Dell Lifecycle Controller; Idrac9 With Lifecycle Controller; Benefits Of Using Idrac With Lifecycle Controller - Dell Precision 7920 Rack Owner's Manual

• Quick Sync 2 replaces Quick Sync NFC (Near Field Communication) with BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) and Wi-Fi for high throughput.
Supports iDRAC GUI and Virtual Console access.
• Added support for HTTP/HTTPS file transfers
• Added support for WSman streaming for System Configuration Profiles.
• Added new feature Group Manager. All iDRACs in the same subnet can be grouped together and the systems can be grouped and
managed by one master iDRAC of the group.
• Added Security Banner for GUI log in page.
• Multi Vector Cooling for better air flow cooling of 3rd party PCIe cards.
• DHCP is the default iDRAC IP address (static was the default on previous generations).
• Default password is randomly generated and printed on the pull out information tag, unless the legacy "root/calvin" was ordered from
the factory.
• iDRAC Direct USB on the front of the system is now a Micro B slot, and is hard wired to iDRAC only for increased security.
• Added new System Lockdown feature to restrict use of Dell tools to make changes to BIOS, iDRAC, firmware, etc.
• iDRAC Service Module (iSM) is pre-installed on the iDRAC and can be surfaced to the OS; nothing to download.
• SupportAssist can be set up through the iDRAC for 1x1 'phone home' service to Dell Support.
• SupportAssist Collector now includes iDRAC core dumps, hardware crash dumps, and ESXi logs.
• SupportAssist viewer - option to export HTML5 formatted report for customer viewing by standard web browsers.
• Full HTML5 web interface for faster page loading and ease of use.
• BIOS configuration in the iDRAC GUI.
• Expanded storage functions via iDRAC, such as Online Capacity Expansion (OCE) and RAID Level Migration (RLM) without the use of
agents, via GUI or CLI.
• Improved add/delete of iDRAC Users.
• Streamlined alerts configuration.
• Added Power Control and Next Boot options in HTML5 vConsole.
• Added feature Connection View provide the switch and port for iDRAC, LOM's and Dell supported PCIe cards.
• Internal 16GB vFlash card (optional).
• Bezel with LCD panel (optional).

Dell Lifecycle Controller

NOTE: This is an overview of the Lifecycle Controller. For more information about Dell LifeCycle Controller, see dell.com/
idracmanuals.

iDRAC9 with Lifecycle Controller

Dell Lifecycle Controller provides advanced embedded systems management to perform systems management tasks such as deploy,
configure, update, maintain, and diagnose by using a graphical user interface (GUI). It is delivered as part of integrated Dell Remote Access
Controller (iDRAC) out-of-band solution and embedded Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) applications in the latest Dell systems.
iDRAC 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.

Benefits of using iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller

The benefits of using iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller includes:
• Increased availability—Early notification of potential or actual failures that help prevent a system failure or reduce recovery time after
failure.
• Improved productivity and lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) — Extending the reach of administrators to larger numbers of distant
systems can make the IT staff more productive while driving down operational costs such as travel.
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