Owner's Manual

Overview 5
Overview
This chapter provides an overview of Dell™ Lifecycle Controller Integration
for Microsoft
®
System Center Configuration Manager (DLCI for
ConfigMgr).
NOTE: Systems on the network should have a minimum configuration of iDRAC6
Express (henceforth referred to as iDRAC in this document) for DLCI for ConfigMgr
to discover and authenticate them.
Some of the key features of DLCI for ConfigMgr are:
• Auto-discovery of systems with iDRAC on the network
• Removal of Pre Execution Environment (PXE) dependency
• Usage of drivers from Lifecycle Controller or from ConfigMgr repository
• Deployment of operating systems remotely
Features and Functionalities
Auto-Discovery and Handshake
The auto-discovery feature enables automated discovery and credential
management of unprovisioned systems with iDRAC Express on the network
by management consoles that have integrated the Dell provisioning server.
The DLCI for ConfigMgr integrates the provisioning server within
ConfigMgr.
NOTE: DLCI for ConfigMgr does not support auto-discovery of modular systems
with flex-addressing.
Once a system with iDRAC is discovered, a collection called All Dell
Lifecycle Controller Servers is created under Computer Management→
Collections in the ConfigMgr console. There are two sub-collections within
the collection:
• Managed Dell Lifecycle Controller (OS Deployed)
• Managed Dell Lifecycle Controller (OS Unknown)
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