Concept Guide
Table Of Contents
- Dell Lifecycle Controller Remote Services (LC RS) Version 2.00.00.00 For 13th Generation Dell PowerEdge Servers Quick Start Guide
- Introduction
- 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 documents you may need
- Accessing documents from Dell support site
- Contacting Dell
- Remote Services Features
- Deployment and configuration
- Monitor
- Maintain
- Server configuration profiles — export or import
- Firmware update
- Part replacement
- Server profile — export or import
- Server license — import
- Auto discovery
- Deleting server-related information using Lifecycle Controller
- Managing the web server certificate
- Viewing the managed computer system using the Physical Computer System View
- Job management
- Getting started with API collateral and links
- Integrating the Lifecycle Controller API
- Social media reference
- Terms and definitions
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: There are some components for which the updates are immediately applied after the
firmware is downloaded, after which the system automatically restarts.
For more information about automatic update, see Automatic Updates in Dell PowerEdge 12th
Generation Servers white paper available at delltechcenter.com.
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 disabled by default, and can be enabled if required.
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.
When a motherboard is replaced, the system configuration is automatically restored. However, if the
Service Tag of a system is deleted for any reason, then you can manually enter the Service Tag.
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.
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