Concept Guide

Contents
1 Introduction........................................................................................................... 5
Benefits of using iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller...............................................................................5
Key features........................................................................................................................................... 6
What’s new in this release?................................................................................................................... 7
Why use Lifecycle Controller Remote Services?..................................................................................7
Licensable features in Lifecycle Controller.......................................................................................... 7
What is the Web Service API?................................................................................................................8
Where can the Lifecycle Controller API be used from?...................................................................... 8
Who can use the API?........................................................................................................................... 9
How is one-to-many management achieved?....................................................................................9
Other documents you may need......................................................................................................... 9
Accessing documents from Dell support site....................................................................................10
Contacting Dell....................................................................................................................................10
2 Remote Services Features..................................................................................11
Deployment and configuration........................................................................................................... 11
Server configuration profiles......................................................................................................... 11
BIOS configuration.........................................................................................................................11
iDRAC configuration...................................................................................................................... 11
RAID configuration........................................................................................................................ 12
NIC configuration.......................................................................................................................... 13
Operating system deployment......................................................................................................13
Near Field Communication (NFC) using the QuickSync feature.................................................13
Configuring advance security using hash password....................................................................14
Configuring USB management port............................................................................................. 14
Monitor.................................................................................................................................................15
Hardware inventory....................................................................................................................... 15
Lifecycle log...................................................................................................................................16
System event log........................................................................................................................... 16
Firmware inventory........................................................................................................................16
Event alerts.....................................................................................................................................16
Embedded Tech Support Report.................................................................................................. 17
Monitoring the out-of-band performance ..................................................................................17
Maintain................................................................................................................................................17
Server configuration profiles — export or import.........................................................................17
Firmware update............................................................................................................................18
Part replacement........................................................................................................................... 18
Server profile — export or import................................................................................................. 18