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
development kit (SDK) for the Lifecycle Controller API methods. The following primary objectives are
addressed through the SDK:
• Work flows documented in the Best Practices Guide provide guidance to established, known, and
working API methodologies.
• The corresponding PYTHON sample scripts are separately provided. After invoking these scripts, the
output log can be used to provide approximate timing on a particular system configuration, as well as
raw WinRM or Open-WSMAN input and output.
NOTE: The scripts are located here — en.community.dell.com/techcenter/extras/m/
white_papers/20066173.aspx
Attribute registry XML
The attribute registry lists all the attributes and properties for the particular component in XML format.
The attribute registries are located in the following locations:
• RAID Attribute Registry — en.community.dell.com/techcenter/extras/m/white_papers/
20066218.aspx
• NIC Attribute Registry — en.community.dell.com/techcenter/extras/m/white_papers/
20066216.aspx
• iDRAC Attribute Registry — en.community.dell.com/techcenter/extras/m/white_papers/
20066215.aspx
• BIOS Attribute Registry — en.community.dell.com/techcenter/extras/m/white_papers/
20066214.aspx
• FC HBA Attribute Registry — en.community.dell.com/techcenter/extras/m/white_papers/
20439052.aspx
• PCIeSSD Attribute Registry — en.community.dell.com/techcenter/extras/m/white_papers/
20439051.aspx
Event message registry XML
The message registry XML describes all messages, message IDs, and message arguments from all profiles.
This zipped file contains the iDRAC and Lifecycle Controller event and error message data in XML,
conforming to the DMTF DSP0228 message registry XML schema. The zipped file also includes an XSL file
provided by Dell that enables content searching and reading easier.
To view the Dell Event Message Reference Guide document, go to http://www.dell.com/
openmanagemanuals and click the latest OpenManage Software version. The Event Message Reference
document contains the error and event information generated by firmware and other agents that monitor
system components. These events are logged and displayed to the user on one of the system
management consoles, or both logged and displayed.
XML schemas
The Lifecycle Controller XML Schema Guide provides interpretation of XML used by the Lifecycle
Controller to describe various Lifecycle Controller output XML content such as:
• Logs
• Configuration results
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