount dev sdcl mnt OEMDRV Path to the operating system drivers on the OEMDRYV drive For Red Hat Enterprise Linux oemdrv rpm For SUSE Linux Enterprise Server linux suse x86 64 sles10 install rpm Command to install the drivers rpm Uvh rpm USC andUSC LCE 23 Insert the Operating System Media Insert the operating system installation media when prompted and click Next USC supports internal SATA optical drives and USB optical drives and USC LCE supports internal SATA optical drives USB optical drives and virtual media devices If the installation media is corrupt or not readable then USC and USC LCE may be unable to detect the presence of a supported optical drive In this case you may receive an error message stating that no optical drive is available If the media is not valid if it is the incorrect CD or DV
72. ice tag of your system to ensure enhanced security You can also have the factory preset the system with the certificate of your choice using the Custom Factory Install CFI process available from Dell Creating Custom Client Certificates through WS MAN The DownloadClientCerts method on the DCIM_LCService class can be called to cause a custom signed Auto Discovery client encryption certificate to be generated The method takes as input a Certificate Authority generated key certificate and related hash and password parameters The key certificate provided is used to sign a certificate containing the system service tag as the Certificate Name CN The method returns a job ID that can be used to check the success of the download generation and installation of the Auto Discovery client private certificate For examples of command line invocations using WinRM and WSMANCLI see the Lifecycle Controller 1 3 Web Services Interface Guide Remote Service Features 73 Providing Custom Server Certificates using WS MAN The DownloadServerPublicKey method on the DCIM _LCService class can be called to transfer a Provisioning Server public key certificate The Provisioning Server public key can be used as part of strict mutual authentication between the Auto Discovery client and the provisioning server The method takes as input a Provisioning Server public key certificate and related hash and hash type parameters The method returns a job ID that
73. if the LOMS and the add in NIC card are both 5709 you will see two tasks If you have 5709 LOMS and 5710 add in NIC card four tasks will be displayed Supported Devices Remote Update is supported on the following devices iDRAC6 RAID Series 6 and 7 NICs and LOMs Broadcom Power supplies BIOS Driver Pack USC Diagnostics Workflow for Remote Update from URI 78 1 Use the appropriate WS MAN client to send a method invocation request to the iDRAC IP address The WS MAN command includes the UpdateFromURI method on the DCIM_SoftwarelnstallationService and the location from where iDRAC should download the Dell Update Package DUP The download protocols that are supported are FTP HTTP CIFS NFS and TFTP When the WS MAN command is invoked successfully a Job ID will be returned back Additional UpdateFromURI method invocation requests can be sent using WS MAN to create other update jobs A reboot job can be created by invoking the CreateRebootJob method on the DCIM_SoftwarelnstallationService and specifying the desired reboot type The reboot type can be graceful power cycle or graceful with power cycle after 10 minutes Remote Service Features 5 Using the update and reboot Job IDs you can use the DCIM_JobService profile to schedule these jobs to run immediately or at future date and time You can also use the Job ID to query the status of a job or to cancel a job 6 All jobs will be marked successful or
74. ign Configuration This option frees the disk space containing the foreign configuration and makes it available for use in a new virtual disk Click Next after making your selection Select the Express or Advanced Wizard Create a virtual disk using either the Express Wizard or the Advanced Wizard The Express Wizard enables you to select the RAID level only The Express Wizard then selects a virtual disk configuration for the user which implements the selected RAID level and optionally enables you to assign a hot spare Select Express Wizard to quickly create a virtual disk using recommended settings This wizard is not available on all controllers NOTE If the available physical disks are using both Serial Attached SCSI SAS and Serial ATA SATA protocols it is recommended that you use the Advanced Wizard The Advanced Wizard enables you to specify which protocol is used when creating the disk pool for the virtual disks A disk pool is a logical grouping of disks attached to a RAID controller on which one or more virtual disks can be created In addition to the RAID level the Advanced Wizard allows USC andUSC LCE 51 more flexibility with physical disk selection span configuration cache policy and other virtual disk attributes Select Advanced Wizard to specify all virtual disk settings K NOTE It is recommended that you have a good knowledge of RAID and your hardware configuration to use the Advanced Wizard Click
75. image or provider did not get a response in 5 minutes from BIOS on successful boot to ISO image 1 Ensure there is no POST error that resulted in user interaction Press F1 to continue or F2 to run setup 2 Reset iDRAC and run the command Unable to detach Unable to detach ISO image from the host Either the ISO image from the host image may have already detached or IDRAC may not be operating normally 1 Reset iDRAC to automatically detach the ISO image 102 Troubleshooting and Frequently Asked Questions Table A 4 Lifecycle Controller Error Messages and Resolutions continued Error Message Resolution Unable to continue with DetachISOImage another command is in the process of exposing ISO Image and booting to it Cannot continue with DetachISOImage because another command is in the process of exposing ISO image and booting to it 1 See ConcreteJob status to ensure that the current running process is complete and then run DetachISOImage Unable to continue with DetachDrivers UnPackAndAttach is in progress 1 Wait until UnpackAndAttach finishes and then run DetachDrivers Unable to detach USB device containing operating system drivers Detaching the USB device that contains drivers for the operating system installation from the host has failed The device may have been detached already or IDRAC may not be operating normally 1 Reset iDRAC to detach this device automatically Unable to
76. in a managed system The Dell embedded server platform management interfaces are organized into profiles where each profile defines the specific interfaces for a particular management domain or area of functionality Additionally Dell has defined a number of model and profile extensions that provide interfaces for additional capabilities The data and methods available through WS MAN are provided by the Lifecycle Controller Remote Services instrumentation interface mapped to the following DMTF profiles and Dell extension profiles Standard DMTF e Base Server defines CIM classes for representing the host server e Base Metrics defines CIM classes for providing the ability to model and control metrics captured for managed elements Remote Service Features 63 64 Host LAN Network Port defines CIM classes for representing a network port that provides a LAN interface to a host system its associated controller and network interfaces Service Processor defines CIM classes for modeling service processors USB Redirection defines CIM classes for describing information about USB redirections For keyboard video and mouse devices this profile should be used if the devices are to be managed as USB devices Physical Asset defines CIM classes for representing the physical aspect of the managed elements SM CLP Admin Domain defines CIM classes for representing CLP s configuration Power State Management
77. ing system operating system image to initiate the operating system deployment process Run detach commands to detach the ISO media and driver device Remote Service Features 85 For more information on the Lifecycle Controller Remote Operating Systems Deployment feature including the Lifecycle Controller 1 3 Web Services Interface Guideline white papers the Dell OS Deployment Profile data model specification class definition mof files sample code and scripts see the Lifecycle Controller area on the Dell Enterprise Technology Center at www delltechcenter com Staging and Booting to Operating System Image on vFlash This feature allows you to download an ISO image to the vFlash SD Card on the target system and booting the system to this ISO image Prerequisite This feature is available only if you have Dell licensed vFlash present on your system WS MAN Methods Important e If the supported SD card is installed and not formatted executing the download ISO command will first format the SD card and then download to ISO image e If you try to download an ISO image larger than the available space on the vF lash of your system using the TF TP protocol the task will fail but will not be reported through an error message Subsequent commands that try to access this ISO will fail The new WS MAN methods added to the operating system deployment profile for vFlash are e DownloadISOToVFlash Downloads the image to the vFlash
