Concept Guide
Table Of Contents
- Dell Lifecycle Controller Remote Services (LC RS) Version 2.00.00.00 For 13th Generation Dell PowerEdge Servers Quick Start Guide
- Introduction
- Benefits of using iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller
- Key features
- What’s new in this release?
- Why use Lifecycle Controller Remote Services?
- Licensable features in Lifecycle Controller
- What is the Web Service API?
- Where can the Lifecycle Controller API be used from?
- Who can use the API?
- How is one-to-many management achieved?
- Other documents you may need
- Accessing documents from Dell support site
- Contacting Dell
- Remote Services Features
- Deployment and configuration
- Monitor
- Maintain
- Server configuration profiles — export or import
- Firmware update
- Part replacement
- Server profile — export or import
- Server license — import
- Auto discovery
- Deleting server-related information using Lifecycle Controller
- Managing the web server certificate
- Viewing the managed computer system using the Physical Computer System View
- Job management
- Getting started with API collateral and links
- Integrating the Lifecycle Controller API
- Social media reference
- Terms and definitions
• BIOS
• System
• Sensor
Lifecycle log
Lifecycle logs contain entries for configuration and firmware updates of BIOS, Storage Controllers, LOMs,
and add-in NIC cards, if supported. The Lifecycle log can be exported to a network share or saved to a
USB drive. The Lifecycle Log is accessible through the iDRAC web interface, RACADM, and WS-MAN
interface.
The Lifecycle log provides the following information:
• iDRAC, BIOS, NIC, and RAID configuration changes
• Logs of all the remote operations
• Firmware update history based on device, version, and date
• Error message IDs
For more information about Event and Error Messages, see the Dell Event Message Reference Guide
available at dell.com/support/home.
System event log
The Lifecycle Log contains events related to system, storage devices, network devices, firmware updates,
configuration changes, license messages, and so on. However, the system events are also available as a
separate log called the System Event Log (SEL).
When a system event occurs on a managed system, it is recorded in the SEL. The same SEL entries are
also available in the Lifecycle Log.
Firmware inventory
Lifecycle Controller-Remote Services provide information about each of the component firmware
installed on the target system and the available firmware images are cached in the Lifecycle Controller.
Additional information contained in the available properties is:
• Firmware type
• Firmware version
• Installation date
• Vendor IDs
• Revision number
Event alerts
Alerts and actions can be set for certain events that occur on a managed system. An event occurs when
the status of a system component has changed to the predefined condition. If an event matches an event
filter and this filter is configured to generate an alert (email, SNMP trap, or IPMI alert), an alert is sent to
one or more configured destinations. If the same event filter is also configured to perform an action (such
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