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
• Increased Uptime — Early notification of potential or actual failures that help prevent a server failure
or reduce recovery time after a failure.
• Improved Productivity and Lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) — Extending the reach of
administrators to larger numbers of distant servers can make IT staff more productive while driving
down operational costs such as travel.
• Secure Environment — By providing secure access to remote servers, administrators can perform
critical management functions while maintaining server and network security.
• Enhanced Embedded Management using Lifecycle Controller — By providing simplified deployment
and serviceability through the Lifecycle Controller GUI for local deployment and Remote Services
(WS–Management) interfaces for remote deployment integrated with Dell OpenManage Essentials
and partner consoles.
For more information about iDRAC, see the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller User’s Guide
available at dell.com/support/manuals.
Key features
You can perform the following systems management tasks using Lifecycle Controller-Remote Services:
• Install operating systems and drivers
• Manage licensing
• Perform BIOS firmware updates
• Part Replacement and automatic restore of server configuration
• Perform component firmware updates
• Get hardware inventory information
• Get and set NIC/CNA and RAID configuration
• Get and set BIOS configuration and BIOS passwords
• Full export of Lifecycle log and add work notes
• Export current- and factory-shipped hardware inventory log
• Manage, attach, and boot to vFlash SD card partitions
• Lock the controllers using the local key
• Export and import the server profile
• Import server license
• View firmware details during server update
• Export and import Server Configuration Profiles
• Schedule and track the status of the update and configuration
• Import and export Server Configuration Profiles file that contains information about a component
configuration
• Backplane and enclosure firmware update
• Faster iDRAC firmware update
• Shutdown job type
• Support for Fibre Channel (FC) HBA cards
• Monitor out-of-band performance
• Enhance security using hash password
• View logs, monitoring, and server information, and configure the network parameters of a server
using a mobile device
• Delete server-related information
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