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• Reboot 1 - Power cycle - Performs the iDRAC PowerCycle that will power
down the system and power it back up. This is not a graceful reboot. The
system will power off the system without sending a shutdown request to an
operating system running on the system. Only reboot type 1 will power on
the system if the system is in an
Off state, but A/C power is still applied.
•
Reboot 2 - Graceful reboot without forced shutdown - Performs the
iDRAC Graceful Shutdown command and if the system is powered off
within the PowerCycle Wait Time, it powers the system back up and marks
the reboot job as
Reboot Completed . If the system is not powered off
within the PowerCycle WaitTime, the reboot job is marked as failed.
•
Reboot 3 - Graceful reboot with forced shutdown - Performs the iDRAC
Graceful Shutdown command and if the system is powered off within the
PowerCycle Wait Time, it powers the system back up and marks the reboot
job as
Reboot Completed . If the system is not powered off within the
PowerCycle WaitTime, the system is Power Cycled.
Remote Operating System Deployment
The remote operating system deployment capabilities enable deployment of
an operating system remotely using WS-MAN web services protocols and
CIFS and NFS network file sharing protocols.
Remote Operating System Deployment Main Features
These are the main capabilities of remote operating system deployment:
• Remote activation of local exposure of embedded drivers as a USB device
• Remote acquisition of embedded drivers per selected operating system.
• Boot to an ISO image located on a network share.
• Download an boot to ISO image to vFlash.
Remote Operating System Deployment Interface
Dell Operating System Deployment web services interface provides the
capability to support operating system deployment activities by manipulating
operating system deployment features provided by the iDRAC service processor.
Detailed interface specifications and class definition (.mof) files can be found at
the Lifecycle Controller area on the Dell Enterprise Technology Center at
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