User's Manual

66 Remote Service Features
• Dell Software Inventory Profile — Defines CIM and Dell Extensions for
representing currently installed BIOS, component firmware, Diagnostics,
Unified Server Configurator, and Driver Pack versions. Also provides
representation of versions of BIOS and firmware update images available
in Lifecycle Controller for rollback and re-installation.
• Dell Job Control Profile — Defines CIM and Dell extensions for managing
jobs generated by update requests. Jobs can be created, deleted, modified
and aggregated into job queues to sequence and perform multiple updates
in a single reboot.
• Lifecycle Controller Management Profile — Defines CIM and Dell
extensions for getting and setting attributes for managing Auto-Discovery
and Part Replacement Lifecycle Controller features.
The Lifecycle Controller - Remote Services WS-MAN implementation uses
SSL on port 443 for transport security, and supports basic and digest
authentication. Web services interfaces can be utilized by leveraging client
infrastructure such as Windows
®
WinRM and Powershell CLI, open source
utilities like WS-MANCLI, and application programming environments like
Microsoft
®
.NET
®
.
There are additional implementation guides, white papers, profile
specifications, class definition (.mof) files, and code samples available in
the Dell Tech Center at www.delltechcenter.com. See:
• Lifecycle Controller area -
http://www.delltechcenter.com/page/Lifecycle+Controller
• Dell CIM Extension Specifications
http://www.delltechcenter.com/page/DCIM+-+Dell+CIM+Extensions
• Lifecycle Controller WS-MAN Script Center
http://www.delltechcenter.com/page/Scripting+the+Dell+Lifecycle+C
ontroller
For more information, also see the following:
•DTMF Web site: www.dmtf.org/standards/profiles/
• WS-MAN release notes or Readme file.
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