78. ion may become stale if new components are added without manually entering USC after power on e The replaced card should belong to the same family as the previous component Supported Devices The following devices can have part replacement firmware updates e NICs Broadcom e PERC SAS and CERC series 6 and 7 e Power Supply Units 58 USC and USC LCE Collect System Inventory on Restart When you enable the Collect System Inventory On Restart property hardware inventory and part configuration information is discovered and compared with previous system inventory information on every system restart 1 Click Hardware Configuration on the left pane 2 Click on Part Replacement Configuration 3 Click either Enabled or Disabled from the Collect System Inventory on Restart dropdown Part Firmware Update This setting allows you to configure the action to be taken when part replacement is detected From the part firmware update drop down select one of the following e Disabled Firmware update on replaced parts will not be performed e Allow version upgrade only Firmware update on replaced parts will only be performed if the firmware version of the new part is lower than the existing part e Match firmware of replaced part Firmware on the new part will be updated to the version of the original part Configuring a Local FTP Server If your organization s users are on a private network that does not have access to ext
79. is interrupted and the system reboots before installation completes you may be prompted to press a key in order to boot from the operating system installation media e You can cancel the operating system installation by pressing the lt F10 gt key Pressing the lt F10 gt key at any point during the installation process or while rebooting causes any drivers provided by the OS Deployment wizard to be removed e After the operating system is installed you cannot update USC or USC LCE by running a DUP in the operating system environment for the next 18 hours Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 5 x Installation Warning During Red Hat 5 x installation you will receive a warning that a read only file system was detected Linux has detected the temporary storage area of USC and USC LCE that stores updates for your system When you click OK a second warning will appear indicating that the read only file system has a loop partition layout and that it needs to be formatted Click the Ignore drive button You may see both warnings several times during the course of Red Hat 5 x installation Update Drivers for Linux Systems Only On the following operating systems it is recommended that you update your system with the extracted drivers after installation The drivers are extracted to a drive or device named OEMDRV e Red Hat Enterprise Linux server The location of the drivers on the OEMDRV drive after installation is oemdrv rp
80. isplayed e Configure Security Key Now e Continue Virtual Disk Configuration USC andUSC LCE 37 Select Configure Security Key Now and click Next The security key configuration screen is displayed The following options are displayed e Create Security Key e Change Security Key e Delete Security Key Choose Create Security Key if it is not configured and enter the details in the relevant fields on this page Click Finish The security key will be created on the controller and the Configuration Options page is displayed with two options Express Wizard and Advanced wizard Select Advanced Wizard and click Next Select the required RAID level and click Next The user interface displays three filters Here a new filter is displayed for encryption capability Select Self encryption from the Encryption Capability dropdown The self encryption disks SEDs are displayed Select the required physical disks and click Next In the Additional Settings page check the Secure Virtual Disk box and click Next The Summary Page is displayed with details of the virtual disk attributes Click Finish Updating RAID Controller Firmware To update RAID controller firmware follow these steps 1 38 Click Platform update on the left pane The platform update options are displayed Select the repository option and click Next The components are displayed with current and available firmware updates Select the storage card
81. l Dual Port 10 100 1000 BASET Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet Broadcom 5709C NetXtreme II GigE Broadcom 5709C NetXtreme II GigE USC andUSC LCE 57 Broadcom 57710 NetXtreme II 10GigE Important e You can configure only one NIC at a time e Integrated Broadcom NICs are controlled both by the BIOS and by settings stored on the device itself As a result the Boot Protocol field in the HII of integrated NICs has no effect this setting is instead controlled by the BIOS on the Integrated Devices screen To set integrated NICs to an iSCSI or PXE boot mode select System BIOS Settings then select Integrated Devices On this screen you will see a list of each embedded NIC select the appropriate value Enabled for no boot capability Enabled with PXE to use the NIC for PXE boot or Enabled with iSCSI to use the NIC to boot from an iSCSI target Part Replacement Part replacement configuration is an automatic update of the firmware for a new part to the level of the previous part if enabled the update occurs automatically when you reboot your system after replacing the part It is activated by a license and can be disabled remotely as well as through the USC interface Prerequisites e Part replacement configuration is a licensed feature Your system should be equipped with a Dell licensed vFlash card for this functionality e When Collect System Inventory On Restart is disabled the cache of system inventory informat
82. l and SAS 6 GBPS External Does USC LCE support rollback of BIOS and firmware Yes See Rolling Back to Previous BIOS and Firmware Versions for more information Which devices support system updates USC LCE currently supports updates to the BIOS iDRAC firmware power supply firmware and certain RAID and NIC controller firmware See Updating the Platform using the Platform Update Wizard for more information Troubleshooting and Frequently Asked Questions 107 Which devices are supported in Advanced Configuration within Hardware Configuration Advanced Configuration is available for the BIOS and NIC Depending on your system configuration other devices may also appear in Advanced Configuration if they support the HII configuration standard See Hardware Configuration for more information What should I do if my system crashes while using USC or USC LCE If your system crashes while using USC or USC LCE a black screen with red text will appear To resolve this problem first try rebooting your system and re entering USC or USC LCE If that does not resolve the problem perform the steps in Repairing USC of Repairing USC LCE If that does not resolve the problem contact Dell for technical assistance How do find out the current installed version details of the USC LCE product Click About on the left navigation pane What should do if have an issue with mouse synchronization when access USC L
83. l TechCenter DCIM Extensions Library area The interfaces are ReinitiateDHS ProvisioningServer Reset ToFactoryDefaults PerformAutoDiscovery e ProvisioningServer optional parameter to indicate the Provisioning Server information This could be an IP address or a hostname 72 Remote Service Features e ResetToFactoryDefaults required parameter TRUE or FALSE to indicate whether the current configuration data needs to be deleted prior to the next cycle of Auto Discovery Only TRUE will be accepted specifying FALSE will cause an error message indicating the parameter value is not supported TRUE will reset iDRAC to the default values and then set iDRAC for Auto Discovery i DRAC will not be available until the Auto Discovery provisioning process is complete and the iDRAC receives the new credentials e PerformAutoDiscovery required parameter to indicate when the next Auto Discovery cycle should be performed immediately or at the next boot Select Now to run the Auto Discovery cycle immediately select Next to run it the next time you boot your system SetAttribute ProvisioningServer e ProvisioningServer parameter to indicate the Provisioning Server IP address host name e ClearProvisioningServer Method to clear the Provisioning Server property No input parameters are required Using Custom Certificates You can now transfer custom defined certificates to the i DRAC6 and create a unique certificate based on the serv
