Concept Guide

Enterprise license, so you need not separately license vFlash with Lifecycle Controller 2.0 and later. The 12
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PowerEdge servers use only Express or Enterprise licensing.
The Lifecycle Controller management capabilities are partitioned into distinct areas and represented by the Dell Common Information
Model (DCIM) profile specifications that provide comprehensive details about each manageability feature or capability. These features
may be free, partially licensed, or fully licensed. Also, the accessibility of a feature is defined by the credentials provided with the WSMAN
request and maps to the user-assigned privilege credentials, such as administrator- or read-only access.
What’s new in this release?
The updates supported in this release are:
• Added support for Dell EMC PowerEdge R640, R740, R740xd, R940, and C6420 servers.
• Added support to perform disk erase (secure and nonsecure disks) in the System Erase feature.
• Added support to perform SystemErase using the Retire and Repurpose feature for the out of band servers.
• Added support for the UEFI 2.5 Network and Firmware Management Protocols.
• Added support for the DUP dependency to handle component dependencies.
• Added option to collect iDRAC debug logs with the Support Assist report export feature.
• Added support to create virtual disk for NVMe drives using Dell PERC S140 - Windows RAID and Linux MD RAID.
• Added HTTP support for all the network share features.
• Added support for 14 new SNAC devices.
• Added certificate management for secure UEFI Boot.
• Added platform support for Dell Precision R7920.
About Redfish and Web Service API
Web Services-Management (WSMAN) is a Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF) open standard, defining a Simple Object Access
Protocol (SOAP) for managing servers, devices, applications, and various Web Services. WSMAN provides a common way for systems to
access and exchange management information across the IT infrastructure.
DMTF is an industry organization that develops, maintains, and promotes standards for systems management in enterprise IT
environments. The DMTF data model is complex and typically requires multiple transactions to accomplish simple operations such as
specifying a user name and password, or giving administrator privileges to a user account. To reduce the number of transactions, Lifecycle
Controller also offers a Dell data model for management that is based on an attribute model.
The Scalable Platforms Management Forum (SPMF) has published the Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF)'s Redfish API. It is an
open industry standard specification and schema which is designed to meet the needs of IT administrators for simple, modern, and secure
management of scalable platform hardware. Redfish is a NextGen management standard using a data model representation inside a
hypermedia RESTful interface. The data model is defined in terms of a standard and machine-readable schema, with the payload of the
messages expressed in JSON and the protocol using OData v4. Redfish is a hypermedia API, and can represent various implementations
using a consistent interface. It has mechanisms for discovering and managing data center resources, handling events, and managing tasks.
About Lifecycle Controller API
Lifecycle Controller Remote Services is a standards-based interface that enables consoles to integrate bare-metal provisioning and one-
to-many operating system deployments for remotely located servers. Lifecycle Controller takes advantage of the capabilities of both
Lifecycle Controller GUI and Lifecycle Controller Remote Services to deliver significant improvement and simplification of server
deployment.
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Introduction