DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 1 Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:00 PM Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration Version 1.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 2 Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:00 PM Notes and Cautions NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of your computer. CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates potential damage to hardware or loss of data if instructions are not followed. ____________________ Information in this publication is subject to change without notice. © 2011 Dell Inc. All rights reserved.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 3 Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:00 PM Contents 1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 What is New . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Existing Features and Functionalities . Supported Operating Systems . Supported Microsoft .NET Versions . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 4 Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:00 PM Workflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Exporting the Server Profile to Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller vFlash Card or a Network Share . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Prerequisites . . . . 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Before You Begin Workflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 5 Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:00 PM Viewing the Condition for a Fallback Step . . . . . Creating a Task Sequence Media (Bootable ISO) . . . 31 System Viewer Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Configuration Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Launching the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Launching the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller Console from the Task Viewer . . . .
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 6 Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:00 PM Applying an Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller Profile on a Collection . . . . . . . . . . 55 Comparing and Updating Firmware Inventory for Systems in a Collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Viewing the Hardware Inventory . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Verifying Communication With Lifecycle Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Modifying Credentials on Lifecycle Controllers . . . .
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 7 Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:00 PM Editing an Existing Profile. Adding a New Attribute. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Editing an Existing BIOS Attribute. . . . . . . . . . Changing the BIOS Boot Sequence and Hard Disk Drive Sequence . . . . . . . . Viewing and Configuring RAID . . . . . 74 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Configuring Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller Profiles for a System . . . . . . . . . . . . .
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 8 Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:00 PM 7 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Configuring Dell Provisioning Web Services on IIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dell Auto-Discovery Network Setup Specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . Upgrade or Repair Issues . 8 . . . . . . . 97 98 . . . 98 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Related Documentation and Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Obtaining Technical Support 95 . . . . . . . . . . . .
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 9 Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:00 PM 1 Introduction Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration for Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager enables the administrators to leverage the remote enablement capabilities of Dell Lifecycle Controller, available as part of the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 10 Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:00 PM Table 1-1. New Features and Functionalities (continued) New Feature Functionality Viewing and exporting the You can view the Lifecycle Controller logs of a system or Lifecycle Controller logs a collection in a readable format and save or export the logs to a .CSV file. For more information, see Viewing Lifecycle Controller Logs and Viewing and Exporting Lifecycle Controller Logs for a Collection.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 11 Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:00 PM Table 1-1. New Features and Functionalities (continued) New Feature Functionality Importing Dell Servers and System Variables You can import Dell servers, that are not auto-discovered by Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration for ConfigMgr. The imported servers appear under the All Dell Lifecycle Controller Servers and you can use the Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration utilities to perform the various activities on the servers.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 12 Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:00 PM Existing Features and Functionalities Table 1-2. Features and Functionalities Feature Functionality Auto-discovery and Handshake This feature enables the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller on bare metal systems to locate the provisioning service and establish communication with the Site Server. For more information, see AutoDiscovery and Handshake.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 13 Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:00 PM Supported Operating Systems For information on supported operating systems, see the Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration 1.3 for Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager Installation Guide. Supported Microsoft .NET Versions For information on supported Microsoft .NET versions, see the Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration Version 1.3 for Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager Installation Guide.
