Users Guide

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 Lifecycle Controller Remote Services WS-Management implementation
complies with the DMTF WS-Management specification version 1.0.0.
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 operations.
The Dell-embedded server platform management interfaces are organized into profiles, where each profile defines the
specific interfaces for a particular management domain or area of functionality. Additionally, Dell has defined a number
of model and profile extensions that provide interfaces for additional capabilities. The data and methods available
through WS-Management are provided by the Lifecycle Controller - Remote Services’ instrumentation interface mapped
to the following DMTF profiles and Dell extension profiles:
Standard DMTF
• Base Server — Defines CIM classes for representing the host server.
• Base Metrics — Defines CIM classes for providing the ability to model and control metrics captured for
managed elements.
• Service Processor — Defines CIM classes for modeling service processors.
• Physical Asset — Defines CIM classes for representing the physical aspect of the managed elements.
• SM CLP Admin Domain — Defines CIM classes for representing CLP’s configuration.
• Power State Management — Defines CIM classes for power control operations.
• Command Line Protocol Service — Defines CIM classes for representing CLP’s configuration.
• Record Log — Defines CIM classes for representing different type of logs.
• Role Based Authorization — Defines CIM classes for representing roles.
• SMASH Collections — Defines CIM classes for representing CLP’s configuration.
• Profile Registration — Defines CIM classes for advertising the profile implementations.
• Simple Identity Management — Defines CIM classes for representing identities.
Dell Extensions
• Dell OS Deployment — Defines CIM and Dell extension classes for representing the configuration of operating
system deployment features.
• Dell Software Update Profile — Defines CIM and Dell extensions for representing the service class and methods
for updating BIOS, component firmware, Lifecycle Controller firmware, Diagnostics, and Driver Pack.
• Dell Software Inventory Profile — Defines CIM and Dell Extensions for representing currently installed BIOS,
component firmware, Diagnostics, Lifecycle Controller, 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.
• Dell Lifecycle Controller Management Profile — Defines CIM and Dell extensions for getting and setting
attributes for managing Auto-Discovery, part replacement, lifecycle log, and hardware inventory export.
• Power Supply Profile — Defines the properties and methods related to management of power supplies in a
system.
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