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1. USC does not support the update or rollback options of PERCS E Adapter for External Storage or SAS5iR Adapter for tape If a floppy drive is attached to the system when the USC is used to deploy a Windows 2003 Server operating system error popup messages will be displayed and many required device drivers such as NIC video and chipset drivers will not be installed but the storage device drivers will be installed Do not attach floppy devices before using the USC to deploy a Windows 2003 Server operating system If you see this error message Unable to find a boot device on which to install the operating system Verify boot disk availability and if you have a USB key plugged in to the system after booting to USC please remove the USB key before deploying the operating system IMPORTANT If you are updating iDRAC firmware using a tool other than USC do not run USC during the firmware update because doing so will result in unknown behavior After the firmware is successfully updated you can safely use USC IMPORTANT If you are updating iDRAC firmware do not run USC during the firmware update because doing so will result in unknown behavior After the firmware is successfully updated you can safely use USC Note If the iDRAC firmware update is interrupted for any reason you may be required to wait for up to 30 minutes before you can attempt another firmware update Note When configuring the FTP server for your repository in the2. platform update you may get a message that indicates that a network connection exists with your FTP server however it may mean that the validation process needs some extra time depending on your network setting Click OK on the message box and try one more time to connect to the FTP server Note Account access can be disabled only if there is more than one user enabled on the iDRAC To enable users access the iDRAC Web based GUI Navigate to the Users section under the Network Security tab and enable users as needed Note that at least one more user needs to be enabled in order to disable the account access in the USC Note In the iDRAC Configuration Wizard the DNS Domain Name may contain a maximum of 64 ASCII characters 282986 Note When attempting a Platform Rollback there may be a two minute delay before Rollback tasks are displayed on the screen 287021 When using Hardware Configuration Advanced Configuration if you click on any NIC or BIOS devices and then leave the page and come back you may experience delays of up to 18 seconds on all the pages 286799 Note In the iDRAC Configuration Wizard there is not a selection for file T htdocs SOFTWARE smusc smlc Ic_1_2 en Readme readme txt 10 25 2012 1 38 59 PM auto attached on the Virtual Media Config page 287428 PEPE EEE PETE EET EE TEEPE EEE PETE EET EEE EEE PEE EEE ETE EEE EEE Information in this document is subject to change without notice C 2009 Del
3. such as the Dell Management Console DMC and partner consoles to access LC 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 The Dell Unified Server Configurator USC is an embedded configuration utility that enables systems and storage management tasks from an embedded environment throughout the server s lifecycle Residing on an embedded flash memory card the USC is similar to a BIOS utility in that it can be started during the boot sequence and can function independently of the operating system Using the USC you can quickly identify download and apply system updates without needing to search the Dell support site support dell com The field replacement and recovery feature allows you to restore embedded tools and utilities in the event of data corruption or hardware failure You can also configure BIOS and system firmware such as NIC power supply and iDRAC deploy an operating system and run diagnostics to validate the system and attached hardware file T htdocs SOFTWARE smusc smlc Ic_1_2 en Readme readme txt 10 25 2012 1 38 59 PM FREE CONTENTS FREE EEHEEEHEEEE H EE E EEE H EEE EEEH Criticality Compatibility Minimum Requirements Installation Known Issues E E E E E E EEE E EEEH CRITICALITY FREE 2 Recommended FEET COMPATIBILITY MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS E E E a Suppor
4. the course of RHEL 5 x installation If the boot mode is set to UEFI in BIOS F2 setup and if you launch System Services F10 and Deploy OS the installation might fail or you may not be able to boot to the OS after the installation Always ensure boot mode is set to BIOS in F2 setup before launching USC and deploying the OS You may see a no optical device found error if you have a bad DVD CD in the optical drive This error does not mean that there are no optical devices on the system If you remove the bad media then this error will go away For RHEL and SUSE r operating systems you need to install kernel source before installing the drivers present in OEMDRV For RAID Configuration and Platform Updates PERC 6 1 Firmware or above is required For RAID Configuration PERC 6 1 Firmware or above is required To maintain compatibility with other iDRAC configuration tools it is recommended that only digits 0 9 alphanumeric a z A Z and hyphen characters be used when entering a Name or Password string When entering a Domain Name such as x123 com a period character is also permissible When attempting a Platform Update via an FTP server specifying a valid proxy server but selecting an invalid proxy type will cause USC to halt for a long period possibly over 30 minutes before it returns to file T htdocs SOFTWARE smusc smlec Ic_1_2 en Readme readme txt 10 25 2012 1 38 59 PM normal operation
5. Ic_1_2 en Readme readme txt 10 25 2012 1 38 59 PM labeled OEMDRYV and the device will be active for 18 hours In a Microsoft r Windows r environment the drivers will be automatically installed and no further action is required In a Linux environment the drivers are not automatically installed and you have to install the drivers manually after the OS installation has been completed In Windows 2003 32 bit SBS and 64 bit in addition to the device labeled OEMDRYV a floppy drive labeled FLOPPY will also be exposed that contains drivers and will remain active for 18 hours USC supplies necessary Windows 2003 Server drivers via a temporary internal USB device that may initially be assigned the drive letter C during Windows 2003 Server Setup Before proceeding please refer to the USC User Guide or the Microsoft support article KB896536 for appropriate installation steps to ensure that your operating system is properly installed to drive letter C You will be prompted during the beginning of Red Hat r Enterprise Linux r RHEL 5 x installation that a Read only filesystem was detected RHEL has detected the temporary storage area of the USC that stores updates for your system When prompted make sure to click the OK button The following warning will indicate a loop partition layout was detected that needs formatting Make sure to click the Ignore drive button These two warning messages may be displayed several times during
6. PEPE EEE PETE EET EET TEEETE EE TETE EEE TE EE EEE TE EEE EEE Dell TM Lifecycle Controller Version 1 2 Release Date August 2009 AAAHHH EET EE TEEPE EEE PETE EET ETE EEE PEE EEE EEE TEE EEE EE 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 Lifecycle Controller LC The LC software components are built upon the integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 6 DRAC6 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 system components The remote services functionality enables consoles
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8. ted Microsoft R Windows R Red Hat R Enterprise Linux R and SUSE R Linux Enterprise Server operating systems See the Dell System Software Support Matrix on the Dell Support site for details FREE EHEEEHE EEE E E E E E E EE E E E E EHH INSTALLATION FEET To start the USC press the lt F10 gt key within 10 seconds of the Dell logo being displayed during the system boot process NOTE If you power on or restart the system while iDRAC is initializing the message System Services Disabled will display during the system boot process This occurs if you power on the system immediately after AC is applied to the server or if you restart the system immediately after resetting the iDRAC To avoid this issue wait about a minute to restart the server This will allow enough time for the iDRAC to complete initialization The first time you boot the system the USC starts with the User Settings wizard displayed so that you can configure your preferred language and network settings See Unified Server Configurator User s Guide for more information FEE a KNOWN ISSUES FERRE THEE a For PERC controllers RAID 50 and RAID 60 virtual disks cannot be created when using the RAID Configuration wizard in Unified Server Configurator If you want to create these types of virtual disks please use controller utilities such as Ctrl R or SBUU The drivers exposed by USC will be present in a read only device file T htdocs SOFTWARE smusc smlc
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