User's Manual

8 Overview
• Get and set BIOS configuration
• Export lifecycle log and add user comments
• Export hardware inventory log
• Manage, attach, and boot to vFlash SD card partitions
• Schedule and track the status of the update and configuration jobs
Why Use Remote Services?
Remote services offer the following benefits and features:
• Leverages your existing console for one-to-many server provisioning.
• Does not utilize operating system resources on the managed system.
• Provides a secure communication path for management.
• Reduces manual intervention and improves efficiency while provisioning
servers.
• Allows scheduling configuration changes and updates, thereby reducing
maintenance shutdown time.
•Enables
PowerShell and scripting for command line interface (CLI)
access.
• Enables integration to consoles through WS-Management interfaces.
• OS-agnostic software update.
Web Services for Management
WS-Management is a Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)-based protocol
designed for systems management. It is published by the Distributed
Management Task Force (DMTF) and provides an interoperable protocol for
devices to share and exchange data across networks. The WS-Management
implementation complies with the DMTF WS-Management specification
version 1.1.0.
Dell Lifecycle Controller - Remote Services uses WS-Management 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. Dell utilizes the WS-
Management interface to allow remote access to the hardware lifecycle
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