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
Part replacement
The Part Replacement feature is used to automatically update a firmware, configuration, or both for a
newly replaced component, such as a RAID controller, NIC, or power supply, to match with the original
part. It is a licensed feature that is enabled by default.
When a component is replaced and the part replacement feature is enabled, the actions performed by
Lifecycle Controller are locally displayed on the system monitor during POST. You can remotely
configure part replacement related properties through the web services interface using the WSMAN
protocol.
Server profile — export or import
Lifecycle Controller-Remote Services can export (backup) or import (restore) the server profile of the
host system. These operations are commonly used during motherboard replacement.
The export feature gathers system information, firmware images, hardware configuration, Lifecycle
Controller configuration, iDRAC firmware and configuration, and stores the information to a single file on
the local vFlash SD card or a remote network share. The import feature applies the saved configurations
to a system from the local vFlash SD card, or from a network share. It also provides the ability to
automatically back up to the vFlash SD card or a network share.
For more information about automatic backup, see Automatic Backup Server Profile in Dell PowerEdge
12th Generation Servers white paper available at delltechcenter.com.
Server license — import
Lifecycle Controller-Remote Services can import (restore) the server license of a host system. These
operations are commonly used during motherboard replacement. You can import the license that is
stored on a USB drive or on the network share such as CIFS or NFS.
Provisioning Server
The Provisioning Server feature in iDRAC allows newly installed servers to automatically discover the
remote management console that hosts the Provisioning Server. The Provisioning Server provides custom
administrative user credentials to iDRAC so that the management console can discover and manage the
newly installed managed system.
If you order a Dell system with the Provisioning Server feature enabled (factory default setting is disabled),
then iDRAC is delivered with DHCP enabled and user accounts disabled. If the Provisioning Server feature
is disabled, you can manually enable this feature and disable the default administrative account using the
iDRAC Settings utility. For more information about the iDRAC Settings utility, see iDRAC User’s Guide.
For more information about Provisioning Server, see the Lifecycle Controller Management profile
document available at en.community.dell.com/techcenter/systems-management/w/wiki/1906.aspx.
Retire or repurpose the server
By using the Retire or Repurpose feature, the server-related data such as system configuration, logs,
PowerEdge RAID Controller Non-Volatile (PERC NV) cache (if available), and other data that are stored on
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