Dell USC, User Manual

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Introduction
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Introduction
The Dell Lifecycle Controller provides advanced embedded systems
management and is delivered as part of iDRAC Express card and embedded
Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) applications in the 11th
generation Dell servers. The iDRAC6 works with the UEFI firmware to access
and manage every aspect of the hardware, including component and
subsystem management that is beyond the traditional Baseboard
Management Controller (BMC) capabilities.
NOTE:
The UEFI environment provides the local console interface and the
infrastructure for locally managed system components.
The Lifecycle Controller has the following components:
• Unified Server Configurator (USC) and Unified Server Configurator-
Lifecycle Controller Enabled (USC-LCE):
–
Are an embedded configuration utility that reside on an embedded
flash memory card.
– Are similar to the BIOS utility that is started during the boot
sequence, and can function in a pre-operating system environment.
– Enable systems and storage management tasks from an embedded
environment throughout the system’s life cycle.
USC and USC-LCE simplify end-to-end server lifecycle management
using the one-to-one method:
–
Provisioning — Entire pre-operating system configuration from a
unified interface.
– Deploying — Simplified operating system installation with embedded
drivers on the Lifecycle Controller.
– Download drivers for operating system installation from one of the
following sources:
• Dell FTP website at
ftp.dell.com
• USB mass storage device
•
Dell Lifecycle Controller OS Driver Packs DVD