Dell Lifecycle Controller 2 Version 1 00 Users Manual 1.00.00 Remote Services User's Guide

2015-01-05

• Contents
• Notes, Cautions, and Warnings
• Introduction
  • Benefits of Using iDRAC7 With Lifecycle Controller
  • Key Features
  • Why Use Remote Services?
  • Licensable Features in Lifecycle Controller
  • Web Services for Management
    • Standard DMTF
    • Dell Extensions
  • Other Documents You May Need
  • Contacting Dell
• Using Remote Services
  • Common Prerequisites Before Using Remote Services
    • Web Services Setup
    • WinRM Client
    • OpenWSMan Client
  • Using Use Cases
    • Use Cases Structure
    • How to Read Use Cases?
    • Use Case Scenarios
• Auto-discovery and Handshake
  • Configuring iDRAC for Auto-discovery
    • Provisioning Server String Format
    • Setting Provisioning at Required Location
  • Auto-discovering Managed System
  • Configuring DHCP or DNS
  • Viewing the Discovery Status on the Front Panel Display
  • Reinitiating Auto-discovery in New Environments
• Managing Licenses
  • Displaying Installed Licenses
  • Displaying Licensable Devices
  • Installing a License
    • References For Installing a License
  • Replacing a License
  • Deleting a License
  • Exporting a License
• Managing Certificates
  • Creating Custom Trusted Root Client Certificates for the Provisioning Server
  • Providing Custom Server Certificates
  • Deleting Custom Certificates
    • Custom Server Public Key Deletion
    • Custom Client Certificate Deletion
    • Changing the Web Server or WS-Management Encryption Certificate and Private Key from PKCS #12
  • Managing Server Certificates
    • References For Managing Server Certificates
  • Managing Directory CA Certificate
    • References For Managing Directory CA Certificate
• Deploying the Operating System
  • Deploying Operating System
    • References For Deploying Operating System
      • Copying OS Drivers to Network Share
      • References For Deploying Operating System
    • Using Remote File Share
      • References For Using Remote File Share
  • Booting to ISO During Server Maintenance
    • References For Booting to ISO During Server Maintenance
  • Boot to ISO Methods Comparison
    • One Time Boot
      • BootToHD Method Behavior
  • About Job Identifiers
• Managing Jobs
  • Job Types
    • User Created Jobs
    • Job Scheduling
    • Job Deletion
  • Scheduling Separate Jobs for Multiple Actions
  • Running Multiple Target Jobs
  • Specifying the Start time and Until time
  • Automatically Deleting Jobs
  • Clearing All Jobs
• Managing RAID Configuration
  • Displaying the RAID Controllers
  • Creating Sliced Virtual Disks
  • Configuring RAID
    • RAID Setup-Post Configuration Scenario
    • References For Configuring RAID
  • Converting a SATA Drive from RAID Mode to a Non-RAID State
    • References For Converting a SATA Drive
• Managing Network Devices
  • Displaying the Network Device Inventory
  • Displaying the Network Device Attributes
  • Setting the Network Device Attributes
    • Deleting the Pending Values
  • Enabling or Disabling the Partition on the CNA
  • Changing the Personality and Bandwidth of a Partition for a CNA
    • References For Changing Personality
  • Setting the Virtual Address Attributes
    • References For Virtual Address Attributes
  • Setting the Boot Target-ISCSI and FCoE
• Inventory and Logs
  • Retrieving Hardware Inventory
    • Exporting Current Hardware Inventory
  • Lifecycle Log
    • Exporting Lifecycle Log
    • Deleting Configuration and Resetting to Defaults
      • Viewing and Exporting Hardware Inventory after Resetting Lifecycle Controller
• Remote Updates
  • Using Remote Update
    • Supported Devices
    • Remote Update From URI
    • Scheduling Remote Update
    • Rolling Back to Previous Versions
  • Using Remote Firmware Inventory
    • Supported Devices
    • Retrieving Firmware Inventory
  • Remote Scheduling Types
    • Immediate Update
    • Scheduled Update
    • Setting the Scheduling Reboot Behavior
  • Managing Part Replacement
    • Getting or Setting Part Firmware and Configuration Update Attributes
• Backup and Restore
  • Exporting Server Profile to iDRAC vFlash Card or Network Share
    • Feature or System Behavior For Exporting Server Profile
    • References For Exporting Server Profile
  • Importing Server Profile From iDRAC vFlash Card or a Network Share
    • Post-restore Scenario
    • System or Feature Behavior For Post-Restore Scenario
    • References For Importing Server Profile
• Managing vFlash SD Card
  • Displaying Inventory of vFlash SD Card
  • Displaying Partitions on vFlash SD Card
  • Creating and Modifying Partitions on vFlash SD Card
• iDRAC Configurations
  • Getting and Setting iDRAC Attributes
    • References For Getting and Setting the iDRAC Attributes
    • iDRAC Attributes
  • Getting and Setting iDRAC Users and Roles
    • References For Getting and Setting iDRAC Users and Roles
  • Reporting iDRAC IP Address Change
    • Feature or System Behavior For Reporting iDRAC IP Address Change
    • References For Reporting iDRAC IP Address Change
• Managing BIOS and Boot Configuration
  • Displaying the Inventory of BIOS Attributes
  • Setting the BIOS Attributes
  • One Time Boot
  • Setting, Modifying, and Deleting BIOS Password
    • References For Setting Modifying and Deleting BIOS Password
• Other Use Case Scenarios
  • Retrieving Remote Service Status
    • References For Retrieving Remote Service Status
• Remote Services Profiles
  • Operating System Deployment Profile
    • Operating System Deployment Methods
  • Lifecycle Controller Management Profile
    • LC Service Methods
    • Auto-discovery Methods
    • Export and Import Methods
    • Lifecycle Log Methods
    • Hardware Inventory Methods
  • Simple NIC Profile
    • Simple NIC Methods
  • BIOS and Boot Management Profile
    • BIOS and Boot Management Methods
  • Persistent Storage Profile
    • vFlash SD Card Methods
  • RAID Profile
    • RAID Methods
  • Hardware Inventory Profiles
  • Job Control Profile
    • Job Control Methods
  • Power Supply Profile
  • Power State Management Profile
    • Power State Management Profile Methods
  • Record Log Profile
    • Record Log Profile Methods
  • Role Based Authorization Profile
    • Role Based Authorization Profile Methods
  • Sensors Profile
  • Service Processor Profile
    • Service Processor Profile Methods
  • Event Filter Profile
    • Event Filter Profile Methods
  • License Management Profile
    • License Management Profile Methods
  • iDRAC Card Profile
    • iDRAC Card Profile Methods
  • Base Server and Physical Asset Profile
    • Base Server and Physical Asset Profile Methods
  • System Info Profile
    • System Info Methods
  • Simple Identity Management Profile
    • Simple Identity Methods
• Troubleshooting and Frequently Asked Questions
  • Error Messages
  • Auto-discovery LCD Messages
  • Frequently Asked Questions
• Schema
  • Lifecycle Log Schema
• Easy-to-use System Component Names