Owner's Manual

Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration for Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (DLCI for ConfigMgr) enables the
administrators to use the ConfigMgr console to leverage the remote enablement capabilities of Dell Lifecycle Controller (LC),
available as part of the integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC).
What’s New
* Platform Restore task for Exporting or Importing system profiles to System's vFlash card or to an external location.
* Configuring Part Replacement properties for a system or a collection.
* View and export the Lifecycle Controller logs for a collection.
* Configure Network Interface Cards (NICs) and Converged Network Adapters(CNAs)
for all the systems in a collection.
* Configure iDRAC for all the systems in a collection.
* Firmware updates for a system or a collection from Dell's FTP site(ftp.dell.com).
* Schedule the Firmware updates for a system or a collection.
* Import Lifecycle Controller enabled Dell PowerEdge servers in to ConfigMgr manually.
* Import system variables (present in a Comma Separated Values (CSV) file) to systems provisioned in the ConfigMgr console.
* Support for Active Directory based authentication for iDRAC to discover, view and configure systems.
* Configure Certificate Authority(CA) and Common Name(CN) verification checks for DLCI communication with targets.
Hardware and Software Requirements
For information on hardware and software requirements, installing, uninstalling, upgrading, modifying, or repairing the DLCI
1.3 for ConfigMgr, refer the Installation Guide which is part of the DLCI 1.3 download package.
Supported Target Systems and Operating Systems
For the list of Dell systems and operating systems (Windows only) that can be deployed on the target systems using DLCI,
see the "Lifecycle Controller – Supported Dell Systems and Operating Systems" section in the "Dell Systems Software Support
Matrix" available at support.dell.com/manuals.
On the Manuals page, click Software > Systems Management > Dell OpenManage Releases. Select the relevant OpenManage
release version and click DellSystem Software Support Matrix.
Supported iDRAC Versions on Target Systems
The recommended iDRAC versions are:
* iDRAC version 1.80 and higher for Monolithic system
* iDRAC version 3.32 and higher for Modular systems
The minimum supported iDRAC versions are:
* iDRAC version 1.2 for Monolithic systems