Practices Guide

Lifecycle Controller Integration―Best Practices Specification

winrm i ApplyAttributes http://schemas.dmtf.org/wbem/wscim/1/cim-

schema/2/root/dcim/DCIM_iDRACCardService?SystemCreationClassName=DCIM_C

omputerSystem+CreationClassName=DCIM_iDRACCardService+SystemName=DCIM:C

omputerSystem+Name=DCIM:iDRACCardService -u: [USER_NAME] -p:[PASSWORD]

-r:https://[IP_ADDRESS]/wsman -SkipCNcheck -SkipCAcheck -encoding:utf-8

-a:basic -timeout:120000 -file:iDRAC.Embedded.1_setatts.xml

WSMAN format:

wsman invoke -a ApplyAttributes -h [IP_ADDRESS] -P 443 -u [USER_NAME]

-p [PASSWORD] -N root/dcim -c /gr2host.cert -y basic

http://schemas.dmtf.org/wbem/wscim/1/cim-

schema/2/root/dcim/DCIM_iDRACCardService?SystemCreationClassName="DCIM_

ComputerSystem",SystemName="DCIM:ComputerSystem",CreationClassName="DCI

M_iDRACCardService",Name="DCIM:iDRACCardService" -t 120000 -J

iDRAC.Embedded.1_setatts.xml

Partial Example of iDRAC.Embedded.1_setatts.xml

<p:ApplyAttributes_INPUT

xmlns:p="http://schemas.dmtf.org/wbem/wscim/1/cim-

schema/2/root/dcim/DCIM_iDRACCardService">

<p:Target>iDRAC.Embedded.1</p:Target>

<p:AttributeName>Info.1#Product</p:AttributeName>

<p:AttributeName>Info.1#Version</p:AttributeName>

...

<p:AttributeValue>Integrated Dell Remote Access

Controller</p:AttributeValue>

<p:AttributeValue>1.0.0</p:AttributeValue>

</p:ApplyAttributes_INPUT>

3.3 Setting NIC String Attributes to Blank

An issue exists when setting NIC String parameters, such as IscsiInitiatorName, using the NIC menu

(usually entered via ctrl-s) from a non-blank value to a blank value.

As a result, when the NIC is used for operations that utilize this parameter, such as iscsi boot, the

operation will be unsuccessful because it will use the old value instead of the one displayed through

WSMAN.

The work around for this scenario is to not set any NIC String parameters to a blank value.

3.4 Determine NIC Card

There are two different ways to determine the model/type of a NIC card: