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Remote Service Features
The Dell™ Lifecycle Controller Remote Services are a set of features focused
on enabling automated system discovery by the remote consoles and enhancing
remote operating system deployment capabilities. These capabilities use the
web services based hardware management interface provided by the Lifecycle
Controller firmware.
Remote Services are aimed at simplifying operating
system deployment and automating the setup and configuration of new
Dell systems remotely.
Web Services for Management
Web Services for Management (WS-MAN) is a Simple Object Access
Protocol (SOAP)-based protocol designed for systems management.
WS-MAN is published by the Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF)
and provides a interoperable protocol for devices to share and exchange data
across networks. Dell Lifecycle Controller - Remote Services uses WS-MAN
to convey DMTF Common Information Model (CIM)-based management
information; the CIM information defines the semantics and information
types that can be manipulated in a managed system. The Dell-embedded
server platform management interfaces are organized into profiles, where
each profile defines the specific interfaces for a particular management
domain or area of functionality. Additionally, Dell has defined a number of
model and profile extensions that provide interfaces for additional
capabilities.
The data and methods available through WS-MAN are provided by the
Lifecycle Controller - Remote Services’ instrumentation interface mapped to
the following DMTF profiles and Dell extension profiles:
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