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Dell™ PowerEdge™ R610 Technical Guidebook
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I. Unmanaged Persistent Storage
The unmanaged persistent storage consists of two ports:
•onelocatedonthecontrolpanelboard
•onelocatedontheInternalSDModule.
The port on the control panel is for an optional USB key and is located inside the chassis. Some of the
possible applications of the USB key are:
•Usercustombootandpre-bootOSforeaseofdeploymentordisklessenvironments
•USBlicensekeysforsoftwareapplicationslikeeToken™orSentinelHardwareKeys
•
Storage of custom logs or scratch pad for portable user-defined information (not hot-pluggable)
The Internal SD Module is dedicated for an SD Flash Card with embedded Hypervisor for virtualization.
The SD Flash Card contains a bootable OS image for virtualized platforms.
II. Lifecycle Controller/Unified Server Configurator
Embedded management is comprised of several pieces which are very interdependent.
•LifecycleController
•UniedServerCongurator
•iDRAC6
•vFLASH
Lifecycle controller is the hardware component that powers the embedded management features. It is
integrated and tamperproof storage for system-management tools and enablement utilities (firmware,
drivers, etc.). It is flash partitioned to support multiple, future use cases
Dell Unified Server Configurator is a 1:1 user interface exposing utilities from Lifecycle Controller. Customers
will use this interface to configure hardware, update server, run diagnostics, or deploy the operating
system.ThisutilityresidesonLifecycleController.ToaccesstheUniedServerCongurator,press<F10>
key within 10 seconds of the Dell logo display during the system boot process. Current functionality
enabled by the Unified Server Configurator includes:
FEATURE DESCRIPTION
Faster O/S
Installation
Drivers and the installation utility are embedded on system, so no need to
scour DELL.COM
Faster System Updates
Integration with Dell support automatically directed to latest versions of
the Unied Server Congurator
More Comprehensive
Diagnostics
Diagnostic utilities are embedded on system
Simplied Hardware
Conguration
Detects RAID controller and allows user to congure virtual disk and
choose virtual disk as boot device, eliminating the need to launch a
separate utility
III. iDRAC6 Express
The iDRAC6 Express is the first tier of iDRAC6 upgrades. In addition to upgrading the system with a
Lifecycle Controller, the iDRAC6 Express oers the following key features:
•Graphicalwebinterface
•Standard-basedinterfaces
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