Practices Guide

Lifecycle Controller Integration―Best Practices Specification
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Generation and later versions of Dell PowerEdge
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 Set script variables by editing script/XML file
 The diagnostics partition must be populated by installing a Diagnostics DUP
 A CIFS/NFS share for exporting the results of the Diagnostics execution
Script: RemoteDiagnostic.win
A) 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.
B) RemoteDiagnostics():This function invokes remote diagnostics and returns a job ID.
The remote_diagnostics.xml file is used to provide input parameters. The scheduled
start time, the diagnostics mode and the reboot job type can be specified via this
XML file.
C) Poll JID jobstatus for Completed: GET the InstanceID from D). See section 2.3 for a
definition of GET.
D) ExportDiagResults(): This function causes the results of the diagnostics run to be
exported to a CIFS/NFS share specified in the Export_DiagResults.xml file. This
returns a Job ID
E) Poll JID jobstatus for Completed: GET the InstanceID from D). See section 2.3 for a
definition of GET.
F) The Lifecycle Controller remote service must be in a “ready” state before executing
any other WSMAN commands The GetRSStatus() method or the
GetRemoteServicesAPIStatus() method may be used depending on the version of the
LC Management registered profile.
4.18 PXE Boot using Embedded NICs (11G only)
This workflow performs a reboot of the host OS into the PXE boot configuration by first setting
the embNic1Nic2 parent attributes and embNic1 and embNic2 child attributes. Approximate
time for completion on an 11G system is 20-40 minutes depending on the system configuration.
Applies to: LC1.5.1+
Prerequisites for script: None
Script: PXEboot_NIC1_NIC2.win
A) The Lifecycle Controller remote service must be in a “ready” state before executing any
other WSMAN commands. The GetRSStatus() method or the GetRemoteServicesAPIStatus()
method may be used depending on the version of the LC Management registered profile.
B) Enable CSIOR (Collect System Inventory on Restart)
a. SetAttribute(): Sets attribute to be configured [ReturnValue=0]
b. CreateConfigJob(): Creates jobID and applies configuration [ReturnValue=4096]
C) Call subroutine sub_setEmbNICs_NIC1_NIC2.win to perform the following:
a. GetBIOSEnumerations(): Enumerate the DCIM_BIOSEnumeration to obtain the
current values of EmbNic attributes
b. DeletePendingBIOSConfiguration(): Ensures there is no other pending BIOS
configuration
c. SetAttribute(): Set parent attribute EmbNic1Nic2 to DisabledOS [ReturnValue=0]