Dell Lifecycle Controller 1.3 Manuel d'utilisateur

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12 Overview600 to 900StandardEmbedded BMC with iDRAC6 Express cardUSC-LCEBMC with iDRAC6 Express -Operating System Deployment, Hardware Diagnostics, U

102 Troubleshooting and Frequently Asked QuestionsMount network share failed - incorrect IP address or share name.Unable to mount the network share us

Troubleshooting and Frequently Asked Questions 103Unable to continue with DetachISOImage - another command is in the process of exposing ISO Image and

104 Troubleshooting and Frequently Asked QuestionsInvalid value for ExposeDuration - must be 60-65535 secondsThe value specified for ExposeDuration is

Troubleshooting and Frequently Asked Questions 105Frequently Asked QuestionsWhen USC - LCE downloads updates, where are the files stored?The files are

106 Troubleshooting and Frequently Asked QuestionsCan I update the drivers used by an installed operating system through USC or USC - LCE?No. USC or U

Troubleshooting and Frequently Asked Questions 107Within Hardware Configuration, what is the difference between the Configuration Wizards and Advanced

108 Troubleshooting and Frequently Asked QuestionsWhich devices are supported in Advanced Configuration within Hardware Configuration?Advanced Configu

Index 109IndexAauto-discovery, 67enable, 68BBIOSconfiguring with HII, 57rolling back, 34BitLocker, 35CCLI, 9Ddeployment interfaces, 66DHCP/DNSconfigur

110 IndexLLANadvanced configuration, 42Linuxdriver location, 23, 25updating drivers, 25Ooperating systemadding custom drivers, 105deploying, 19-20laun

Index 111TTPM, 35troubleshooting, 91Types of remote scheduling, 80UUEFI, 56, 106Uploading Custom Certificates, 73USCdeleting, 106disabling, 17repair p

USC and USC - LCE 132Unified Server Configurator and Unified Server Configurator - Lifecycle Controller EnabledUnified Server Configurator (USC) and U

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14 USC and USC - LCEUSC-LCE• Support for part replacement • Support for configuring Provisioning Server and Auto-Discovery from iDRAC configuration ut

USC and USC - LCE 15If the message System Services disabled still displays, then the product may have been manually disabled. See "Disabling USC

16 USC and USC - LCE•USC Settings — Enables you to specify the language, keyboard layout, and network settings to be used with USC or USC-LCE. See &qu

USC and USC - LCE 17•USC Settings — You do not need to run this wizard again unless you want to change the language, keyboard, or network settings.•Pl

18 USC and USC - LCE CAUTION: This action cancels all tasks USC or USC - LCE is in the process of executing. Dell strongly recommends that you cancel

USC and USC - LCE 19•No Configuration - Select if you do not want to configure your NIC.•DHCP - Select to obtain an IP address from a DHCP server.•Sta

20 USC and USC - LCEAlthough USC - LCE comes with embedded drivers that are factory installed, there may be more current drivers available. You should

USC and USC - LCE 21If you use a firewall, you should configure it to allow outgoing FTP traffic on port 21. The firewall must also be configured to a

Notes and Cautions NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of your computer. CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates potenti

22 USC and USC - LCE3Click Next. If your system has a RAID controller, continue with "Optional RAID Configuration." If your system does not

USC and USC - LCE 232USC or USC - LCE extracts the drivers required by the operating system you selected. The drivers are extracted to an internal USB

24 USC and USC - LCEInsert the Operating System MediaInsert the operating system installation media when prompted and click Next. USC supports interna

USC and USC - LCE 25• In the event that the operating system installation is interrupted and the system reboots before installation completes, you may

26 USC and USC - LCErpm -Uvh *.rpm Assign a Windows-Bootable System Partition to the C: DriveAfter you have completed USC or USC - LCE portion of Wind

USC and USC - LCE 274Insert the driver update disk (DUD) when prompted, and specify the location of the USB drive and press <Enter>.5Complete th

28 USC and USC - LCEUse the Platform Update wizard to update the hardware diagnostics utility. See "Updating the Platform using the Platform Upda

USC and USC - LCE 298While the system reboots, press the <F10> key again to enter USC - LCE. If a warning message appears on the initial USC - L

30 USC and USC - LCETransferring an iDRAC6 Express Card If the iDRAC6 Express card is transferred from one system to another:• The rollback feature is

USC and USC - LCE 31Updating the Platform using the Platform Update WizardUse the Platform Update wizard to view the current versions of the installed

Contents 5Contents1Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Remote Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Unified Serv

32 USC and USC - LCESelect Download Method You can download updates from Dell’s FTP server at ftp.dell.com using the Platform Update wizard or from a

USC and USC - LCE 33•Proxy Password — The password required for authentication on the proxy server.Local DriveSelect Local Drive if you are accessing

