Dell Lifecycle Controller
USC-LCE
Version 1.5.2
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What’s New
Backup server profile
Export server profile
Import server profile
View and export factory shipped inventory
Configuration and firmware upgrade support for Converged Network Adapters (CNA) cards (10GB
paritionable NIC with FCoE and iSCSI offload)
Supported on the following CNA card:
o Broadcom:
- M710HD Dual Port 10Gig 57712 NDC
Enhancement to the RAID configuration
o Software RAID configuration
o Virtual disk slicing
Driver packs support for new operating systems
Prerequisites for using USC-LCE
For Blade systems, iDRAC version 3.2
For Rack and Tower systems, iDRAC version 1.7
Supported Dell Systems and Operating Systems
For the list of Dell systems and operating systems that can be deployed on the target systems, see the
"Lifecycle Controller – Supported Dell Systems and Operating Systems" section in the "Dell Systems Software
Support Matrix" available at support.dell.com/manuals. On the Manuals page, click Software > Systems
Management > Dell OpenManage Releases. Select the relevant OpenManage release version and click Dell
System Software Support Matrix.
Only VMware ESX 4.1 or later operating systems are supported on Intel Xeon processor E7 family.
Installation and Configuration
NA
Open Issues, Limitations, and Resolutions
Fixed Issues/def
Issue 1
Description
After you apply newer firmware on H200i storage controllers, there is a delay of 2 to 3 minutes before
reboot.
Issue 2
Description
The drivers exposed by USC are present in a read-only device labeled OEMDRV, and the device is active for
18 hours. In a Microsoft(r) Windows(r) and Linux environment, the drivers are automatically installed and
no further action is required. In Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 4.8 only, the drivers are not automatically
installed and you have to install the drivers manually after the OS installation has been completed.
Issue 3
Description
In Windows 2003 (32 bit, SBS, and 64 bit), in addition to the device labeled OEMDRV, a floppy drive labeled
FLOPPY that contains drivers is also exposed and remains active for 18 hours.
Issue 4
Description
USC supplies necessary Windows 2003 Server drivers via a temporary, internal USB device that may initially
be assigned the drive letter C: during Windows 2003 Server Setup. Before proceeding, see the USC/USC-LCE
User's Guide or the Microsoft support article KB896536 for appropriate installation steps to ensure that
your operating system is properly installed to drive letter C:.
Issue 5
Description
If the boot mode is set to UEFI in BIOS (F2 setup) and if you launch System Services (F10) and Deploy OS,
the installation might fail or you may not be able to boot to the OS after the installation. Always ensure
boot mode is set to BIOS in F2 setup before launching USC and deploying the OS.
Issue 6
Description
You may see a no optical device found error if you have a bad DVD/CD in the optical drive. This error does
not mean that there are no optical devices on the system. If you remove the bad media, then this error is
resolved.
Issue 7
Description
For Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 4.8 operating system, you may need to install kernel source before
installing the drivers present in OEMDRV.
Issue 8
Description
For RAID Configuration and Platform Updates, PERC 6.1 Firmware or later is required.
Issue 9
Description
To maintain compatibility with other iDRAC configuration tools, it is recommended that only digits (0-9),
alphanumeric (a-z, A-Z) and hyphen (-) characters be used when entering a "Name" or "Password" string.
When entering a "Domain Name", such as 'x123.com', a period (.) character is also permissible.
Issue 10
Description
When attempting a Platform Update via an FTP server, specifying a valid proxy server but selecting an
invalid proxy type causes USC to halt for a long period (possibly over 30 minutes) before it returns to
normal operation.
Issue 11
Description
USC does not support the update or rollback options of PERC5/E Adapter for External Storage or SAS5iR
Adapter for tape.