84. lays then the product may have been manually disabled See Disabling USC or USC LCE for information on how to enable USC or USC LCE System Services update required If the message System Services update required appears when you boot your system the embedded device that stores the product may contain corrupted data To resolve the issue update the product by executing USC or USC LCE Dell Update Package DUP See the Dell Update Packages User s Guide at support dell com manuals for more information If an operating system is not installed on the system or if executing the DUP does not fix the problem run USC or USC LCE repair package See Repairing USC or Repairing USC LCE for more information System Services not available Another process is currently using iDRAC It is recommended that you wait for 30 minutes for the current process to complete then reboot your system and try to enter USC or USC LCE again If you believe the system is in an error condition or if you cannot wait the recommended 30 minute time period see Canceling a Request to Enter System Services After rebooting try to enter USC or USC LCE again The first time you launch USC or USC LCE it displays USC Settings wizard that allows you to configure your preferred language and network settings See Using USC Settings Wizard for more information Using the Wizards Wizard Description USC and USC LCE provide the following wiz
85. left pane Click the wizard you want to launch and then follow the instructions displayed in the right pane Wizard Task Flow USC When using USC for the first time It is recommended that you run the wizards in the order listed below e USC Settings You do not need to run this wizard again unless you want to change the language keyboard or network settings e OS Deployment Run this wizard to install operating system e Hardware Diagnostics Ensure that you maintain your system by running diagnostics on a regular basis Wizard Task Flow USC LCE When using USC LCE for the first time it is recommended that you run the following wizards listed in order 16 USC and USC LCE e USC Settings You do not need to run this wizard again unless you want to change the language keyboard or network settings e Platform Update Download and apply any updates Ensure that you run the Platform Update wizard regularly so that your system is up to date e Hardware Configuration Run this wizard to configure your system devices e OS Deployment Run this wizard to install operating system e Hardware Diagnostics Ensure that you maintain your system by running diagnostics on a regular basis Accessing Help Each USC or USC LCE screen has a Help button in the upper right corner Click Help g to display help for the current screen Viewing Readme Click About View Readme to display the Readme file
86. loyment interface 81 main features 81 prerequisites and dependencies 85 use case 85 workflow 85 remote services 9 63 Remote Update 77 Remotely reinitiating discovery and handshake 71 S Scheduling Remote Update 79 Staging and Booting to OS image on vFlash 86 SUSE driver location 23 system crashes 108 system date time 39 system services canceling request to enter 17 disabled 14 not available 15 systems services update required 15 T installing to C drive 26 TPM 35 wizards Diagnostics 15 blesh 91 j POREO Hardware Configuration 16 Types of remote scheduling 80 OS Deployment 15 Platform Update 16 Settings 16 U WS MAN 63 UEFI 56 106 Uploading Custom Certificates 73 USC deleting 106 disabling 17 repair package 28 storing update files 105 updating 17 wizards 15 V vFlash 105 virtual disk configuring as a boot device 22 virtual media using for operating system installation 106 web services for management 63 Windows drivers 23 Index 111 112 Index
87. ltechcenter com See e Lifecycle Controller area http www delltechcenter com page Lifecycle Controller e Dell CIM Extension Specifications http www delltechcenter com page DCIM Dell CIM Extensions e Lifecycle Controller WS MAN Script Center http www delltechcenter com page Scripting the Dell Lifecycle C ontroller For more information also see the following e DTMF Web site www dmttf org standards profiles e WS MAN release notes or Readme file 66 Remote Service Features What s New in Remote Services 1 3 These are the new features introduced in 1 3 e Auto Discovery enhancements e Remote firmware inventory and update e Operating system deployment using Dell licensed vFlash e Part replacement Auto Discovery The Auto Discovery feature allows newly installed servers to automatically discover the remote management console that hosts the Provisioning Server The Provisioning Server provides custom administrative user credentials to the iDRAC so that the unprovisioned server can be discovered and managed by the management console When Auto Discovery is enabled the iDRAC6 requests an IP address from DHCP and either acquires the name of the Provisioning Server host and or subsequently resolves the address through DNS After acquiring the Provisioning Server host address the iDRAC6 securely handshakes before acquiring custom administrative account credentials The iDRAC can now be managed through its newly
88. lues e AttributeName Licensed e CurrentValue Yes 3 If the vFlash is not present on the system or if it is not Dell licensed the output will have the following attribute values e AttributeName Licensed e CurrentValue No Using WS MAN to get set Part Firmware Update Attributes To get the current Part Firmware Update and Collect System Inventory On Restart property values using WS MAN an enumerate command request may be sent to get instances of the class DCIM_LCEnumeration An instance object representing each attribute is returned per attribute where the AttributeName string property on the object will contain the name of the Part Replacement related property such as Part Firmware Update The CurrentValue property will contain the current setting of the property See the Dell Lifecycle Controller Management Profile specification for specific attribute names and values To configure a Part Replacement related property value set and apply actions are requested using the WS MAN Web services protocol The set action is performed by invoking the SetAttribute method on the DCIM LCService class The SetAttribute method takes as input parameters the property names and values The possible values of the Part Firmware Update are 88 Remote Service Features e Allow version upgrade only If the input for the CurrentValue is Allow version upgrade only firmware update on replaced parts will be performed if the fir
89. ly English only such as the BIOS lt F2 gt setup may now have a localized HII equivalent As of the current release of USC LCE your server s default configuration contains setups for two device types that are supported in the Hardware Configuration Advanced Configuration the system BIOS and NIC e The BIOS setup is very similar to the current setup utility press the lt F2 gt key during system startup however HII can access only a subset of the utilities available in system startup e The NIC setup reflects various NIC attributes some of which were visible in the controller option read only memory ROM However many of these attributes were previously only modifiable in Operating System utilities Depending on your system configuration other device types may also appear in Advanced Configuration if they support the HII configuration standard Advanced Configuration wizard allows you to configure the following System BIOS Settings e Intel Pro 1000 PT Server Adapter e Intel Pro 1000 PT Dual Port Server Adapter Intel Gigabit VT Quad Port Server Adapter e Intel 10 Gigabit AF DA Dual Port Server Adapter e Intel 10 Gigabit AT Port Server Adapter e Intel 10 Gigabit XF SR Port Server Adapter e Broadcom Dual Port 10G KX4 e Broadcom Quad Port GBE e Intel Quad Port GBE e Intel Dual Port 10G KX4 e Broadcom Dual Port 10G SFP e Broadcom Quad Port 10 100 1000 BASET e Intel Quad Port 10 100 1000 BASET e Inte
90. m e Red Hat Enterprise Linux server The location of the drivers on the OEMDRV drive after installation is oemdrv rpm e SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 with Service Pack 2 The location of the drivers on the OEMDRV drive after installation is linux suse x86 64 sles10 install rpm Use the following command to install the drivers USC andUSC LCE 25 rpm Uvh rpm Assign a Windows Bootable System Partition to the C Drive After you have completed USC or USC LCE portion of Windows Server 2003 installation your server will reboot and begin the text mode portion of the installation During this phase you may need to perform the following steps to ensure Windows installs to your C drive Following these instructions after Windows Server 2003 setup presents you with a list of existing drive partitions and or unpartitioned space available on your computer 1 Select the unpartitioned space and then press lt c gt to create a hard disk partition Follow the on screen instructions to create a partition K NOTE The partition may not be enumerated as a C drive 2 Select the newly created partition and then press lt d gt to delete the partition Follow the on screen instructions to delete the partition 3 Select the unpartitioned space again and then press lt c gt to create a primary hard disk partition The partition will now be enumerated as C drive 4 Follow the on screen instructions to create a
