Concept Guide

NOTE: The Tech Support Report feature is renamed as SupportAssist Collection in the iDRAC web interface. This

feature is still referred as Embedded Tech Support Report in the RACADM and WS-MAN interfaces.

Out-of-band server performance monitoring

Using this feature, you can monitor the performance index of CPU, memory, and I/O. Intel ME supports Compute Usage Per

Second (CUPS) functionality for monitoring the performance. The monitoring is independent of the OS and does not use CPU

resources. The Intel ME displays a platform CUPS sensor that provides the computation, memory and I/O resource utilization value

in the form of a platform CUPS Index. iDRAC monitors this CUPS index for overall system utilization and also the instant value of

CPU, Memory, and I/O utilization index.

NOTE: To use this feature, iDRAC enterprise license is required.

For more information about monitoring the out-of-band performance, see the Dell Base Metrics Profile and Dell Sensors Profile

document available at www.delltechcenter.com/systemsmanagement.

Maintain

Using various Lifecycle Controller-Remote Services capabilities, you can maintain the health of a system throughout its lifecycle. You

can use features such as remote firmware management, part replacement, server profile import or export, and provisioning server

to maintain a system using Lifecycle Controller-Remote Services.

Server configuration profiles — export or import

Lifecycle Controller-Remote Services can export or import a Server Configuration Profiles file. The export operation collects the

configuration information for BIOS, iDRAC, RAID, NIC, FC-HBA, System, and Lifecycle Controller and stores it in a single file that is

copied to a local file or a network share. The Import operation imports the file from a local file or a network share, and applies the

previously saved or updated configurations contained in the file to a system.

Import and export can be performed using the WS-MAN or Redfish interfaces.

For more information, see Server Cloning with Server Configuration Profiles and Creating and Managing Server Configuration

Profiles documents available at www.delltechcenter.com/systemsmanagement.

Exceptions while importing server profile

On certain Dell devices, successful application of a server configuration profile requires two imports. The first import of the profile

enables hidden devices that are then configured with a second import.

Two imports are required while performing following actions:

• Enabling RAID mode on storage controllers — PERC S110 and PERC S130 require two imports – one to set the embedded

SATA controller to RAID mode and the second to configure the RAID controller for operations such as creating a virtual disk.

Example:

If the EmbSata BIOS attribute on the import system is not set to RAIDMode, then the first import must contain the following:

<Attribute Name="EmbSata">RaidMode</Attribute>

</Component>

The second server import is to apply the configuration on the PERC controller:

<Attribute Name="RAIDresetConfig">False</Attribute>

<Attribute Name="RAIDforeignConfig">Ignore</Attribute>

<Attribute Name="RAIDaction">Create</Attribute>

<Attribute Name="Name">Virtual Disk 1</Attribute>