Dell Lifecycle Controller Remote Services v2.40.40.
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Contents 1 Introduction.....................................................................................................................5 Why use Lifecycle Controller?............................................................................................................................................5 Benefits of using iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller.............................................................................................................. 5 Key features.........................
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1 Introduction Dell Lifecycle Controller provides advanced embedded systems management to perform systems management tasks such as deploy, configure, update, maintain, and diagnose. It is delivered as part of integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) outof-band solution and embedded Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) applications in the latest Dell servers.
• Increased Efficiency— With Lifecycle Controller Remote Services, you can automate the server configuration management using Dell OpenManage Essentials and Dell partner consoles, which enables efficient administration as server deployments scale. For more information about iDRAC, see the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller User’s Guide available at dell.com/ esmmanuals.
• Added support for 2400 W Power Supply to PowerEdge FX2 Chassis. • Added support for 1100 W Mix Mode PSU (380 vdc). • Added support for x520 10Gbe dual port SFP+Mezz for PowerEdge C6320. • Added support for Dual HBA330 on R730xd • Added support for Emulex and Qlogic FC cards on PowerEdge R830 Platform. • Added support for SATADOM flash memory module.
modern, and secure management of scalable platform hardware. Redfish is a NextGen management standard using a data model representation inside a hypermedia RESTful interface. The data model is defined in terms of a standard and machine-readable schema, with the payload of the messages expressed in JSON and the protocol using OData v4. Redfish is a hypermedia API, and can represent various implementations using a consistent interface.
How is one-to-many management achieved? A management station sends WS-MAN and Redfish commands over a network and these commands pass securely through the network from outside the firewall and maintain security. Other information that you may need In addition to this guide, you can refer the following guides available at dell.com/support/home or dell.com/idracmanuals: • The Lifecycle Controller Online Help provides information about the fields available on the GUI and the descriptions for the same.
• The Rack Installation Instructions included with a rack solution describe how to install a system into a rack. • The Getting Started Guide provides an overview of system features, setting up the system, and technical specifications. • The Owner’s Manual provides information about system features and describes how to troubleshoot the system and install or replace system components. • Lifecycle Controller Web Services Interface Guide–Windows and Linux.
4. Select the appropriate service or support link based on your need.
2 Remote Services Features Using Lifecycle Controller-Remote Services, you can perform the following operations: • Deploy and Configure • Monitor • Maintain • Create and schedule jobs Deployment and configuration Using various Lifecycle Controller-Remote Services' capabilities, you can perform different configurations on a system throughout its lifecycle. You can perform operations such as BIOS, iDRAC, RAID, FC-HBA, and NIC configurations, and operating system deployment on the system.
• Retrieve current iDRAC configuration and inventory • Get and set any configurable iDRAC attribute • Manage iDRAC user accounts RAID configuration The RAID configuration feature is used to manage the properties and capabilities of the RAID storage. The RAID storage is modeled using a collection of attributes, where there are collections for the enclosures, storage adapters, logical disks, physical disk drives, and PCIeSSD devices.
The NICs supported by Lifecycle Controller provide an array of networking features converged into a single controller: • Traditional NIC capabilities • Internet Small Computer System Interface over Ethernet (iSCSI) capabilities • Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) capabilities You can configure various device capabilities such as: • Personalities (FCoE, ISOE, Layer 2 NIC) • NIC partition bandwidth allocation • Boot versus Offload • I/O Identity Operating system deployment The operating system
For more information on the QuickSync feature, see the System QuickSync profile document available at en.community.dell.com/ techcenter/systems-management/w/wiki/1906.dcim-library-profile.aspx. Also, see iDRAC User’s Guide available at dell.com/ esmmanuals. Configuring advanced security using hash password You can set user passwords and BIOS passwords using a one-way hash format in iDRAC available on the 13th generation Dell PowerEdge servers.
Collecting System Inventory When Collect System Inventory On Restart (CSIOR) is set to enabled, Lifecycle Controller performs an inventory and collects the configuration information for all hardware on every system restart. Additionally, the system inventory collection also detects any changes in hardware.
• Logs of all the remote operations • Firmware update history based on device, version, and date • Error message IDs • Host power events or reboots • POST errors • User login to any iDRAC interface For more information about Event and Error Messages, see the Dell Event Message Reference Guide available at dell.com/ support/home.
NOTE: The Tech Support Report feature is renamed as SupportAssist Collection in the iDRAC web interface. This feature is still referred as Embedded Tech Support Report in the RACADM and WS-MAN interfaces. Out-of-band server performance monitoring Using this feature, you can monitor the performance index of CPU, memory, and I/O. Intel ME supports Compute Usage Per Second (CUPS) functionality for monitoring the performance. The monitoring is independent of the OS and does not use CPU resources.