91. m components The remote services functionality enables consoles such as the Dell Management Console DMC and partner consoles to access Lifecycle Controller features in a pre operating system environment USC USC LCE provides an embedded solution on the local server to assist with provisioning in a pre operating system environment Remote Services Remote services are accessible over the network using a secured web services interface and can be programmatically utilized by applications and scripts Remote services enables existing consoles to perform one to many bare metal server provisioning The combination of a new Auto discovery feature to identify and authenticate the attached Dell system to the network and integration with one to many management consoles reduces the manual steps required for server provisioning Additionally remote services provides remotely accessible operating system deployment related features that Overview 9 simplifies the tasks involved in operating system and driver installation For more information on the features supported by the remote services provisioning solution see Remote Service Features Unified Server Configurator USC Unified Server Configurator USC Base level product that uses BMC and provides operating system deployment hardware diagnostics and USC settings capabilities Unified Server Configurator Lifecycle Controller Enabled USC LCE Full featured product that uses iDRAC
92. mote Access Controller 6 DRAC6 User s Guide available at support dell com manuals for more information Can I add my own drivers to use for operating system installation No You cannot add your own drivers for operating system installation See Updating the Platform using the Platform Update Wizard for more information on updating the drivers that are used for operating system installation Troubleshooting and Frequently Asked Questions 105 Can update the drivers used by an installed operating system through USC or USC LCE No USC or USC LCE only provides drivers that are required for operating system installation To update the drivers used by an installed operating system see your operating system s help documentation Can I add my own drivers and firmware for updating USC or USC LCE to a local USB device No Only drivers and firmware downloaded from the Server Update Utility DVD s are supported See Configuring a Local USB Device for more information Can I delete USC or USC LCE No Can use virtual media for the operating system media source during installation Yes See the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 6 DRAC6 User s Guide for your system s iDRAC device for more information available at support dell com manuals Can I use a virtual USB for my update repository Yes See the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 6 i DRAC6 User s Guide for your system s iDRAC
93. mware version of the new part is lower than the original part e Match firmware of replaced part If the input for the CurrentValue is Match firmware of replaced part firmware on the new part will be updated to the version of the original part e Disable If the input is Disable the firmware upgrade actions will not occur The apply action is performed by invoking the CreateConfigJob method on the DCIM_LCService class The CreateConfigJob method takes as parameters the scheduled start time which can be TIME NOW and a reboot if required flag A job ID is returned as a parameter and can be used to check on the job completion status To check job completion status enumerate instances of the DCIM LifecycleJob class and check for the instance where the InstanceID job ID returned by the CreateConfigJob method The JobStatus property on the job instance will indicate the job is completed when the part replacement properties have been set Remote Service Features 89 90 Remote Service Features Troubleshooting and Frequently Asked Questions This section describes the error messages commonly generated by USC and USC LCE and provides suggestions for resolving the errors It also answers questions that are frequently asked by USC and USC LCE users Also see ftp ftp dell com LifecycleController to locate the file matching LC_ 1 3 0 _MSG_REG zip for the 1 3 Message Registry XML files for Remote Enablement web servi
94. n the Write Back policy since the system assumes the data is available only after it has been written to the disk Write Back The controller sends a write request completion signal as soon as the data is in the controller cache but has not yet been written to disk The Write Back policy may provide faster write performance but it also provides less data security since a system failure could prevent the data from being written to disk Force Write Back The write cache is enabled regardless of whether the controller has an operational battery If the controller does not have an operational battery data loss may occur in the event of a power failure To assign a hot spare to the virtual disk select the Assign a Hot Spare Disk check box A hot spare is an unused backup physical disk that can be used to rebuild data from a redundant virtual disk USC andUSC LCE 55 e Select the physical disk to be used as the hot spare from the Hot Spare Disk drop down menu A hot spare can be used only with a redundant RAID level Hot spares also have requirements for physical disk size The hot spare cannot be smaller than the smallest physical disk included in the virtual disk If the RAID level and physical disk availability do not meet these requirements the Assign a Hot Spare Disk check box is disabled Click Next after making your selection Advanced Wizard Only Review Summary The Summary screen displays the virtual disk attributes
95. nt that DNS Server 1 does not produce results the DNS Server 2 iPv6 address serves as a backup DNS server utilized for name to Pv6 address resolution The DNS Server 2 field is limited to a maximum value of FFFE FFFF FFFF FFFF FFFF FFFF FFFF FFFE Click Next to proceed to Virtual Media Configuration Virtual Media Configuration Set Virtual Media and Virtual Flash parameters The Virtual Media and Virtual Flash features are available only if the system includes iDRAC 6 Enterprise The Virtual Flash feature is only available if an SD card is installed and enabled in the iDRAC 46 Virtual Media Select attached auto attached or detached mode If set to Attach the virtual media devices are available for use in the current operating environment Virtual Media enables a floppy image floppy drive or CD DVD drive from your system to be available on the managed systems console as if the floppy image or drive were present attached or connected on the local system If set to Detach you cannot access virtual USC and USC LCE media devices If set to Auto Attach the virtual media device is automatically mapped to the server every time the user physically connects a media vFlash Status Displays the status as either e Formatted e Not formatted e Not present e Not licensed the vFlash is not Dell licensed For more information on supported virtual media devices see the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 6
96. nterprise pein card iDRAC6 Enterprise adds Full Remote Management Dedicated NIC port Virtual KVM Virtual Media Virtual Flash Overview 11 Table 1 1 Product Classification continued Dell Available Remote USC or System Options System Management Available Features USC LCE Series Device BMC with iDRAC6 Express Operating System Embedded BMC Deployment Hardware Standard with iDRAC6 USC LCE Diagnostics USC Settings Express card Platform Update Hardware Configuration Driver Repository BMC with iDRAC6 600 to Express Operating System 900 Deployment Hardware Diagnostics USC Settings Embedded BMC Platform Update Hardware i with iDRAC6 Configuration Driver Optional Express card USC LCE Repository iDRAC6 Enterprise card iDRAC6 Enterprise adds Full Remote Management Dedicated NIC port Virtual KVM Virtual Media Virtual Flash For Dell modular systems BMC iDRAC6 Express card and iDRAC6 Enterprise card are included as standard configurations 12 Overview Unified Server Configurator and Unified Server Configurator Lifecycle Controller Enabled Unified Server Configurator USC and Unified Server Configurator Lifecycle Controller Enabled USC LCE reside on an embedded flash memory card and are embedded configuration utilities that enable systems and storage management tasks from an embedded environment throughout your system s life cycle
97. o this address The Default Gateway field is limited to a maximum value of 255 255 255 255 Get DNS Servers from DHCP If set to Yes the iDRAC NIC acquires the Domain Name System DNS server information from the DHCP server and deactivates the DNS Server 1 and DNS Server 2 controls If set to No the iDRAC NIC does not acquire the DNS Server information from the DHCP server and you must manually define the DNS Server 1 and DNS Server 2 fields DNS Server 1 Enables you to specify or edit the static IPv4 address for a primary DNS server This IPv4 address is that of a DNS server utilized for name to IPv4 address resolution The DNS Server 1 field is limited to a maximum value of 255 255 255 255 DNS Server 2 Enables you to specify or edit the static IPv4 address for a secondary DNS server In the event that DNS Server 1 does not produce results the DNS Server 2 Pv4 address serves as a backup utilized for name to IPv4 address resolution This field is limited to a maximum value of 255 255 255 255 Click Next to proceed to IPv6 Configuration IPv6 Configuration Set Pv6 IP address source ethernet IP address Pv6 address prefix length default gateway and DNS server values 44 USC and USC LCE IPv6 Enables or disables the iDRAC NIC IPv6 protocol support Disabling IPv6 deactivates the remaining controls IP Address Source Enables or disables the ability of the iDRAC NIC to acquire an IPv6 address
