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Dell™ PowerEdge™ R710 Technical Guidebook
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Dell Management Console DVD: The Dell Management Console is a Web-based systems management
software that enables you to discover and inventory devices on your network. It also provides advanced
functions, such as health and performance monitoring of networked devices and patch management
capabilities for Dell systems.
Server Update Utility: In addition to the Systems Management Tools and Documentation and Dell
Management Console DVDs, customers have the option to obtain Server Update Utility DVD. This
DVD has an inventory tool for managing updates to firmware, BIOS and drivers for either Linux or
Windows varieties.
C. Embedded Server Management
The PowerEdge R710 implements circuitry for the next generation of Embedded Server Management. It
is Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) v2.0 compliant. The iDRAC6 (Integrated Dell Remote
Access Controller) is responsible for acting as an interface between the host system and its management
software and the periphery devices. These periphery devices consist of the PSUs, the storage backplane,
integrated SAS HBA or PERC 6/i and control panel with semi-intelligent display.
The iDRAC6 provides features for managing the server remotely or in data center lights-out
environments.
Advanced iDRAC features require the installation of the iDRAC6 Enterprise card.
I. Unmanaged Persistent Storage
The unmanaged persistent storage consists of two ports:
•onelocatedonthecontrolpanelboard
•onelocatedontheInternalSDModule
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:
•Usercustombootandpre-bootOSforeaseofdeploymentordisklessenvironments
•USBlicensekeysforsoftwareapplicationslikeeToken™orSentinelHardwareKeys
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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.
•LifecycleController
•UniedServerCongurator
•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.ThisutilityresidesonLifecycleController.ToaccesstheUniedServerCongurator,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: