Concept Guide
Table Of Contents
- Dell Lifecycle Controller Remote Services v2.20.20.20 Quick Start Guide
- Introduction
- Why use Lifecycle Controller?
- 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 information that you may need
- Accessing documents from Dell support site
- Contacting Dell
- Remote Services Features
- Getting started with API collateral and links
- Integrating the Lifecycle Controller API
- Social media reference
- Terms and definitions
The second server import is to apply the configuration on the PERC controller:
<Component FQDD="RAID.Embedded.1-1">
<Attribute Name="RAIDresetConfig">False</Attribute>
<Attribute Name="RAIDforeignConfig">Ignore</Attribute>
<Component FQDD="Disk.Virtual.262145:RAID.Embedded.1-1">
<Attribute Name="RAIDaction">Create</Attribute>
<Attribute Name="Name">Virtual Disk 1</Attribute>
<Attribute Name="Size">0</Attribute>
<Attribute Name="StripeSize">128</Attribute>
<Attribute Name="SpanDepth">1</Attribute>
<Attribute Name="SpanLength">2</Attribute>
<Attribute Name="RAIDTypes">RAID 0</Attribute>
<Attribute Name="IncludedPhysicalDiskID">Disk.Direct.0-0:RAID.Embedded.
1-1</Attribute>
<Attribute Name="IncludedPhysicalDiskID">Disk.Direct.1-1:RAID.Embedded.
1-1</Attribute>
</Component>
<Component FQDD="Disk.Direct.0-0:RAID.Embedded.1-1">
<Attribute Name="RAIDPDState">Ready</Attribute>
</Component>
<Component FQDD="Disk.Direct.1-1:RAID.Embedded.1-1">
<Component FQDD="Disk.Direct.1-1:RAID.Embedded.1-1">
<Attribute Name="RAIDPDState">Ready</Attribute>
</Component>
</Component>
• Enabling PCI slots — PCI slots in the system that are disabled in the BIOS require two imports — one
to enable the slot and another to configure the card in the slot.
Example
If the Slot1 BIOS attribute on the import system is disabled, the first import must contain the following:
<Component FQDD="BIOS.Setup.1-1">
<Attribute Name="Slot1>Enabled</Attribute>
</Component>
A second import is required to configure the device in the slot 1.
Firmware update
You can perform firmware updates from a network source to either update or rollback component
firmware. A rollback operation is used to install the previous version of a component firmware. It also
provides the ability to update using a repository and schedule automatic updates.
The firmware update operations or firmware rollback operations are performed in the following order:
1. Initiate and download an image.
2. Create a reboot job.
3. Schedule an update job.
4. Monitor a job until the job is finished.
NOTE: The immediate updates such as diagnostics, driver pack, and iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller
are not required to be scheduled. These update processes move from downloading state to
completed state. Whereas, iDRAC updates reset the iDRAC when the job is marked completed.
For more information about automatic update, see Automatic Updates in Dell PowerEdge 12th
Generation Servers white paper available at Dell TechCenter.
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