98. om iDRAC through WS MAN The GetDriverPackInfo method on the DCIM_OSDeploymentService class returns the embedded driver pack version and the list of operating systems supported by the driver pack After determining which operating system the drivers are needed for one of the following methods can be invoked through WS MAN to unpack the appropriate drivers and expose them locally or acquire them remotely a The UnpackAndAttach method on the DCIM_OSDeploymentService class extracts the drivers for the requested operating system and places them on an internal USB device labeled OEMDRV The OEMDRYV appears as a locally attached USB device to the system The method takes the operating system name and an expose duration time as input parameters and returns a job identification that can be subsequently checked for the status of the unpack and attach activity b The UnpackAndShare method on the DCIM_OSDeploymentService class extracts the drivers for the requested operating system and copies them to a network share The method takes the operating system name and network share information as input parameters and returns a job identification that can be subsequently checked for the status of the unpack and share activity Network share information includes the IP address of the share the share name share type and username password and workgroup data for secure shares Remote Service Features Important The drivers unpacked and attach
99. on and RAID Configuration Advanced Configuration allows you to configure certain devices such as Network Interface Controllers NICs and the BIOS using Human Interface Infrastructure HII Part Replacement Configuration allows you to automatically update a new part to the previous part s firmware level Important If your system does not have a RAID controller the OS Deployment wizard bypasses the RAID configuration option and goes directly to Select an Operating System Using USC LCE you can navigate to the RAID configuration page from the Hardware Configuration Tab gt Configuration Wizards gt RAID Configuration For S100 S300 controllers virtual disks cannot be created using the RAID Configuration Wizard in USC LCE To create RAID use the controller utilities by pressing lt Ctrl gt lt R gt when prompted during system start up ESX 3 5 and Citrix operating systems do not support series 7 controllers USC has the capacity to display only three storage controllers for RAID configuration on the console If there are any internal storage controller cards on the system all other external cards cannot be configured If there are no internal cards present then external cards can be configured Configuring RAID To configure RAID follow these steps 1 36 Click OS Deployment on the left pane USC and USC LCE 2 Select Configure RAID Now The system will display all the storage controllers available
100. on the system 1 Launch USC Settings Wizard a Boot your system and press the lt F10 gt key within 10 seconds of the Dell logo being displayed b Wait until USC Home screen is displayed then click USC Settings in the left pane 2 Click Language and Keyboard in the right pane Use the up arrow and down arrow keys to access all options on the Language and Keyboard Type drop down menus a Select the language from the Language drop down menu b Select the type of keyboard you are using from the Keyboard Type drop down menu c Click Finish 3 Click Network Settings in the right pane a Use the NIC Card drop down menu to select the NIC card you want to configure on your system b Use the IP Address Source drop down menu to select either No Configuration DHCP or Static IP The IP Address Source function only supports IPv4 18 USC and USC LCE e No Configuration Select if you do not want to configure your NIC DHCP Select to obtain an IP address from a DHCP server e Static IP Select to use a static IP address Specify the following IP address properties If you do not have this information see your network administrator IP Address Subnet Mask Default Gateway DNS Address c Click Finish If USC settings are not configured correctly an error message is displayed Deploying the Operating System Using the OS Deployment Wizard The OS Deployment wizard assists you in installing an operating
101. password required for authentication on the proxy server Select Save Locally to save the drivers locally from the online repository From the Save Locally drop down menu select the USB drive to save the system drivers Local Drive Select Local Drive if the drivers are available from a USB device or Dell Systems Management Tools and Documentation DVD For information on setting up a USB device for updates see Configuring a Local USB Device USC andUSC LCE 21 3 Click Next If your system has a RAID controller continue with Optional RAID Configuration If your system does not have a RAID controller continue with Select an Operating System Optional RAID Configuration If your system has a RAID controller you have the option of launching the RAID Configuration wizard and configuring a virtual disk as the boot device To configure RAID e Select Configure RAID Now and click Next This option launches the RAID Configuration wizard After RAID configuration is complete you will return to the OS Deployment wizard See Configuring RAID To bypass RAID configuration Select Go Directly to OS Deployment and click Next This option launches the OS Deployment wizard If you select this option the operating system will be installed on the default boot device identified in the BIOS utility Continue with Select an Operating System Deploy the Operating System The drivers required by the operating system or recommen
102. poseDuration value 60 to 65535 seconds Copying operating system drivers to network share failed Copying drivers for selected operating system to network share failed The share may be read only or the driver pack present in Lifecycle Controller may be corrupt 1 Ensure that the network share has write permission 2 Update the Driver Pack using USC or DUP and then run the command again Unable to detach ISO image from the system Cannot continue with DetachISOImage because system does not have attached ISO image 1 Do not run DetachISOImage command Installed BIOS version does not support this method The system has an older version of BIOS that does not support this method Install the latest version of BIOS to use this method 1 Update the BIOS to version 1 2 or later and then run the command again Unable to continue with Boot ToPXE ISO image is attached to the system Unable to continue with Boot ToPXE command because system has an ISO image attached Detach the ISO image before continuing with Boot ToPXE 1 Run DetachISOImage command and then run Boot ToPXE Lifecycle Controller is disabled Lifecycle Controller is disabled on the system so none of the remote enablement OSD commands will work Ensure Lifecycle Controller is enabled before running any command 1 Reboot the system and enable System Services using CTLR E option in the POST Boot to ISO Image has been cancelled by user using
103. pper right corner of the screen for accounts required See more information help for details Please enter a valid You must enter a valid user name To maintain Username compatibility with other iDRAC configuration tools Dell recommends using only digits 0 9 alphanumeric characters a z A Z and hyphens in the user name string Please enter a valid You must enter a valid password To maintain compatibility Password with other iDRAC configuration tools Dell recommends using only digits 0 9 alphanumeric characters a z A Z and hyphens in the password string Please enter a valid You must re enter the new password and the Confirmation password confirmation password Be certain that both passwords are exactly the same 94 Troubleshooting and Frequently Asked Questions Table A 2 USC Error Messages and Resolutions Error Message Resolution Unable to find a device capable of reading the OS install media USC cannot detect a device to read the operating system media One of the following situations is probably causing the error e No optical device is available on the system Shut down the system and add a SATA optical device or USB optical device e If an optical device is present it may not be properly connected Check to ensure the device cables are adequately seated e If an optical device is present it is disabled in the BIOS Reboot the system enter the BIOS setup utility and en
104. qualified IPv4 address starts with and ends with when specified at the same time with a hostname e Each IP address or hostname can be optionally followed by a anda port number e Example of valid strings are hostname hostname domain com Account Access Enables or disables account access Disabling account access deactivates all other fields on the LAN User Configuration screen Account Username Enables the modification of an i DRAC username The Account Username field accepts a maximum of 16 printable ASCII characters Password Enables an administrator to specify or edit the iDRAC user s password The Password string is encrypted and cannot be seen or displayed after this property is set The Password field accepts a maximum of 20 characters Confirm Password Re enter the iDRAC user s password to confirm Account Privilege Assigns the user s maximum privilege on the IPMI LAN channel to one of the following user groups Admin Operator User or No Access Admin Privileges Login to IDRAC Configure iDRAC Configure Users Clear Logs Execute Server Control Commands Access Console Redirection Access Virtual Media Test Alerts Execute Diagnostic Commands Operator Privileges Login to iDRAC Configure iDRAC Configure Users Execute Server Control Commands Access Console Redirection Access Virtual Media Test Alerts Execute Diagnostic Commands User P
