User's Manual

86 Remote Service Features
For more information on the Lifecycle Controller Remote Operating Systems
Deployment feature including the Lifecycle Controller 1.3 Web Services
Interface Guideline, white papers, the Dell OS Deployment Profile data
model specification, class definition (.mof) files, sample code and scripts, see
the Lifecycle Controller area on the Dell Enterprise Technology Center at
www.delltechcenter.com.
Staging and Booting to Operating System Image on vFlash
This feature allows you to download an ISO image to the vFlash SD Card on
the target system and booting the system to this ISO image.
Prerequisite
This feature is available only if you have Dell-licensed vFlash present on your
system.
WS-MAN Methods
Important
• If the supported SD card is installed and not formatted, executing the
download ISO command will first format the SD card and then download
to ISO image.
• If you try to download an ISO image larger than the available space on the
vFlash of your system using the TFTP protocol, the task will fail, but will
not be reported through an error message. Subsequent commands that try
to access this ISO will fail.
The new WS-MAN methods added to the operating system deployment
profile for vFlash are:
• DownloadISOToVFlash - Downloads the image to the vFlash. Support is
available for CIFS, TFTP and NFS.
•
BootToISOFromVFlash - Boots to the ISO image that has been staged on
the vFlash. You cannot perform this action if you are using the iDRAC
GUI or RACADM commands to communicate with the vFlash. This
command will also reboot or power on your system if it is in an
Off state
once executed.
•
DetachISOFromVFlash - Detaches the partition so that the console
cannot access it anymore.
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