Quick start manual

• Windows batch file examples — en.community.dell.com/techcenter/extras/m/white_papers/20066179.aspx
• Linux Version — en.community.dell.com/techcenter/extras/m/white_papers/20066176.aspx
• Linux WSMAN shell script examples — en.community.dell.com/techcenter/extras/m/white_papers/20066181.aspx
Best Practices Guide
The Best Practices Guide provides the work flows that group smaller WSMAN operations to achieve a particular task.
To access the Best Practices Guide , from the Dell TechCenter (delltechcenter.com/LC) page, under the Web Services
Integration Tools, click Best Practices Guide. Alternatively, go to en.community.dell.com/techcenter/extras/m/
white_papers/20066173.aspx
Sample scripts corresponding to all sections in the document are also provided, using WinRM on Windows and
wsmancli on Linux.
The Best Practice Guide contains the detailed instructions of common work flows to perform various tasks utilizing
WinRM or WSMAN. The PYTHON scripting language is used to provide a software development kit (SDK) for the
Lifecycle Controller API methods. The following primary objectives are addressed through the SDK:
• Work flows documented in the Best Practices Guide provide guidance to established, known, and working API
methodologies.
• The corresponding PYTHON sample scripts are separately provided. After invoking these scripts, the output log can
be used to provide approximate timing on a particular system configuration, as well as raw WinRM or Open-
WSMAN input and output.
NOTE: The scripts are located here — en.community.dell.com/techcenter/extras/m/white_papers/
20066173.aspx
Attribute Registry XML
The attribute registry lists all the attributes and properties for the particular component in XML format. The attribute
registries are located in the following locations:
• RAID Attribute Registry — en.community.dell.com/techcenter/extras/m/white_papers/20066218.aspx
• NIC Attribute Registry — en.community.dell.com/techcenter/extras/m/white_papers/20066216.aspx
• iDRAC Attribute Registry — en.community.dell.com/techcenter/extras/m/white_papers/20066215.aspx
• BIOS Attribute Registry — en.community.dell.com/techcenter/extras/m/white_papers/20066214.aspx
Event Message Registry XML
The message registry XML describes all messages, message IDs, and message arguments from all profiles.
This zipped file contains the iDRAC and Lifecycle Controller event and error message data in XML, conforming to the
DMTF DSP0228 message registry XML schema. The zipped file also includes an XSL file provided by Dell that enables
content searching and reading easier.
• The link http://www.dell.com/support/Manuals/us/en/04/Product/dell-opnmang-sw-v7.4 provides the Dell Event
Message Reference Guide document. The Event Message Reference document contains the error and event
information generated by firmware and other agents that monitor system components. These events are logged and
displayed to the user on one of the system management consoles, or both logged and displayed.
XML Schemas
The Lifecycle Controller XML Schema Guide provides interpretation of XML used by the Lifecycle Controller to describe
various Lifecycle Controller output XML content such as:
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