Dell XC Series Appliance and XC Core System Lifecycle Manager Reference Guide
Summary
Dell XC Series Appliance and XC Core System Life Cycle Manager Reference Guide (June 2022 Rev. 1.30). Reference for performing firmware and software updates on Dell XC Series hyperconverged infrastructure appliances using the Dell Lifecycle Manager tool. Covers prerequisites (environmental recommendations, support requirements, hardware requirements, NCC Health and Foundation Services checks), job queue management, update procedures, and best practices for maintaining Nutanix-powered XC appliances.
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Dell XC Series Appliance and XC Core System Life Cycle Manager Reference Guide
June 2022 Rev. 1.30
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Dell XC Series Appliance and XC Core System Life Cycle Manager Reference Guide June 2022 Rev. 1.30
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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 June 2022 1.30 Updates for this release: RIM release - Dell-LCM-2.2 Enabled LCM Update support for the XC 15G AMD platform i SM 4.2.0 (ES...
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Date Document revision Description of changes Hyper-V 2019 temporarily disabled (refer to the KB article located here) LCM release- LCM-2.4.1 RIM release - DELL-LCM-1.5.1 Updated PTAgent to 2.3 Update...
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Date Document revision Description of changes LCM 2.3.1 PTA 1.9.4 i SM 3.5 Firmware updates February 2020 1.10 Updated the Hypervisor support section December 19, 2019 1.9.1 Removed section 4.6: LCM r...
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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 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 documentatio...
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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 recommends stopping the Foundation Ser...
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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 15G XC7525 BOSS-S2 BOSS 15G 2.5.13.4008 Recommended Adapter 13G XC Server Backplane Expander 13G 3.35 Urgent Expander 14G XC ...
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Component Name Component Type XC Server Generation F/W version Criticality Intel Ethernet NIC Family NIC 13G, 14G 20.5.13 Optional I350, I354, X520, X540, and X550 Intel Ethernet NIC Family NIC 14G, 1...
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Component Name Component Type XC Server Generation F/W version Criticality HGST HUH721010AL5200 SAS HDD 13G, 14G, 15G LS21 Recommended 10TB 12Gbps 512e SAS 3.5 HDD (PN:07FPR, CID:104516) HGST HUH72100...
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Component Name Component Type XC Server Generation F/W version Criticality 2.5 SSD (PN:4XC39, CID:104361) TOSHIBA PX04SVB384 SAS SSD 13G AM07 Recommended 3.84TB 12Gbps 512n SAS 2.5 SSD (PN:GYMY9, CID:...
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Component Name Component Type XC Server Generation F/W version Criticality 2.5 SSD (PN:2WVYG, CID:106613) KIOXIA KPM6XVUG800 SAS SSD 13G, 14G, 15G BA0B Recommended 800GB 12Gbps 512e SAS 2.5 SSD (PN:JT...
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Component Name Component Type XC Server Generation F/W version Criticality 6Gbps 512e SATA M.2 SSD (PN:GPGC0, CID:106863) MICRON SATA SSD 14G, 15G J004 Recommended MTFDDAV240TDU 240GB 6Gbps 512e SATA ...
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Component Name Component Type XC Server Generation F/W version Criticality INTEL SSDSC2KG019T8R SATA SSD 13G, 14G, 15G DL69 Recommended 1.92TB 6Gbps 512e SATA 2.5 SSD (PN:F8N2K, CID:107330) INTEL SSDS...
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Component Name Component Type XC Server Generation F/W version Criticality SAMSUNG- SATA SSD 13G, 14G, 15G HE59 Recommended MZ7LH3T8HMLT0D3 3.84TB 6Gbps 512e SATA 2.5 SSD (PN:FYP5F,CID:107247) SAMSUNG...
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Component Name Component Type XC Server Generation F/W version Criticality SAS Drive 14G, 15G BD0B Recommended KIOXIA KPM6WVUG3T84 3.84TB 12Gbps 512e SAS 2.5 SSD (PN:81H9C, CID:109903) KIOXIA KPM6WVUG...
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Component Name Component Type XC Server Generation F/W version Criticality 2.5 SSD (PN:6NW3J, CID:109908) Technical support and resources Dell.com/XCSeriesmanuals is focused on meeting customer needs ...
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| Brand | Dell |
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| Pages | 26 |
| File Size | 590.97 KB |
| Published | July 03, 2026 |
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Frequently Asked Questions
What prerequisites must be verified before running the LCM update?
Users must verify environmental recommendations, support requirements, hardware requirements, check NCC Health, clear job queues, and verify the iDRAC version.
What different generations of platforms does this guide provide compatibility details for?
The document provides component support details for 13th Generation Platforms, 14th Generation Platforms, and up to 15th Generations.
I am encountering an LCM update failure; where should I look for solutions?
Refer to Chapter 5: Troubleshoot LCM update, as this section details required actions for issues such as Inventory failure and general LCM update failures.