Issue 12
Description
If a floppy drive is attached to the system when the USC is used to deploy a Windows 2003 Server perating
system, error pop-up messages are displayed, and many required device drivers such as NIC, video, and
chipset drivers are not installed, but the storage device drivers are installed. Do not attach floppy devices
before using the USC to deploy a Windows 2003 Server operating system.
Issue 13
Description
If you see this error message "Unable to find a boot device on which to install the operating system. Verify
boot disk availability." and if you have a USB key plugged in to the system after booting to USC, remove the
USB key before deploying the operating system.
Issue 14
Description
If you are updating iDRAC firmware using a tool other than USC, do not run USC during the firmware
update because doing so results in unknown behavior. After the firmware is successfully updated you can
safely use USC.
Issue 15
Description
If the iDRAC firmware update is interrupted for any reason, you may need to wait for up to 30 minutes
before you can attempt another firmware update.
Issue 16
Description
When configuring the FTP server for your repository in the platform update, you may get a message that
indicates that a network connection exists with your FTP server; however, it may mean that the validation
process needs some extra time depending on your network setting. Click OK on the message box, and try
one more time to connect to the FTP server.
Issue 17
Description
Account access can be disabled only if there is more than one user enabled on the iDRAC. To enable users,
access the iDRAC Web-based GUI. Navigate to the Users section under the Network/Security tab and
enable users as needed. Note that at least one more user needs to be enabled in order to disable the
account access in the USC.
Issue 18
Description
In the iDRAC Configuration Wizard, the DNS Domain Name may contain a maximum of 64 ASCII characters.
Issue 19
Description
When attempting a Platform Rollback, there may be a two minute delay before Rollback tasks are displayed
on the screen.
Issue 20
Description
When using Hardware Configuration Advanced Configuration, if you click on any NIC or BIOS devices and
then leave the page and come back, you may experience delays of up to 18 seconds on all the pages.
Issue 21
Description
In the iDRAC Configuration Wizard, there is not a selection for auto-attached on the Virtual Media
Configuration page.
Issue 22
Description
Intel NIC cards are not supported in the "Platform Update" option in USC.
Issue 23
Description
During an UEFI based SLES 10 and SLES 11 installation, ensure that no additional USB or block storage
devices are connected to the system. If there are one or more USB or block storage devices plugged into
the system, the auto loading of drivers from the embedded storage fails. This fails because the current
implementation of SLES installer reads only from one USB or block storage device.
Issue 24
Description
If a Non-Dell SD card is attached to the system, the values shown for "Health" and "Available Space"
options are not applicable.
Issue 25
Description
An "Invalid Update Package" error message is displayed, when:
The folder containing the DUP is not accessible.
The DUP is not present on the USB mass storage device.
Name of the DUP is incorrect.
Issue 26
Description
For an attached Broadcom NetXtreme II 10 Gigabit Ethernet card, when you change the settings (from the
Device Configuration menu) from "Forced SF" to "MF Allowed", USC displays an error message "An error
occurred. One or more settings may not be restored." If you click OK, the system reboots.
Issue 27
Description
On R910 systems, the 'Node Interleaving' option on the 'Memory Settings' page is grayed-out when you
access it after a reboot. You must click 'Default' on the main page of 'System BIOS Settings' to enable the
'Node Interleaving' option.
Issue 28
Description
On an iDRAC version 1.3 installed managed node, the "Part Replacement Configuration" and "Add a work
note to Lifecycle Log" features in the USC-LCE do not function, though the features are enabled.
Issue 29
Description
SAS controllers do not support virtual disk slicing.
Issue 30
Description
Only Windows operating system can be deployed on systems with software RAID controller.
Issue 31
Description
When you view hardware inventory, incorrect hardware inventory information is displayed in a R210 ll
system.
Issue 32
Description
USC-LCE does not support Network Daughter Card (NDC) firmware update or rollback from versions 6.2.16
to 6.4.4.
Issue 33
Description
The release 1.5.2 addresses the change to Certificate Chain to ensure continued ability to make firmware
updates.
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