105. results Instant firmware inventory allows you to inventory the host platform remotely from a WS MAN client even if the host is not running an operating system iDRAC user credentials used for the WS MAN request authentication requires Execute Server Command privileges to request firmware and embedded 74 Remote Service Features software inventory it is not restricted to administrators You can get a list of firmware for devices that are installed and also the firmware that is available for rollback and reinstallation Supported Devices Remote instant firmware inventory is supported on these devices iDRAC6 Storage controllers RAID Series 6 and 7 e NICs and LOMs Broadcom e Power supplies e BIOS e Driver Pack e USC e Diagnostics The instant firmware inventory class provides firmware inventory information on e The firmware installed in the supported devices e The firmware versions available for installation for each device Workflow The DCIM SoftwareInventory profile defines the Dell CIM data model extensions that represent installed and available to be installed versions of firmware and embedded software on the server The firmware inventory can be accessed using the WS MAN web services protocol This is the typical workflow for a request for firmware inventory using Windows WinRM 1 Request inventory of the system using the WinRM enumeration command for class DCIM_SoftwareIdentity 2 Inventory instances
106. rivileges Login to iDRAC No Access No assigned privileges Smart Card Authentication Enables or disables Smart Card Authentication for iDRAC log in If enabled a Smart Card must be installed to access the iDRAC USC and USC LCE Enabled Enabling Smart Card login disables all command line out of band interfaces including SSM Telnet Serial remote RACADM and IPMI over LAN Disabled On subsequent logins from the graphical user interface GUD the regular login page displays All command line out of band interfaces including Secure Shell SSH Telnet Serial and RACADM are set to their default states Enabled with RACADM Enabling smart card login with RACADM disables all command line out of band interfaces including SSM Telnet Serial remote RACADM and IPMI over LAN while still allowing RACADM access Click Next to proceed to Summary Summary Displays the summary of the iDRAC configuration changes Click Apply to proceed to Confirmation Confirmation Confirm the changes you made by viewing the Summary screen You can apply the changes or cancel all changes and exit the iDRAC Configuration Wizard If you apply the changes a Please Wait message displays while your changes are saved When the operation is complete a final Confirmation screen displays indicating whether the changes were applied successfully left unchanged or failed Click Finish to save your settings an
107. rvices update required appears when you boot up the embedded device that stores USC may contain corrupted data To resolve the issue you must first attempt to update USC by executing USC Dell Update Package DUP See the Dell Update Packages User s Guide available at support dell com manuals for more information Repairing USC LCE If the message System Services update required appears when you boot up the embedded device that stores USC LCE may contain corrupted data To resolve the issue you must first attempt to update USC LCE by executing USC LCE Dell Update Package DUP See the Dell Update Packages User s Guide available at support dell com manuals for more information If running the DUP does not solve the problem use USC LCE repair package 1 Go to ftp dell com gt LifecycleController and download the file named USC_1 3 0_Rep_Pack_A00 usc or newer version to a temporary location 2 Connect to iDRAC on your system using the iDRAC Web interface For more information on iDRAC see the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 6 DRAC6 User s Guide 3 From the iDRAC Web interface click Remote Access 4 Select the Update tab and then browse to USC LCE Repair Package you downloaded from ftp dell com 5 Click Next and then click OK to confirm the upload Allow the process to complete before you continue to step 6 6 Reboot your system and then press the lt F10 gt key to enter USC LCE 7 Complete the ins
108. s are available in the six supported languages one file per language In addition to translated error messages the Message Registry files contain additional detailed error descriptions and recommended response actions for each error returned by the Lifecycle Controller Remote Services web service interface Operating System Deployment Typical Use Case Scenario This section contains a typical scenario for deploying an operating system remotely Prerequisites and Dependencies The following are the prerequisites and dependencies for deploying the operating system remotely Boot disk is available to install operating system or the operating system ISO image on the network share It is recommended that the latest driver pack is installed and available in USC LCE Provisioning console application or appropriate scripts that are capable of sending WS MAN Web services requests and method invocations Workflow The following is a typical workflow for remote operating system deployment Create the custom pre operating system operating system image and share it on the network or create the required operating system media ISO image Get the list of supported operating system and driver pack version information Stage the operating system drivers by unpacking and attaching drivers for operating system deployment These drivers will be installed during the operating system deployment process Remotely boot to the custom pre operat
109. s are enabled Auto Discovery Workflow This is the Auto Discovery workflow once it is configured and enabled 1 Plug in your new Dell system to your network 2 Plug in the power cables to turn on the system 3 iDRAC starts acquires the Provisioning Server IP addresses hostnames from DHCP DNS and announces itself to the Provisioning Server 4 The Provisioning Server validates and accepts the secure handshake session from the iDRAC 5 The Provisioning Server provides custom user credentials with administrator privileges to iDRAC 6 iDRAC receives and completes the secure handshake With enhancements to the Auto Discovery process you can e Configure the provisioning server host address through the iDRAC Configuration utility USC or using WinRM commands instead of using DHCP or DNS e Remotely reinitiate Auto Discovery in new environments e Upload custom client and server certificates using WS MAN Remote Service Features 69 Connecting Directly to Provisioning Server for Handshake This feature allows you to directly connect to a specified Provisioning Server host for handshake and registration of the new server on the network The provisioning server IP address or host name can be configured through the USC console iDRAC6 configuration utility or preset at the factory Set Provisioning Server IP addresses resolvable names There are multiple options for setting the Provisioning Server IP address hostname used for Auto Di
110. s required for the virtual disk varies depending on the RAID level The minimum and maximum numbers of physical disks required for the RAID level are displayed on the screen e Select the protocol for the disk pool from the Protocol drop down menu Serial Attached SCSI SAS or Serial ATA SATA SAS drives are used for high performance and SATA drives provide a more cost effective solution A disk pool is a logical grouping of physical disks on which one or more virtual disks can be created The protocol is the type of technology used to implement RAID e Select the media type for the disk pool from the Media Type drop down menu Hard Disk Drives HDD or Solid State Disks SSD HDDs use traditional rotational magnetic media for data storage and SSDs implement flash memory for data storage e Select the span length from the Select Span Length drop down menu The span length value refers to the number of physical disks included in each span Span length applies only to RAID 10 RAID 50 and RAID 60 The Select Span Length drop down menu is active only if the user has selected RAID 10 RAID 50 or RAID 60 e Select the physical disks using the check boxes at the bottom of the screen Your physical disk selection must meet the requirements of the RAID level and span length To select all of the physical disks click Select All Click Next after making your selections Advanced Wizard Only Additional Settings Use the Additional Settings s
