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You can download all you need once you buy and install the card from support.dell.com.<br />
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You might not need it.
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You can download all you need once you buy and install the card from support.dell.com.

You might not need it.

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Hi,<br />
I bought &nbsp;a &quot;DELL PowerEdge R210 (Intel XEON X4340 2.4Ghz, 8Gb Ram)&quot; server recently. I was not aware of an optional card within system iDRAC.<br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.dell.com/downloads/global/products/pedge/en/poweredge-r210-spec-sheet-en.pdf" rel="ugc">http://www.dell.com/downloads/global/products/pedge/en/poweredge-r210-spec-sheet-en.pdf</a>&nbsp;says <br />
&quot;Lifecycle Controller is delivered as part<br />
of the optional iDRAC Express or iDRAC Enterprise in the<br />
PowerEdge R210. The Lifecycle Controller helps to simplify<br />
administrator tasks by performing a comprehensive set of<br />
provisioning functions such as system deployment, system<br />
updates, hardware configuration and diagnostics from a<br />
single intuitive interface called Unified Server Configurator<br />
(USC) in a pre-OS environment. This helps eliminate the<br />
need to use and maintain multiple pieces of disparate CD/<br />
DVD media.&quot;<br />
--Do I need any licensed software to use it? <br />
<br />
Thanks
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Hi,
I bought  a "DELL PowerEdge R210 (Intel XEON X4340 2.4Ghz, 8Gb Ram)" server recently. I was not aware of an optional card within system iDRAC.

http://www.dell.com/downloads/global/products/pedge/en/poweredge-r210-spec-sheet-en.pdf says 
"Lifecycle Controller is delivered as part
of the optional iDRAC Express or iDRAC Enterprise in the
PowerEdge R210. The Lifecycle Controller helps to simplify
administrator tasks by performing a comprehensive set of
provisioning functions such as system deployment, system
updates, hardware configuration and diagnostics from a
single intuitive interface called Unified Server Configurator
(USC) in a pre-OS environment. This helps eliminate the
need to use and maintain multiple pieces of disparate CD/
DVD media."
--Do I need any licensed software to use it? 

Thanks

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