Concept Guide

Table 2. Profiles (continued)
Profile Name Description
BIOS and Boot
Management
The BIOS and Boot Management Profile extends the management capabilities of referencing profiles
by adding the capability to represent the configuration of the system BIOS setup and to manage the
boot of the system.
CPU The DCIM CPU Profile describes the properties and interfaces for running system management tasks
related to the management of processors within a system.
Ethernet Port The Ethernet Port Profile extends the management capability of referencing profiles by adding the
ability to represent an Ethernet port, its associated controller, and Ethernet interfaces.
Event Filter The Dell Event Filter Profile provides the management capabilities to view the event filters and set
actions and notifications for the events.
Fan The DCIM Fan Profile describes the properties and interfaces for running system management tasks
related to the management of fans within a system.
Fibre Channel The Fibre Channel Profile extends the management capabilities of referencing profiles by adding the
capability to represent the configuration of Fibre Channel host bus adapters (FC HBA).
iDRAC Card
The DCIM iDRAC Card Profile describes the properties and interfaces for performing system
management tasks related to the management of basic properties of iDRAC card.
DCIM_iDRACCardEnumeration class has attributes PTMode and AdminState to support configuration
of iDRAC Network Bridge in LOM-P2P or USB-P2P modes.
VNC server configuration is possible by setting attributes of Port, Timeout, Password, Enable and
LowerEncryptionBitLength.
DCIM_iDRACCardInteger has new attribute SMTPPort for SMTP configuration and AlertPort and
DiscoveryPort for SNMP configuration.
DCIM_iDRACCardEnumeration class has attributes PTMode and AdminState to support configuration
of iDRAC Network Bridge in LOM-P2P or USB-P2P modes.
Basic OMSA Equivalency: Some features (such as WatchdogResetTime andLCLReplication) currently
provided by OMSA is available on iDRAC service module (iSM).
Job Control The Job Control Profile extends the management capabilities of referencing profiles by adding
the capability to create, schedule, track, and manage jobs that represent platform management
operations.
LC Management
The Lifecycle Controller (LC) Management Profile describes the management of the Dell Lifecycle
Controller and its configuration attributes.
The ExportCertificate() method is used to export unique generated SSL Certificates from the
Lifecycle Controller to a file in remote share location.
The DCIM_LCService. ExportHealthReport() method is used to collect the EHR. That is, hardware,
operating system and application data, compress the zip file, and then to save in to the respective
remote share path (cifs/nfs).
The DCIM_LCService.ImportSystemConfigurationPreview() method is used to preview the results of
the application of the XML template ahead of the actual application without any restart. It also gives
the information about the failure. The successful invocation of this method returns a job.
The methods DCIM_SoftwareInstallationService: SetUpdateSchedule(),
DCIM_SoftwareInstallationService: GetUpdateSchedule(), and DCIM_SoftwareInstallationService:
ClearUpdateSchedule() allow for automatic firmware updates at scheduled intervals.
The DCIM_LCEnumeration class supports an attribute "BIOS Reset To Defaults Requested" to reset
BIOS to its default property.
The methods DCIM_LCService.SetBackupSchedule(), DCIM_LCService.GetBackupSchedule(), and
DCIM_LCService.ClearBackupSchedule() allow for scheduling automated backup of server profiles.
The DCIM_LCService.ExportCompleteLCLog() method allows you to export full lifecycle log.
The DCIM_LCService.ImportSystemConfigurationPreview method allows for previewing before
applying an XML template.
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