• 128 1 2 RAID 0 Disk.Direct.0-0:RAID.Embedded.1-1 Disk.Direct.1-1:RAID.Embedded.1-1 Ready PAGE 20The import feature applies the saved configurations to a system from the local vFlash SD card, or from a network share. It automatically takes the back up to the vFlash SD card or a network share. NOTE: If FIPS is enabled, you cannot perform any actions associated with the vFlash SD card, such as configuring the vFlash SD card, exporting or backing up server profile to the vFlash, or importing server profile using vFlash.
• Web Server Certificate • CA certificate for Directory Service • Custom Signing Certificate To use the new certificate, restart the iDRAC. A new method iDRACReset is added for this purpose. For more information about managing the web server certificate, see the iDRAC Card Profile document available at www.delltechcenter.com/systemsmanagement.
System-created jobs User-created jobs • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Export Lifecycle log vFlash (Initialize) vFlash (Create Partition) vFlash (Format Partition) vFlash (Attach Partition) vFlash (Detach Partition) vFlash (Export Data from Partition) vFlash (Create Partition using Image) NIC configuration FC-HBA configuration iDRAC configuration System configuration Software update (BIOS, NIC, RAID, and so on) Reboot System status This feature is used to remotely obtain the overall Remote Services API sta
3 Getting started with API collateral and links Getting started with any feature of Lifecycle Controller begins at the Dell TechCenter Lifecycle Controller home page — delltechcenter.com/LC. The home page contains various sections that reference URLs, and these referenced URLs are direct links to the corresponding sections. You can follow these steps to get started using the Lifecycle Controller API: 1. Identify the feature or the required management operation. 2.
Profile Name Description Event Filter The Dell Event Filter Profile provides the management capabilities to view the event filters and set actions and notifications for the events. Fan The DCIM Fan Profile describes the properties and interfaces for running system management tasks related to the management of fans within a system.
Profile Name Description DHCP-based configuration: Along with getting the IP address from the DHCP server, when the server comes up, user can set any configuration attribute of iDRAC using an OEM field License Management The License Management Profile is an autonomous profile for modeling the Dell Product License Manager (License Manager).
Profile Name Description Sensors The DCIM Sensors Profile describes the properties and interfaces for running system management tasks related to the management of sensors within a system. Simple ID Management The DCIM Simple Identity Management Profile describes the properties and interfaces for running system management tasks related to the management of accounts and identities. Simple Raid The profile extends the management capabilities to represent the configuration of RAID storage.
Managed object file The Common Information Model (CIM) is an open standard that defines how managed elements in an IT environment are represented as a common set of objects and relationships between them. This is intended to allow consistent management of these managed elements, independent of their manufacturer or provider. Files that contain the normative description for classes, properties, and methods are contained within the Managed Object File (MOF).
Attribute registry XML The attribute registry lists all the attributes and properties for the particular component in XML format. For attribute registries of RAID, NIC, iDRAC, BIOS, FC HBA, and PCIeSSD, see http://en.community.dell.com/dell-groups/dtcmedia/m/mediagallery/ 20440476. Event message registry XML The message registry XML describes all messages, message IDs, and message arguments from all profiles.
• Base Management with IPMI • Express • Express for blades • Enterprise Table 3.
4 Integrating the Lifecycle Controller API This section outlines the resources required to integrate the Lifecycle Controller API into an application: • API Clients– Lists the API clients that are available to support WinRM or WSMAN. The API clients enable a you to create an application in a variety of programming languages. • Best Practices Guide— Provides information about the common work flows, where in ready-to-use Python scripts are provided for all the common work flows.
• Dell Compellent | Fluid Data Network Storage Solution — compellent.com • Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration v2.0 for System Center Configuration Manager — dell.com/support/drivers/us/en/555/ DriverDetails/DriverFileFormats?DriverId=Y6J43 • OpenManage Essentials - Systems Management — en.community.dell.com/techcenter/systems-management/w/wiki/ 1989.openmanage-essentials.aspx • Chassis Management Controller (CMC) — en.community.dell.com/techcenter/systems-management/w/wiki/1987.
5 Social media reference To obtain the most up-to-date information, go to the Dell TechCenter and search for the required information. Table 4. Product Information Product Name and topic Link on Dell TechCenter Lifecycle Controller en.community.dell.com/techcenter/systems-management/w/wiki/1979.lifecyclecontroller.aspx integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) en.community.dell.com/techcenter/systems-management/w/wiki/3204.dell-remoteaccess-controller-drac-idrac.
6 Terms and definitions The following table lists the terms used in this document and their definitions. Table 5. Terms and definitions Term Definition LC Lifecycle Controller Enumerate Refers to WS-MAN ENUMERATE operation as described in Section 8.2 of DSP0226_V1.1 and Section 9.1 of DSP0227_V1.0 Get Refers to WS-MAN GET operation as defined in Section 7.3 of DSP00226_V1.1 and Section 7.1 of DSP0227_V1.
