Dell Lifecycle Controller 2 Version 1.3.0 Replacement Guide

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Part Replacement in Lifecycle

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This Dell Technical White Paper provides information about Part

Replacement and the various settings using Lifecycle Controller on the

12th generation servers of Dell.

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Balaji K

Sathiyadev T

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Executive Summary

ThiswhitepaperprovidesinformationaboutthePartReplacementfeatureinLifecycleControlleron

the12thgenerationserversofDell.

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Contents

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Glossary.........................................................................................................................................................5

Introduction..................................................................................................................................................6

Pre‐requisite..................................................................................................................................................6

OverviewofPartReplacement.....................................................................................................................6

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Glossary

Term Meaning

iDRAC IntegratedDellRemoteAccessController

LC Lifecyclecontroller

CSIOR CollectSystemInventoryonRestart

FC/FCoE FiberChannel/FiberChanneloverEthernet

NIC NetworkInterfaceController

SNA SelectNetworkAdapter

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Introduction

ThereareoccasionswhenanITadministratorneedstoreplaceanon‐functionalhardwarecomponentin

theserverandreconfigurethesamefirmwareand/orconfigurationsettingsonthereplacedpart.

Replacingthecardissimpleandstraight‐forward;however,restoringtheconfigurationsettingsand

firmwarecanbeatediousprocessif

donemanually.ThePartReplacementfeatureinLifecycle

Controllerwillrestorefirmwareandconfigurationsettingfromthenon‐functionalparttothereplaced

partinthesameslot.TheLifecycleControllerdetectsthenewreplacedpartinthesystemandapplies

changesaccordingtouserdefinedsettings.

Inthiswhite

paper,youwilllearnabout:

‐ Pre‐requisites

‐ Overviewofpartreplacement

‐ UpdateandconfigurationsettingsinLC

Pre‐requisite

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1. CSIORandLCshouldbeenabled.

2. ExpressorEnterprise‐levellicense.

OverviewAboutPartReplacement

PartReplacementfeatureisusedforrestoringconfiguration settings and/orfir mware.Thisfeatureisa

licensedfeatureandrequiresatleastanExpresslicense.TheactionsdefinedinLifecycleControllerare

appliedonthereplacedcomponentsandthecorrespondingeventsareloggedinLifecycleLog.Part

replacementiscurrentlysupportedon

thefollowingcomponents:

‐ PERCstoragecontroller

‐ Networkdevices(NIC)

‐ Fiberchannel(FC)HBAcards

‐ PSUs

Replaceablecomponentsinthesystemaretargetsforpartreplacementactions.Theseactionsinclude

flashingthenewpartwiththefirmwareversionand/orconfiguringthenewpartwiththesettingsand

configurationoftheoriginalpart.PerformingLifecycleControllerResettoDefaults(LCWipe)hasno

impacttoPartReplacementfeature.IfLifecycleControllerResettoDefaultsactionisperformed,LC

settingsforPartReplacementsettingswillberesettodefaults.Formoreinformationaboutdefault

settings,readthroughthesectionlater

inthiswhitepaper.

BeforeusingPartReplacementfeature,makesurethatthereplacedpartis:

1) InthesamePCIslotwherethenon‐functionalpartwasplaced.

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2) Ofthesamemodelandtypeasoftheun‐functionalpart.PartReplacementfeaturewillnot

workifadifferenttypeormodelcardisreplacedinthesamePCIslot.

ThePartReplacementfeatureismanagedbyconfiguringprimarilybythree settings:

‐ CollectSystemInventoryOn

Restart(CSIOR)–EnablingCSIORoptionavailableunderHardware

Configuration‐>HardwareInventory

‐ PartFirmwareUpdate

‐ PartConfigurationUpdate

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NotethatthePartReplacementattribut esandsettingsareappliedtoallthedevicesthatsupportPart

Replacementfunctionality,andarenotselectiveperdeviceordeviceclass.The

PartReplacement

attributescanbeindependentlysetinallcombinations.

TheattributeswhicharemanageableforPartReplacementinLCare:

CollectSystemInventoryonRestart(CSIOR):CSIORisaLifecycleControllerfeaturewhich

allowscollectingsysteminventoryandstoresincommonstoragespace.EnablingCSIORisthe

prerequisitefor

PartReplacementactiontooccurautomatically.CSIORcanbeenabledby

clickingHardwareConfigurationHardwareInventoryinLifecycleController.

