Practices Guide

Lifecycle Controller Integration―Best Practices Specification
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B) InstallFromRepository(): Point to a network share where a catalog file is available
and initiate firmware updates from this repository.
C) SHENOY TODO: the rest of the content
D) The Lifecycle Controller remote service must be in a “ready” state before running
any other WSMAN commands The GetRSStatus() method or the
GetRemoteServicesAPIStatus() method may be used depending on the version of the
LC Management registered profile.
4.16 Firmware Rollback (12
th
Generation and Later Version of
Servers Only)
This workflow allows a firmware to be rolled back to a previous version of the firmware
provided that a previous version exists on the rollback partition.
Applies to: LC2 1.3.0+ and iDRAC 1.50.50 +
Prerequisites for script:
 A software license for 12
th
Generation Dell PowerEdge servers

 Set script variables by editing script/XML file
 Devices must have previous/available firmware in the Rollback partition.
 User should have “Server Control” privilege except for iDRAC rollback.
Script: Rollback.win
E) The Lifecycle Controller remote service must be in a “ready” state before running
any other WSMAN commands. The GetRSStatus() method or the
GetRemoteServicesAPIStatus() method may be used depending on the version of the
LC Management registered profile.
F) GetSoftwareIdentities(): Find all versions of the device firmwares. Firmwares which
have Installed and Available versions can be rolled back to the Available versions.
Firmwares which have only Installed versions cannot be rolled back.
G) Select the Instance ID of the firmware to be rolled back from the output of step B.
H) Invoke the InstallFromSoftwareIdentity() method of the
DCIM_SoftwareInstallationService class with Rollback.xml input file. A Job ID is
returned by this method.
I) Poll JID jobstatus for Completed: GET the InstanceID from D). See section 2.3 for a
definition of GET.
J) The Lifecycle Controller remote service must be in a “ready” state before running
any other WSMAN commands The GetRSStatus() method or the
GetRemoteServicesAPIStatus() method may be used depending on the version of the
LC Management registered profile.
4.17 Remote Diagnostics (12
th
Generation and Later Version of
Servers Only)
This workflow provides for remote invocation and execution of Hardware Diagnostics on a
Dell PowerEdge Server and exporting the results of the diagnostics execution to a CIFS/NFS
share.
Applies to: LC2 1.3.0+ and iDRAC 1.50.50 +
Prerequisites for script: