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
MOF WSDL and XSD API definitions
A complement to the profile documentation is the Managed Object File (MOF) that documents the class
implementation of the Dell-specific CIM classes. Web Service Description Language (WSDL) and XML
Schema Definition (XSD) files describe the resulting functionality.
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).
NOTE: To access the MOFs, on the Dell TechCenter (delltechcenter.com/LC) page, under
Reference Specifications, click MOFs.
Web service description language
The Web Services Description Language (WSDL) is an XML-based language that is used for describing the
functionality offered by a web service. A WSDL description of a web service (also referred to as a WSDL
file) provides a machine-readable description of how the service can be called, what parameters it
expects, and what data structures it returns.
XML schema description
An XML schema (also known as XSD) is a description of a type of XML document, typically expressed in
terms of constraints on the structure and content of documents of that type, above and beyond the basic
syntactical constraints imposed by XML itself. These constraints are generally expressed using some
combination of grammatical rules governing the order of elements.
NOTE: To access the XSD, use the link en.community.dell.com/dell-groups/dtcmedia/m/
mediagallery/20074445.aspx
Web services interface guide
The web Services Interface Guide (WSIG) serves as a guideline for utilizing the functionality available from
embedded Lifecycle Controller Remote Services web Services interfaces. It provides information and
examples for utilizing the web services for WSMAN protocol using Windows WinRM and open source
WSMANCLI command-line utilities.
• Windows Version — http://en.community.dell.com/techcenter/extras/m/white_papers/
20438393.aspx
• Windows batch file examples — http://en.community.dell.com/techcenter/extras/m/white_papers/
20066179.aspx
• Linux Version — http://en.community.dell.com/techcenter/extras/m/white_papers/20438394.aspx
• Linux WSMAN shell script examples — http://en.community.dell.com/techcenter/extras/m/
white_papers/20066181.aspx
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