111. scovery You can set it through a Web services request using WS MAN through the USC console or through the iDRAC6 configuration utility Set Provisioning Server Using a WS MAN Request The Provisioning Server IP address property string is set by invoking the SetAttribute method on the DCIM_LCService class by issuing a Web services request using WS MAN network management protocol Command line examples of Microsoft WinRM and WSMANCLI SetAttribute invocations are provided in the Lifecycle Controller 1 3 Interface Guide on the Dell TechCenter wiki at www delltechcenter page Lifecycle Controller The following conditions apply to using a command to set the provisioning server IP address hostname e Make sure to enable the Preserve Configuration option while resetting the iDRAC6 to defaults issuing the racadm racresetcfg or updating the iDRAC6 firmware If it is disabled the provisioning server IP hostname will be erased e The information will be used only during the next handshake process and will not be used for any handshakes in progress e The string can contain multiple IP addresses and or hostnames with the following format e The string is a list of IP addresses and or hostnames and ports separated by comma Hostname can be fully qualified IPv4 address starts with and ends with when specified at the same time with a hostname 70 Remote Service Features e Each IP address or hostname can be
112. system on your system USC does not provide a local operating system drivers repository that may be required for operating system installation You have to download the operating system drivers from the Dell FTP website at ftp dell com or use a local source that has drivers on it for example Dell Systems Management Tools and Documentation DVD or a local USB device USC LCE provides a local repository for drivers that may be required for operating system installation depending on which operating system you are installing The OS Deployment wizard extracts these drivers and copies them to a staging directory For supported Microsoft Windows operating systems these extracted drivers are installed during the operating system installation For supported Linux operating systems such as Red Hat Enterprise Linux versions 4 7 4 8 5 2 and 5 3 and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server version 10 SP2 you must manually install the extracted drivers after the operating system installation is completed However starting with Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 5 4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server version 10 SP3 11 and later installs the extracted drivers are installed during the operating system installation See Deploy the Operating System for more information USC andUSC LCE 19 Although USC LCE comes with embedded drivers that are factory installed there may be more current drivers available You should run the Platform Update wizard to
113. tallation of all recommended updates See Updating the Platform using the Platform Update Wizard for more information When updates are complete your system automatically reboots 28 USC and USC LCE A While the system reboots press the lt F10 gt key again to enter USC LCE If a warning message appears on the initial USC LCE screen you must repeat step 7 until the server is in a fully recovered state NOTE Updates that are required for a complete system recovery are pre selected by USC LCE Dell highly recommends running all selected updates on your system How to Upgrade to an iDRAC6 Express Card This section provides information about installing an iDRAC6 Express card transferring the iDRAC6 Express card from one system to another system and Uninstalling iDRAC6 Express card This hardware upgrade will also upgrade USC to USC LCE K NOTE This is applicable only to Dell System Series 200 500 Installing the iDRAC6 Express Card 1 Turn off the system including any attached peripherals and disconnect the system from the electrical outlet K NOTE To discharge the residual power in the system press the power button once Insert the iDRAC6 Express card into the iDRAC6 Express slot See the Hardware Owner s Manual for your system for more information on Installing iDRAC6 Express Card Reconnect the system and peripherals to their power sources iDRAC automatically starts Wait one minute before
114. te repository and this problem persists create the repository again see Configuring a Local USB Device or provide an alternate repository FTP download of catalog sign file failed The catalog downloaded to compare currently installed versions with the latest available versions has failed the digital signature verification check This error may be caused by temporary network problems try again later to connect to the update repository If you are using a local USB device for your update repository and this problem persists create the repository again see Configuring a Local USB Device or provide an alternate repository Unable to resolve host name This error is probably caused by one of the following e You have specified an invalid name for the platform update FTP server See Select Download Method e The Domain Name Server DNS specified in the Network Settings page is invalid See Using USC Settings Wizard DUP corrupted USC LCE has detected that one or more of the DUPs used to update your system is corrupted If you are using a local USB device for your update repository and this problem persists create the repository again see Configuring a Local USB Device or provide an alternate repository Please enter a valid IPv6 Address for this iDRAC Enter a valid IPv6 network address for iDRAC See IPv6 Configuration Please specify the IPv6 network address prefix length in the range o
115. trieve job object instances Job object instances contain a job status property that can be checked to see what state the job is in and whether it completed successfully or encountered a problem and failed If a job failure occurs the job instance also contains an error message property that provides detailed information on the nature of the failure Other properties contain other error identification information that can be used to localize the error message to the supported languages and get more detailed error descriptions and recommended response action descriptions The GetHostMACInfo method on the DCIM_OSDeploymentService class returns an array of physical network port MAC addresses representing all the LAN on Motherboard LOM ports in the system The method requires no input parameters All the DCIM_OSDeploymentService methods described in this document return error codes indicating whether the method successfully executed an error occurred or a job was created Job creation occurs if the action being performed in the method cannot be completed immediately Additionally if an error occurs the methods will also return output parameters that include an error message in English and other error identifiers that can be used to localize the error to languages supported by the USC The other error identifiers can be used to index into and process Remote Service Features Dell Message Registry XML files The Dell Message Registry file
116. tures 71 When the server is powered on in the new data center Auto Discovery will run according to the settings and will download the new user credentials for the new data center This interface is supported using WS MAN only and the WS MAN requests require iDRAC administrator username password credentials or credentials for an i DRAC user with Execute Server Command privilege The supported WS MAN interface to reinitiate Auto Discovery includes these options e Whether the iDRAC will be reset to the factory default configuration equivalent to a server with being ordered with the Auto Discover option Only true will be accepted as a value This is a required input e Whether Auto Discovery will run immediately or at the next iDRAC powercycle This is a required input e Provisioning Server IP address hostname This is optional Regardless of the options you specify the operations below will be performed by iDRAC as part of the next Auto Discovery cycle e Enable NIC modular servers e Enable IPv4 e DHCP enable e Disable all administrator accounts e Disable Active Directory e Get DNS server address from DHCP e Get DNS domain name from DHCP The reinitiate interface and related interfaces are specified in the Dell Lifecycle Controller Management Profile available at www delltechcenter com page DCIM Extensions Library Managed Object Format MOF files for related class and method definitions are also available in the Del
117. tween updates In this case the system boots directly into USC LCE and continues the update process This is an unattended update process Updating Devices That Affect Trusted Platform Module Settings If BitLocker protection is enabled on your system updating certain components requires you to enter a recovery password or insert a USB flash drive containing a recovery key during the next system boot This situation occurs only if the Trusted Platform Module TPM security setting is set to On with Pre boot Measurements For information on how to set TPM settings see the BIOS User Guide available at support dell com manuals When USC LCE detects that TPM security is set to On with Pre boot Measurements a warning message displays indicating that certain updates require the recovery password or USB flash drive with the recovery key The warning message also indicates which components affect the BitLocker You can choose either not to update or to roll back those components by navigating to the Select Updates screen and deselecting the check boxes for the components USC andUSC LCE 35 Hardware Configuration USC LCE provides two different methods for configuring your hardware both of which are available from the main Hardware Configuration screen Configuration Wizards guide you through setting up system devices The Configuration Wizards include Physical Security Configuration System Date Time Configuration iDRAC Configurati
