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Dell™ Lifecycle Controller 2 Web Services Interface Guide for Linux  Version: 2.1.0 
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• dddddddd is the number of days  
• hh is the remaining number of hours  
• mm is the remaining number of minutes 
• ss is the remaining number of seconds 
• mmmmmm is the remaining number of microseconds 
The Lifecycle controller 2.0 firmware update, and set attribute related methods that require a date 
time parameter, use the form YYYYMMDDhhmmss (Eg. 20090930112030). The user is expected to enter 
the date and time in this format for all Lifecycle Controller 2.0 updates and set attribute tasks. 
TIME_NOW is a special value that represents “running the tasks immediately”.  
3.2.5  Return Values 
Many of the methods in this document have the following possible return values. They are summarized 
here for convenience. 
0 = Success 
1 = Not Supported 
2 = Failed 
4096 = Job Created 
3.2.6  Glossary 
Term 
Meaning 
BIOS 
Basic Input / Output System 
HW 
Hardware 
iDRAC 
Integrated DELL Remote Access Controller 
IPL 
Initial Program Load 
DUP 
Dell Update Package 
MOF 
Managed Object File 
CIM 
Common Information Model 
NIC 
Network Interface Controller 
RAID 
Redundant Array of Independent Disks 
FQDD 
Fully Qualified Device Description 
UEFI 
Unified Extensible Firmware Interface 
AMEA 
Advanced Management Enablement Adapter 
HII 
Human Interface Infrastructure 
WSMAN 
WS-Management is a specification of a SOAP-based protocol for the 
management of servers, devices, applications and more 










