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
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Getting started with API collateral and
links
Getting started with any feature of Lifecycle Controller begins at the Dell TechCenter Lifecycle Controller
home page — delltechcenter.com/LC.
The home page contains various sections that reference URLs, and these referenced URLs are direct links
to the corresponding sections.
You can follow these steps to get started using the Lifecycle Controller API:
1. Identify the feature or the required management operation.
2. Determine how the API is constructed for the desired management activity.
3. Utilize a client to access the API.
4. Use the best practices work flows for the client to interact with the API to accomplish the activity.
Profiles
Profiles describe the behavior of each feature and necessary classes, properties, methods, and
configurable management attributes that represent the feature. The Profile documents explain the
features supported by the Lifecycle Controller-Remote Services provided within the context of the CIM
architecture. Profile specifications are organized around different management areas or domains.
Lifecycle Controller-related profiles
NOTE: To view the profile documents, on the Dell TechCenter (delltechcenter.com/LC) page,
under Reference Specifications, click Profiles. Alternatively, go to en.community.dell.com/
techcenter/systems-management/w/wiki/1906.aspx.
Table 2. Profiles
Profile Name Description
Active Directory The Active Directory Client Profile extends the management capabilities of
referencing profiles by adding the capability to represent the configuration of
Active Directory client service and the groups managed by the service.
Base Metrics The DMTF Common Interface Model (DCIM) Base Metrics Profile extends the DMTF
Base Metrics Profile to add Dell-specific implementation requirements for power-
related metrics. The profile standardizes the units and description for the metrics,
and provides static methodology for the clients to query the metrics without
substantial traversal of the model.
Base Server and
Physical Asset
The Base Server Profile is the autonomous profile that defines the classes used to
describe basic server hardware and its related software.
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