Reference Guide
Table Of Contents
- Dell Lifecycle Controller Remote Services v2.40.40.40 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 are Redfish and the Web Service APIs?
- 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 support content from the Dell EMC support site
- Contacting Dell
- Remote Services Features
- Deployment and configuration
- Monitor
- Maintain
- Job management
- Getting started with API collateral and links
- Integrating the Lifecycle Controller API
- Social media reference
- Terms and definitions
Managing the web server certificate............................................................................................................... 19
Viewing the managed computer system using the Physical Computer System View................. 19
Job management............................................................................................................................................................... 20
Job types....................................................................................................................................................................... 20
System status...............................................................................................................................................................20
Chapter 3: Getting started with API collateral and links............................................................... 21
WSMAN Profiles.................................................................................................................................................................21
Lifecycle Controller-related profiles........................................................................................................................ 21
WSMAN MOF WSDL and XSD API definitions.......................................................................................................... 24
Managed object file.................................................................................................................................................... 25
Web service description language...........................................................................................................................25
XML schema description........................................................................................................................................... 25
Web services interface guide......................................................................................................................................... 25
WSMAN Best practices guide........................................................................................................................................25
Attribute registry XML.....................................................................................................................................................26
Event message registry XML......................................................................................................................................... 26
XML schemas.....................................................................................................................................................................26
Redfish................................................................................................................................................................................. 26
Authorization and licensing requirements for API access....................................................................................... 26
White papers.......................................................................................................................................................................27
Lifecycle Controller and iDRAC white papers.......................................................................................................27
Chapter 4: Integrating the Lifecycle Controller API..................................................................... 28
API clients........................................................................................................................................................................... 28
Best practices workflow references.............................................................................................................................28
Sample scripts and tools..................................................................................................................................................28
Applications using Lifecycle Controller-Remote Services.......................................................................................29
WinRM and OpenWSMAN installation and configuration....................................................................................... 29
Chapter 5: Social media reference...............................................................................................30
Chapter 6: Terms and definitions................................................................................................. 31
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