Practices Guide

Lifecycle Controller Integration―Best Practices Specification
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Contents
1 Contents ............................................................................................................ 12
1.1 How to Use this Document ............................................................................ 12
1.2 Using the Sample Scripts .............................................................................. 12
1.3 Improving winRM Enumeration Performance ....................................................... 12
1.4 Feature Discovery Procedure ......................................................................... 13
1.5 Profile Revision Number Explanation ................................................................ 14
1.6 Lifecycle Controller and Lifecycle Controller 2 Nomenclature.................................. 15
1.7 System status and Configuration Job Behavior .................................................... 15
1.7.1 RS Status and job status ............................................................................... 16
1.7.2 GetRemoteServicesAPIStatus and job status ....................................................... 17
1.7.3 11G and 12G compatibility ............................................................................ 18
1.7.4 GetRemoteServicesAPIStatus output descriptions ................................................. 19
1.8 Reference Links ......................................................................................... 20
2 Terms and Definitions ............................................................................................ 21
3 Anomalous Algorithms and Descriptions ...................................................................... 22
3.1 Setting CNA Bandwidth ................................................................................ 22
3.2 iDRAC Cloning ........................................................................................... 22
3.3 Setting NIC String Attributes to Blank ............................................................... 23
3.4 Determine NIC Card .................................................................................... 23
3.5 List of Partitionable NIC Cards for LC2 .............................................................. 24
3.6 iDRAC Telnet Attribute Enables SerialRedirection ................................................ 24
3.7 Never Unplug Hardware During Updates ............................................................ 25
3.8 Express Versus Enterprise iDRACs .................................................................... 25
3.9 CIM Query Language (CQL) Filters ................................................................... 26
3.9.1 CQL filter benefits ...................................................................................... 26
3.9.2 How to perform CQL enumerations using RECITE ................................................. 26
3.9.3 CQL filter example that enumerates all NIC attributes for a particular port/partition ..... 26
3.9.4 CQL filter example that enumerates all iDRAC attributes with a particular
GroupDisplayName and AttributeName ....................................................................... 27
3.9.5 CQL filter example that enumerates all BIOS attributes where the IsReadOnly flag is set to
TRUE 27
3.10 Ordering of iDRAC Attributes to set or apply (11Generation vs 12Generation) .............. 27
3.11 How to Determine if Server is 11Generation vs 12Generation .................................. 28
3.12 Using Special Characters in Usernames ............................................................. 28
3.13 Obtaining Updated System Inventory ............................................................... 28