Users Guide

3. In the right pane, click Hardware Inventory.
4. Click View Current Inventory.
Lifecycle Controller displays the old hardware inventory.
5. Reboot the server and relaunch Lifecycle Controller.
6. Access Hardware Inventory and click View Current Inventory to view the latest inventory, or click Export Current
Inventory to export the latest inventory to an external location.
Related Links
About View and Export Current Inventory
Viewing and Exporting Current Inventory After Resetting Lifecycle
Controller
To view or export the current hardware inventory data after resetting the Lifecycle Controller:
NOTE: After performing Delete Configuration and Reset Defaults, the system automatically turns off.
1. Turn on the system and wait for a couple of minutes for iDRAC to start functioning.
2. Press the <F10> key to launch Lifecycle Controller and the system inventory is collected as CSIOR is enabled by
default.
3. After Lifecycle Controller launches, go to Hardware Configuration and click View Current Hardware Inventory or
Export Current Hardware Inventory to view or export current hardware inventory respectively. If the following
message is displayed, click No, reboot the system, and retry.
Hardware change is detected on the system. The current hardware inventory
does not contain the latest updates as the hardware inventory update is in
progress. To view or export the latest hardware inventory, relaunch
Lifecycle Controller and retry. Do you want to continue with the old current
hardware inventory information?
Related Links
Viewing Hardware Inventory—Current or Factory-Shipped
Exporting Hardware Inventory—Current or Factory-Shipped
Lifecycle Log
Lifecycle Controller provides the history of firmware changes of the related components installed on a managed system.
Using this wizard, you can view and export lifecycle log, and add a work note to a log history. The log contains the
following:
• Firmware update history based on device, version, and date and time.
• Events based on category, severity, and date and time.
• User comments history based on date and time.
Related Links
Viewing Lifecycle Log History
Exporting Lifecycle Log
Adding Work Note to Lifecycle Log
Viewing Lifecycle Log History
Use this feature to view:
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