Practices Guide

Lifecycle Controller Integration―Best Practices Specification

C) Poll jobstatus for Completed: GET the InstanceID of from D). See section 2.3 for a

definition of

GET.

Note: In iDRAC 1.50.50, there is a provision to export the full Lifecycle log (including all active

and archived logs). This allows for exceeding the previously set 64K limit. The function

ExportFullLCLlog() can be used to export the full Lifecycle log.

4.26 FCoE Boot using QLogic (12G only)

This workflow sets several NIC attributes, including setup of Fiber Channel over Ethernet

(FCoE), by first setting the attributes for the operation and then changing the boot order for

the NIC. Approximate time for completion on a 12G system is 20-30 minutes depending on the

system configuration.

The four high level steps, which may require 3 reboots, are the following:

1) If the NDC is disabled, 1 job to enable it in bios and reboot

2) Now that the card is present, if FCoE offload on 1-1-4 is disabled, enable it

Once FCoE is enabled, configure FCoE, but it will not show up in the boot order until after

reboot

3)Once it is in the boot order, move it to the top of the HD list

Notes:

1) QLogic will not show up in the boot list until it connects to an

FCoE target. So if you misconfigure FCoE or the network is down it

does not show up.

2) You cannot disable RAID and SATA HDs in the boot list. Either

disable the controller, but then they are not available as secondary

disks or move them down in the HD boot list.

3) It may be a good idea to disable the whole HD list from the boot

order until FCoE is on the top, to prevent it booting into another

4) port settings are configured against partition 1

(NIC.Integrated.1-1-1) but the boot target will show up on partition 4

(BCV:BIOS.Setup.1-1#HddSeq#NIC.Integrated.1-1-4)

Applies to: LC2+

Prerequisites for script:

 QLogic NDC

 Set desired script variables by editing script

 FQDD must be NIC.Integrated.1-1-1 (for port setting) and NIC.Integrated.1-1-4

(for boot target setting)

Script: FCoEboot-12gNDC-qlogic.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.