118. ue e Schedule the job using the SetupJobQueue method on the DCIM_JobService e Delete existing jobs using the DeleteJobQueue method on the DCIM_JobService Remote Service Features 79 Important USC Diagnostics and Driver Pack updates cannot be rolled back Rolling Back to Previous Versions Use the InstallFromSoftwareldentity method to reinstall from previous versions of firmware for a component that are stored in the Lifecycle Controller Instead of downloading the DUP the InstallFromSoftwareldentity creates a job and returns the job ID Remote Scheduling Types Immediate Update To immediately update component firmware schedule the update and reboot jobs with start time as TIME NOW Scheduling a reboot or update is not required for updates to the Lifecycle controller partitions USC Diagnostics The updates are immediate for these partitions Scheduled Update Specifying a scheduled start time for one or more jobs using the SetupJobQueue method involves specifying a datetime value for the StartTimelInterval parameter Optionally a datetime value can be also be specified for the UntilTime parameter Specifying an UntilTime defines a maintenance window to run the updates within a time bound slot If the time window expires and the updates have not completed any update jobs that are currently running will complete but any unprocessed jobs whose scheduled start time has begun will be failed Setting the S
119. ully functional when the host operating system is configured for NIC teaming The remote access device receives data through the LAN on Motherboard LOM 1 and LOM 2 but transmits data only through LOM 2 If LOM 2 fails the remote access device fails over to LOM 1 for all data transmission The remote access device continues to use LOM 1 for data transmission If LOM 1 fails the remote access device fails over all data transmission back to LOM 2 If one LOM fails but is later restored you can manually revert back to the original LOM settings by editing the NIC selection through the iDRAC Hardware Configuration wizard Shared with failover All LOMS Select this option to share the network interface with the host operating system The remote access device network interface is fully functional when the host operating USC andUSC LCE 41 system is configured for NIC teaming The remote access device receives data through NIC 1 NIC 2 NIC 3 and NIC 4 but it transmits data only through NIC 1 If NIC 1 fails the remote access device will transmit data on NIC 2 If NIC 2 fails the remote access device will transmit data on NIC 3 If NIC 3 fails the remote access device will transmit data on NIC 4 If NIC 4 fails the remote access device fails over all data transmission back to NIC 1 but only if the original NIC 1 failure has been corrected K NOTE Shared with failover All LOMS option may not be available on iDRAC6 Enterprise
120. v6 address to be used as a prefix up to a maximum of 128 The prefix length number of bits in the Ethernet IP address is the netmask for the IPv6 network to which the iDRAC NIC belongs The more significant bits that are defined the fewer IPv6 addresses will be available on the network with the specified prefix USC andUSC LCE 45 Default Gateway Enables you to specify or edit the static Pv6 default gateway for the iDRAC NIC when not provided by DHCP This is the address that will be used to route requests when they cannot be resolved locally The Default Gateway field is limited to a maximum value of FFFF FFFF FFFF FFFF FFFF FFFF FFFF FFFE Get DNS Servers from DHCP If set to Yes the iDRAC NIC acquires the Domain Name System DNS server information from the DHCP server and deactivates the DNS Server 1 and DNS Server 2 controls If set to No the iDRAC NIC does not acquire the DNS server information from the DHCP server and you must manually specify the DNS Server 1 and DNS Server 2 fields DNS Server 1 Enables you to specify or edit the static IPv6 address for a primary DNS server when not provided by DHCP The DNS Server 1 field is limited to a maximum value of FFFE FFFF FFFF FFFF FFFF FFFF FFFF FFFE The iPv6 address is that of a DNS server utilized for name to IPv6 address resolution DNS Server 2 Enables you to specify or edit the static IPv6 address for a secondary DNS server when not provided by DHCP In the eve
121. vice class initiates a Pre Boot Execution Environment PXE boot of the system The method requires no input parameters Important The drivers unpacked and attached are removed after the time specified in ExposeDuration parameter If no time is specified in the method invocation then by default the OEMDRV USB device will be removed after 18 hours Ensure that ISO images attached during the process are detached before you use system services Remote Service Features 83 84 The following methods are used to directly detach the local OEMDRV device or the network ISO image These can be used before the previously set exposure durations time out a The DetachDrivers method on the DCIM_OSDeploymentService class detaches and removes the OEMDRV device that had been previously attached by an invocation of the UnpackAndAttach method b The DetachISOImage method on the DCIM_OSDeploymentService class detaches and removes the network share based ISO image that had been previously attached by an invocation of the BootToNetworkISO method Several methods described in this document return job identifiers as output parameters The jobs provide a means of keeping track of a requested action that cannot be performed immediately and because of underlying technology constraints will take longer than standard web service request response timeouts The returned job identifier can subsequently be used in WS MAN Enumerate or Get requests to re
122. wizard or from a local FTP server or from a local USB device or Dell Server Updates DVD To enable the text boxes and drop down menus under local FTP server or Dell FTP Server and USB Device select the corresponding FTP Server or Local Drive check box 32 Select either FTP Server or Local Drive FTP Server Select FTP Server to download updates from the configured FTP server using the Platform Update wizard Enter the appropriate information according to the method you are using to access the FTP server FTP Authentication USC supports anonymous login by authenticating the blank username a password of your choice and the FTP server address with the FTP servers in order to download the catalog information If you use a firewall you should configure it to allow outgoing FTP traffic on port 21 The firewall must also be configured to accept incoming FTP response traffic To download updates by using a proxy server to access the FTP server you must specify e Address The IP address of the local FTP server or ftp dell com e User Name The user name to access the FTP location e Password The password to access this FTP location e Catalog Location The specific location sub directory where the catalog resides e Proxy Server The server host name of the proxy server e Proxy Port The port number of the proxy server e Proxy Type The type of proxy server HTTP and SOCKS 4 proxy types are supported by USC
123. zation need to know the IP address of the local FTP server in order to specify the online repository when using the OS Deployment wizard If your users are accessing the local FTP server through a proxy server then they need to know the following information for the proxy server e The proxy server host name or IP address e The port number of the proxy server e The user name required for authentication on the proxy server e The password required for authentication on the proxy server e The type of proxy server Configuring a Local USB Device If your organization s users are on a private network that does not have access to external sites like ftp dell com you can provide updates from a locally configured USB device The USB device you use as a repository must be able to hold at least 3 GB of content 60 USC and USC LCE A USB device is not required for users that have access to ftp dell com through a proxy server For the latest updates download the most recent Dell Server Updates ISO for your system from the Dell Support website at support dell com Creating the Local USB Repository Using Dell Server Updates DVD To create a repository on a local USB device using Dell Server Updates DVD 1 Download the Dell Server Updates ISO to your system from the Dell Support site at support dell com and burn it to a DVD 2 Copy the repository folder of the DVD you just created to the root directory of the USB device 3 Us

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