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PossiblevaluesforCSIORsettingare:

o Enable(default)

o Disable

Value Description

Enable

Hardwareinventoryandconfigurationinformationiscollectedduring

everysystem‐restart.Collectingsysteminventorymayaffectstart‐time

dependingonhardwarepresent.

Disable

Hardwareinventoryandconfigurationinformationwillnotbecollected

duringeverysystemrestart.IfCSIORisdisabled,Lifecyclecontrollerwill

notdetectthereplacedpart,firmwareandconfigurationsettingwillnot

berestored.

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CSIORoperationdetectsnewreplacedpartasshownhere.

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NOTE:IfCollectSystemInventoryonRestart(CSIOR)isdisabled,thesystemwillnotautomaticallyenter

UEFIoneverystarttoperforminventorydiscovery,andthePartReplacementwillnotbeinvoked

automatically.Inventorydiscoverycanbemanuallyinitiated

byenteringLifecycleControllerbypressing

<F10>duringstart.PartReplacementwilloccurifeitherUpdateFirmware,orUpdateConfiguration,or

bothareenabled.

 UpdateFirmware:IndicateswhetherornotandhowLifecycleControllerwillapplytheearlier‐

storedfirmwaretothereplacedpart.Possiblevaluesare:

Disable

o Allowversionupgradeonly

o Matchfirmwareofreplacedpart(default)

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Value Description

Disable Firmwareupdateforthereplacedpartisdisabled.

AllowversionUpgradeonly

Firmwareupdateforthereplacedpartisenabled,butonly

upgradefromtheversionthatwasinstalledisallowed.

MatchFirmwareofReplaced

Part

Firmwareupdateforreplacedpartisenabled,and

firmwareinstalledonthereplacedpartwillbeupdatedto

withthepreviouslystoredversionthatisapplicabletothe

replacedpart,eveniftheversionisolderthanorequalto

theversionthatwasinstalledon

theoriginalpart.

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 UpdateConfiguration:IndicateswhetherornotandhowLifecycleControllerwillapplythe

earlier‐storedconfigurationtothereplacedpart.Possiblevaluesare:

o Disable

o Allowonlyiffirmwarematch

o ApplyAlways(default)

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Value Description

Disable ConfigurationUpdateforthereplacedpartisdisabled.

Allowonlyiffirmwarematch

ConfigurationUpdateforthereplacedpartisenabledand

previouslystoredconfigurationsettingsareupdatedonly 

ifthereplacedparthassamefirmwareversionasthe

earliercomponent.

ApplyAlways

ConfigurationUpdateforthereplacedpartwillbe

updatedalwaysirrespectiveoftheinsertedpartfirmware.

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Table1:PARTREPLACEMENT&REPLACEDPARTCONFIGURATIONOPTIONS

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PartFirmwareUpdate PartConfigurationUpdate Component

ConfigurationChange

FirmwareUpdate

Disabled Disabled No Afirmwareoperationwillnot

takeplaceforthereplaced

partduringthesystemstart

ApplyAlways Yes

Allowonlyiffirmwarematch Yes,Ifreplacedparthas

same

firmwareversionasthe

earlier

Allowversionupgrade

only

Disabled No Yes,Ifreplacedparthas

anearlier‐versionfirmware

ApplyAlways Yes

Allowonlyiffirmwarematch Yes,Ifreplacedparthas

same

firmwareversionas

Previous

MatchFirmwareof

replacedpart

Disabled No Yes.Afirmwareoperation

willbesuccessful,

irrespectiveofthefirmware

versionofareplacedpart

ApplyAlways Yes

Allowonlyiffirmwarematch Yes,Ifreplacedparthas

same

firmwareversionas

Previous

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NOTE:

1. ActiondefinedinPartFirmwareupdateandPartConfigurationUpdateisindependentofeach

other.

2. Changingpartreplacementconfigurationattri butescanalsobeachievedfromsettingLifecycle

ControllerattributesusingtheWS‐Manfeatures.

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More Information

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http://www.delltechcenter.com/lc

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