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| What is Lifecycle Controller? | Lifecycle Controller 2 Home |
| LC1 Release Summary | iDRAC6 Home |
| LC1 White Papers | iDRAC7 Home |
| LC1 and LC2 Video Demos | |
| LC1 - iDRAC6 FW Matrix | |
What is Lifecycle Controller?
The Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller with Lifecycle Controller (iDRAC6 with Lifecycle Controller 1 or iDRAC7 with Lifecycle Controller 2) is an embedded device in all Dell PowerEdge™ servers that helps IT administrators manage, monitor, update, and deploy Dell servers.
This embedded management solution is designed to make server administrators more productive and improve the overall availability of Dell servers. iDRAC alerts administrators to server issues, helps them perform remote server management, and reduces the need for physical access to the server.
| Embedded Management | |
|---|---|
| Lifecycle Controller - Local GUI | Lifecycle Controller - Web Services API |
Lifecycle controller supports local 1-to-1 system management tasks via a graphical user interface (GUI) on the servers KVM for operating system install, updates, configuration, and for performing diagnostics, on single, local servers. This eliminates the need for multiple option ROMs for hardware configuration
| Remote Services are standards-based interfaces that enable consoles to integrate, for example, bare-metal provisioning and one-to-many OS deployments, for servers locatedremotely. Dell’s Lifecycle Controller takes advantage of the capabilities of both USC and Remote Services to deliver significant advancement and simplification of server deployment. Lifecycle Controller Serviceability aims at simplifying server reprovision and/or replacing failed parts and thus reduces maintenance downtime |
| LC 1 Release Summary | ||
|---|---|---|
| LC1 1.6.0** |
| 03/26/2013 |
| LC1 1.5.5** |
| 10/24/2012 |
| LC1 1.5.2** |
| 06/21/2012 |
| LC1 1.5.0 |
| 02/2011(Download) |
| LC1 1.4.0 |
| 07/2010 |
| LC1 1.3.0 |
| 12/2009 |
| LC1 1.2.0 |
| 07/2009 |
** Please note that this release of the Lifecycle Controller firmware must be applied after updating the DRAC6 firmware to either 3.35 (modular) or 1.85 (monolithic). Do not apply this update to the Lifecycle Controller without the corresponding DRAC update.
| LC1 - iDRAC6 FW Matrix | ||
|---|---|---|
| LC 1 Version | iDRAC6 Monolithic FW Version | iDRAC6 Blade FW Version |
| 1.0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| 1.2.0 | 1.2 | 2.1 |
| 1.3.0 | 1.3 | 2.2 |
| 1.4.0 | 1.5 | 3.0 |
| 1.5.0 | 1.6 | 3.2 |
| 1.5.1 | 1.8 | 3.3 |
| 1.5.5 | 1.9 | 3.4 |
| 1.6.0 | 1.9 | 3.4 |
| Web Services Integration Tools | ||
|---|---|---|
| Best Practice Guide (includes LC2) | Best Practice scripts | 2/7/2013 |
| Lifecycle Controller 1.5 Web Services Interface Guide for Windows | Scripts | 9/8/2011 |
| Lifecycle Controller 1.5 Web Services Interface Guide for Linux | Scripts | 9/8/2011 |
| Reference Specifications | |
|---|---|
| Profiles | Describes the behavior for each feature and necessary classes, properties and methods as well as configurable management attributes that represent the feature. |
| MOFs | Files that contain the normative description for DCIM classes, properties and method in the MOF format. |