Dell DSS 1510 Lifecycle Controller Remote Services v2.40.40.40 Quick Start Gui - Page 3

Contents 1 Introduction...5 Why use Lifecycle Controller?...5 Benefits of using iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller...5 Key features...6 What's new in this release?...6 Why use Lifecycle Controller Remote Services?...7 Licensable features in Lifecycle Controller...7 What are Redfish and the Web Service APIs?...7 Where can the Lifecycle Controller API be used from?...8 Who can use the API?...8 How is one-to-many management achieved?...9 Other information that you may need...9 Social Media Reference...10 Accessing documents from Dell support site...10 Contacting Dell...10 2 Remote Services Features 11 Deployment and configuration...11 Server configuration profiles...11 BIOS configuration...11 iDRAC configuration...11 RAID configuration...12 NIC configuration...12 Operating system deployment...13 Near Field Communication (NFC) using the QuickSync feature 13 Configuring advanced security using hash password 14 Configuring USB management port...14 Monitor...14 Collecting System Inventory...14 Hardware inventory...15 Lifecycle log...15 System event log...16 Firmware inventory...16 Event alerts...16 SupportAssist Collection...16 Out-of-band server performance monitoring...16 Maintain...17 Server configuration profiles - export or import...17 Firmware update...18 Part replacement...18 Server profile-export or import...18 3