Dell iDRAC7 with Lifecycle Controller Version 2.43.43.43 Manual
Integrated Dell Remote Access
Controller 8 (iDRAC8) with
Lifecycle Controller for
Dell PowerEdge Servers
Version 2.43.43.43
Release Notes
Release notes
Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC)
iDRAC is a systems management hardware and software solution that provides remote management capabilities, crashed system
recovery, and power control functions for Dell PowerEdge systems.
Lifecycle Controller (LC-GUI)
An out-of-band mechanism for configuring the platform, applying firmware updates, saving or restoring a system backup, or
deploying an operating system, either by using a GUI or a remote scripting language. Lifecycle Controller GUI provides advanced
embedded systems management and is delivered as part of iDRAC8. The GUI enables remote systems management in a one-toone method and is accessible by pressing F10 during system boot.
Lifecycle Controller Remote Services (LC-RS)
LC-RS provides advanced embedded systems management and is delivered as part of iDRAC8. LC-RS enables remote systems
management in a one-to-many method. Remote Services uses WS-Management (WS-MAN) protocol based web services
interface to remotely provision and manage the servers.
Version
iDRAC 2.43.43.43 (Applies to iDRAC8)
Lifecycle Controller 2.43.43.43
Release date
March 2017
Previous versions
2.41.40.40
2.40.40.40
2.35.35.35
2.32.31.30
2.30.30.30
Importance
Optional - Dell recommends that you review specifics about this update to determine if it applies to your system. The update
contains changes that impact only certain configurations, or provides new features that may not apply to your environment.
Platforms affected
Supported system for iDRAC8 and LC:
• PowerEdge C4130
• PowerEdge R230
• PowerEdge R330
• PowerEdge R730
• PowerEdge T130
• PowerEdge T330
What is supported?
License requirements
Software licensing has replaced hardware licensing. For more information, see the iDRAC8 v2.40.40.40 User's Guide available at
dell.com/idracmanuals
Many features in Lifecycle Controller are licensed. You must install the appropriate license to use these features. For more
information, see the Introduction section in the Dell Lifecycle Controller GUI v2.40.40.40 User’s Guide available at
dell.com/idracmanuals
Supported managed server operating systems for systems for iDRAC8
The following operating systems are supported:
• Windows Server 2016
- WinPE 4.0 32bit
- WinPE 4.1 64bit
- WinPE 5.1 64bit
- WinPE 10.0
• Windows Server 2012
- Foundation Edition
- Essentials Edition
- Standard Edition
- Datacenter Edition
• Windows Server 2012 R2
- Foundation Edition
- Essentials Edition
- Standard Edition
- Datacenter Edition
• RedHat
- RHEL 6.8
- RHEL 7.3
• SLES
- SLES 11 SP4
- SLES 12 SP2
• Citrix
- XenServer 7.0
• VMware
- ESXi 6.0 U2
- ESXi 6.5
.
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Supported web browsers for iDRAC8
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 9
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 10
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 11
• Microsoft EDGE
• Safari version 7.1
• Safari version 8.0
• Mozilla Firefox version 45
• Mozilla Firefox version 46
• Google Chrome version 49
• Google Chrome version 50
What’s new
• Added support for the following processors on PowerEdge R230, PowerEdge R330, PowerEdge T130, and
PowerEdge T330 servers:
- Intel Xeon Processor E3-1200 v6 Product Family
- Intel Core Processor i3-7100 Product Family
- Intel Pentium Processor G4600 Product Family
- Intel Celeron Processor G3930 Product Family
• Added support for PowerEdge C4130 config K
• Updated OpenSSH to 1.0.2j for all Dell 13th generation platforms.
• Upgraded to OpenSSL 1.0.2j and removed support for OpenSSL 1.0.2i
Authentication
N/A
BIOS/UEFI
N/A
Hardware (server/storage platform specific)
• Added support for DDR4 2400 MT/s ECC UDIMM
iDRAC/LC firmware only
N/A
Monitoring and alerting
N/A
Networking and I/O
N/A
OS deployment
N/A
Scripting (all CLI related items)
N/A
Security
• SSL library upgrade
Storage and PERC
N/A
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