34 USC and USC - LCEImportant• USC-LCE does not support the update or rollback of PERC 5/E Adapter for external storage, SAS 5i/R Adapter for tape, PE

USC and USC - LCE 35Select and Apply RollbacksThe Platform Rollback screen displays a list of available rollback components.1Select the check box of e

36 USC and USC - LCEHardware ConfigurationUSC - LCE provides two different methods for configuring your hardware, both of which are available from the

USC and USC - LCE 372Select Configure RAID Now. The system will display all the storage controllers available for configuration, including the series

38 USC and USC - LCE4Select Configure Security Key Now and click Next. The security key configuration screen is displayed. 5The following options are

USC and USC - LCE 39Physical Security ConfigurationUse the Physical Security Configuration Wizard to control access to the system control panel.To lau

40 USC and USC - LCETo return to the Configuration Wizards screen, click Back. To exit the wizard, click Cancel. iDRAC ConfigurationUse the iDRAC Conf

USC and USC - LCE 41•MAC Address — Enables you to view the Media Access Control (MAC) address that uniquely identifies each node in a network (read-on

6 ContentsUnified Server Configurator - Lifecycle Controller Enabled Unique Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30Updating USC - LCE. . . . . .

42 USC and USC - LCEsystem is configured for NIC teaming. The remote access device receives data through NIC 1, NIC 2, NIC 3, and NIC 4; but it transm

USC and USC - LCE 43Common IP ConfigurationRegister the iDRAC name, set the domain name from DHCP, and specify the domain name and host name string. •

44 USC and USC - LCE•Ethernet IP Address — Enables you to specify or edit a static IPv4 address for the iDRAC NIC. The IP address you enter in the Eth

USC and USC - LCE 45•IPv6 — Enables or disables the iDRAC NIC IPv6 protocol support. Disabling IPv6 deactivates the remaining controls.•IP Address Sou

46 USC and USC - LCE•Default Gateway — Enables you to specify or edit the static IPv6 default gateway for the iDRAC NIC when not provided by DHCP. Thi

USC and USC - LCE 47media devices. If set to Auto-Attach, the virtual media device is automatically mapped to the server every time the user physicall

48 USC and USC - LCE• A list of IP addresses and/or hostnames and ports separated by comma. • Hostname can be fully qualified.• IPv4 address – starts

USC and USC - LCE 49–Enabled — Enabling Smart Card login disables all command-line out-of-band interfaces including SSM, Telnet, Serial, remote RACADM

50 USC and USC - LCEThe following steps will walk you through the RAID Configuration wizard:a"View Current Configuration"b"Select RAID

USC and USC - LCE 51Foreign Configuration FoundThe Foreign Configuration Found screen displays only if a foreign configuration resides on the selected

Contents 7Remotely Reinitiating Auto-Discovery in NewEnvironments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71Using Custom Certificates . . . . . . . .

52 USC and USC - LCEmore flexibility with physical disk selection, span configuration, cache policy, and other virtual disk attributes. Select Advance

USC and USC - LCE 53•RAID 60 — Combines the straight block level striping of RAID 0 with the distributed double parity of RAID 6. Your system must hav

54 USC and USC - LCETo return to a previous screen to review or change selections, click Back. To exit the Wizard without making changes, click Cancel

USC and USC - LCE 55• Select the stripe element size from the Stripe Element Size drop-down menu. The stripe element size is the amount of disk space

56 USC and USC - LCE• 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

USC and USC - LCE 57configuration utilities in the past. HII also provides localization, meaning that utilities that were previously English-only, suc

58 USC and USC - LCE• Broadcom 57710 NetXtreme II 10GigEImportant• You can configure only one NIC at a time.• Integrated Broadcom NICs are controlled

USC and USC - LCE 59Collect System Inventory on RestartWhen you enable the Collect System Inventory On Restart property, hardware inventory and part c

60 USC and USC - LCE•You must use USC Settings wizard to configure the network card on your system before accessing updates from the local FTP server.

USC and USC - LCE 61A USB device is not required for users that have access to ftp.dell.com through a proxy server. For the latest updates, download t

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Remote Service Features 633Remote Service FeaturesThe Dell™ Lifecycle Controller Remote Services are a set of features that allow systems management i

64 Remote Service Features• Host LAN Network Port — defines CIM classes for representing a network port that provides a LAN interface to a host system

Remote Service Features 65• Battery — defines CIM classes for describing and setting the logical properties of the battery. Such properties include th

66 Remote Service Features• Dell Software Inventory Profile — Defines CIM and Dell Extensions for representing currently installed BIOS, component fir

Remote Service Features 67What’s New in Remote Services 1.3These are the new features introduced in 1.3:• Auto-Discovery enhancements• Remote firmware

68 Remote Service Featuressupport for Auto-Discovery. There are several options for enabling the network environment to support discovery of the Provi

Remote Service Features 6911Select Disabled. This disables the default administrative account.12Save and exit iDRAC6 Configuration Utility.13Restart y

70 Remote Service FeaturesConnecting Directly to Provisioning Server for HandshakeThis feature allows you to directly connect to a specified Provision

Remote Service Features 71• Each IP address or hostname can be optionally followed by a ‘:’ and a port number. • Examples of valid strings are - hostn

Overview 91OverviewIn order to provide new and robust server management capabilities, the Unified Server Configurator/Unified Server Configurator - Li

72 Remote Service FeaturesWhen the server is powered on in the new data center, Auto-Discovery will run according to the settings, and will download t

Remote Service Features 73•ResetToFactoryDefaults: required parameter (TRUE or FALSE) to indicate whether the current configuration data needs to be d

74 Remote Service FeaturesProviding Custom Server Certificates using WS-MANThe DownloadServerPublicKey() method on the DCIM_LCService class can be cal

Remote Service Features 75software inventory; it is not restricted to administrators. You can get a list of firmware for devices that are installed, a

76 Remote Service Features4The enumeration request will generate a WinRM error when the UEFI system services are set to Disabled.5Requested inventorie

Remote Service Features 77Remote UpdateRemote update, also known as out-of-band update or operating system-independent platform update, allows you to

78 Remote Service Features• If you have NIC cards of different families on your system, different tasks will be displayed for each NIC card family. Fo

Remote Service Features 795Using the update and reboot Job IDs, you can use the DCIM_JobService profile to schedule these jobs to run immediately or a

80 Remote Service FeaturesImportantUSC, Diagnostics and Driver Pack updates cannot be rolled back.Rolling Back to Previous VersionsUse the InstallFrom

Remote Service Features 81•Reboot 1 - Power cycle - Performs the iDRAC PowerCycle that will power down the system and power it back up. This is not a

10 Overviewsimplifies the tasks involved in operating system and driver installation. For more information on the features supported by the remote ser

82 Remote Service Featureswww.delltechcenter.com. Using CIM and Dell extension classes using the web services protocols WS-MAN, Dell Operating System

Remote Service Features 83Important• The drivers unpacked and attached are removed after the time specified in ExposeDuration parameter or if no time

84 Remote Service Features• The following methods are used to directly detach the local OEMDRV device or the network ISO image. These can be used befo

Remote Service Features 85Dell Message Registry XML files. The Dell Message Registry files are available in the six supported languages, one file per

86 Remote Service FeaturesFor more information on the Lifecycle Controller Remote Operating Systems Deployment feature including the Lifecycle Control

Remote Service Features 87•DeleteISOFromVFlash - Deletes the ISO image from the vFlash partition. It provides the capability to download an ISO image

88 Remote Service Features• Broadcom NetXtreme II 57711 Dual Port 10 Gb Ethernet Mezzanine Card with TOE and iSCSI Offload for M-Series• Broadcom 5771

Remote Service Features 89•Allow version upgrade only - If the input for the CurrentValue is Allow version upgrade only, firmware update on replaced p

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Troubleshooting and Frequently Asked Questions 91ATroubleshooting and Frequently Asked QuestionsThis section describes the error messages commonly gen

Overview 11Table 1-1. Product ClassificationDell System SeriesOptionsAvailable Remote System Management DeviceUSC or USC-LCEAvailable Features100 No O

92 Troubleshooting and Frequently Asked QuestionsUnable to copy driver filesThe drivers required to install the operating system are corrupted. To res

Troubleshooting and Frequently Asked Questions 93The inserted OS media is invalidThe operating system media is damaged or corrupted, or the optical de

94 Troubleshooting and Frequently Asked QuestionsPlease enter a valid Default Gateway AddressEnter a valid default gateway address that is between 0.0

Troubleshooting and Frequently Asked Questions 95Table A-2. USC Error Messages and ResolutionsError Message ResolutionUnable to find a device capable

96 Troubleshooting and Frequently Asked QuestionsTable A-3. USC - LCE Error Messages and ResolutionsError Message ResolutionDrivers pack not foundOREr

Troubleshooting and Frequently Asked Questions 97File seek of catalog archive failedThe catalog downloaded to compare currently installed versions wit

98 Troubleshooting and Frequently Asked QuestionsPlease enter the IPv6 Default Gateway addressEnter the IPv6 default gateway address. See "IPv6 C

Troubleshooting and Frequently Asked Questions 99RAID configuration failedUSC - LCE failed when creating the RAID configuration. To resolve this issue

100 Troubleshooting and Frequently Asked QuestionsAn error occurred. One or more settings may not be saved.An error occurred when changing Hardware Ad

Troubleshooting and Frequently Asked Questions 101Cannot access Driver Pack partition in Lifecycle Controller.Driver Pack partition in Lifecycle Contr