Dell EMC XC Series Appliance and XC Core System Life Cycle Manager Reference Guide
Summary
This reference guide for Dell EMC XC Series Appliances and XC Core Systems covers the Life Cycle Manager, providing detailed instructions for system firmware updates, hardware inventory management, and platform configuration. It includes procedures for using the Lifecycle Controller to deploy operating systems, perform diagnostics, manage RAID configurations, and maintain system health through automated updates and remote management capabilities for hyperconverged infrastructure.
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Dell EMC XC Series Appliance and XC Core System Life Cycle Manager Reference Guide
April 2022 Rev. 1.29
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Dell EMC XC Series Appliance and XC Core System Life Cycle Manager Reference Guide April 2022 Rev. 1.29
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Notes, cautions, and warnings NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of your product. CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates either potential damage to hardware or loss of d...
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Contents Tables........................................................................................................................................... Chapter 1: Revision history.....................
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Tables Hypervisor support statement................................................................................................................................9 Platform support......................
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Revision history Date Document revision Description of changes April 2022 1.29 Updates for this release: RIM release - Dell-LCM-2.1 Enabled LCM Update support for XC 15G Intel platforms Firmware updat...
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Date Document revision Description of changes *i SM support version for AHVel6 is 3.4.0 February 2021 1.19 Updates for this release: RIM release - DELL-LCM-1.5 Updated 13G BIOS firmware addressing sec...
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Date Document revision Description of changes February 2020 1.10 Updated the Hypervisor support section December 19, 2019 1.9.1 Removed section 4.6: LCM requires two update passes for the backplane or...
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Introduction The purpose of this guide is to assist you with the best possible experience using Life Cycle Manager (LCM) along with the XC Series 13th, 14th, and 15thgeneration appliances using an ESX...
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Prerequisites About this task The prerequisites help you to prepare for the XC Series for the LCM update. This section includes the pre-update considerations and tasks, environmental set-up, and datab...
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Verify hardware requirements Dell EMC hardware payload includes BIOS, i DRAC, backplane, network card, BOSS, and HBA support. NOTE: The firmware versions that are listed in the LCM payload or document...
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NOTE: Nutanix LCM is the prescribed method to update the appliance. If lower than the minimum version (see table 6), the prescribed update method is to manually uninstall PTAgent and Dell i SM. A rebo...
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Steps 1. Log into the i DRAC web interface. 2. On the Job Queue tab, select all jobs and then delete them. Optionally, you can delete job queues by running this script from RACADM. You can accomplish ...
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Update LCM About this task After the verifications of the environments, support requirements, and i DRAC version, you must run the LCM update and verify the same. Run LCM update Run the LCM update by ...
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After the LCM Update is completed successfully, there should be No updates listed under Firmware. NOTE: If any component has not been updated, re-run the LCM firmware upgrade. Update LCM
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Troubleshoot LCM update The following is a list of LCM known behaviors. See the Nutanix portal for additional information. Inventory failure About this task Dell EMC recommends stopping the Foundation...
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Appendix Knowledge Base articles This section contains KB articles associated with LCM. XC 13G | i DRAC 2.70.70.70 | LCM updates fail with WSMAN stopping after multiple queries XC Core: Nutanix Life-C...
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Component Name Component Type XC Server Generation F/W version Criticality 13G XC Server Backplane Expander 13G 3.35 Urgent Expander 14G XC Server Backplane Expander 14G 2.52 Urgent Expander 13G Non-e...
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Component Name Component Type XC Server Generation F/W version Criticality Mellanox Connect X-4 Lx NIC 14G 14.31.22.50 Recommended 25Gb/s Ethernet Adapter Mellanox Connect X-5 Ex NIC 14G, 15G 16.31.22...
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Component Name Component Type XC Server Generation F/W version Criticality 400GB 12Gbps 512e SAS 2.5 SSD (PN:MFC6G, CID:105454) SAMSUNG SAS SSD 13G & 14G DWLA Urgent MZILS800HEHP0D3 800GB 12Gbps 5...
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Component Name Component Type XC Server Generation F/W version Criticality TOSHIBA PX05SVB048Y SAS SSD 13G & 14G AS10 Recommended 480GB 12Gbps 512n SAS 2.5 SSD (PN:43PCJ, CID:105735) TOSHIBA PX05S...
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Component Name Component Type XC Server Generation F/W version Criticality TOSHIBA KRM5XVUG3T84 SAS SSD 13G, 14G B70C Urgent 3.84TB 12Gbps 512e SAS 2.5 SSD (PN:X78JM, CID:107966) TOSHIBA KRM5XRUG7T68 ...
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Component Name Component Type XC Server Generation F/W version Criticality 2.5 SSD (PN:P7KTJ, CID:106359) INTEL SSDSC2KG480G8R SATA SSD 13G, 14G DL69 Recommended 480GB 6Gbps 512e SATA 2.5 SSD (PN:6JGT...
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Component Name Component Type XC Server Generation F/W version Criticality 2.5 SSD (PN:YDHYX, CID:107369) SAMSUNG SATA SSD 13G, 14G HF58 Recommended MZ7KH1T9HAJR0D3 1.92TB 6Gbps 512e SATA 2.5 SSD (PN:...
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Nutanix blog: http://longwhiteclouds.com/ Related information Articles provided by Nutanix: Life Cycle Manager: https://portal.nutanix.com/page/documents/details?target Id=Life-Cycle-Manager-Guide-v2_...
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| Brand | Dell |
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| Pages | 24 |
| File Size | 577.92 KB |
| Published | July 01, 2026 |
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Frequently Asked Questions
What are the prerequisites for installing the XC Series system?
Verify environmental recommendations, support requirements, and hardware requirements, and check NCC Health and Foundation Services.
How do I perform an LCM update?
Run the LCM update process and then verify that the update was successful.
What should I do if the LCM update fails?
Troubleshoot the failure by checking for inventory failures or specific error codes.
How can I verify the iDRAC version?
Check the iDRAC version as part of the prerequisites before starting the update process.