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DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 15 Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:00 PM 2 Use Case Scenarios This section describes typical use cases and tasks that you can perform with Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration for Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (ConfigMgr). Common Prerequisites Before working on the user scenarios, it is recommended that you complete the following prerequisites.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 16 Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:00 PM Workflow 1 Launch the System Viewer Utility on the ConfigMgr console for a particular system. For more information, see Configuration Utility. 2 Select Hardware Configuration on the System Viewer Utility to load the BIOS configuration of the system. For more information, see Viewing and Editing Hardware Configuration. 3 Create a new profile or make changes to an existing profile.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 17 Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:00 PM 4 (Optional) Import and edit an existing profile. For more information, see Importing a Profile. 5 Save the newly created RAID profile as a .XML file to any folder location on the local system. Comparing and Updating the Firmware Inventory You can use Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration for ConfigMgr to compare and update the firmware inventory of a single system, or a collection of systems.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 18 Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:00 PM Deploying Operating System on Collection You can use Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration for ConfigMgr to deploy an operating system on a collection of systems under the All Dell Lifecycle Controller Servers on the ConfigMgr console. Prerequisites • Common Prerequisites. • Install Dell Server Deployment Pack version 1.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 19 Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:00 PM 7 Apply Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller profiles to the collection. For more information, see Applying an Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller Profile on a Collection. 8 Deploy the operating system and boot the systems to the media of your choice. For more information see, step 10.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 20 Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:00 PM Before You Begin Before you begin exporting the system profile for a single system or a collection: • Make sure that operations such as firmware update, operating system deployment, and firmware configurations are not running.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 21 Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:00 PM Importing the Server Profile from an Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller vFlash Card or a Network Share You can restore the backup of a system profile for a single system or a collection of systems from an Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller vFlash media or a network share using Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration for ConfigMgr. Prerequisites • Common Prerequisites.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 22 Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:00 PM • During import, make sure that operations such as firmware update, operating system deployment, and firmware configurations are not running. • After you deploy the operating system using Lifecycle controller, the OEMDRV is open for 18 hours. If you need to perform the operations such as update, configuration, or import after operating system deployment, remove the OEMDRV partition.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 23 Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:00 PM Before You Begin Before you begin viewing or exporting the Lifecycle Controller logs for a single system or a collection: • If the Lifecycle Controller on the target systems is running other tasks such as firmware update, operating system deployment, firmware configurations, exporting a system profile or importing a system profile, wait for the tasks to complete before you retrieve the logs.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 24 Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:00 PM Working With NIC/CNA Profiles You can configure the different attributes of specific network interface cards (NICs) or converged network adapters (CNAs) embedded in the system and save them to a profile. You can create and edit NIC or CNA profiles using the System Viewer Utility. Prerequisites For more information, see Common Prerequisites. Workflow 1 Launch the System Viewer Utility on the ConfigMgr console for a particular system.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 25 Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:00 PM Using Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration 3 This chapter discusses the various operations that you can perform after you install Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration on Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (ConfigMgr).
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 26 Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:00 PM • Launch the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller console by rightclicking on any system discovered under All Dell Lifecycle Controller Servers on the ConfigMgr console, or any system on the Task Viewer. For more information, see Launching the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller Console. • Use the Task Viewer to view the status of tasks handled by Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration for ConfigMgr.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 27 Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:00 PM new system. The Dell Lifecycle Controller Utility for ConfigMgr uses the provisioned account to communicate with the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller of target systems, to invoke the enabled features.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 28 Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:00 PM Applying Drivers From Lifecycle Controller NOTE: If you edit the task sequence to which drivers are exposed from the Lifecycle Controller option checked, the errors in step 6 may not be reflected in the step status and in the Missing Objects dialog box. Configure the Apply Drivers from Dell Lifecycle Controller option before you apply the changes.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 29 Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:00 PM NOTE: The default option is to randomly generate the administrator password.This may not allow you to log in to the system if you do not map the system to a domain. Alternatively, you can select the Enable the account and specify the local administrator password option and enter an administrator password. 6 Select Apply Drivers from Dell Lifecycle Controller and select an operating system from the drop-down list.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 30 Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:00 PM 2 Apply driver packages for the selected operating systems in ConfigMgr. For more information on applying driver packages, see Dell Server Deployment Pack for Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager User’s Guide available at support.dell.com/manuals. Adding a Set Boot Order Step To add a Set Boot Order step manually: 1 Right-click on the task sequence and select Add Dell Deployment PowerEdge Server Configuration.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 31 Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:00 PM 4 Click the Options tab. You can view the DriversNotAppliedFromLC condition. Creating a Task Sequence Media (Bootable ISO) Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration for ConfigMgr does not depend on a Pre-execution Environment (PXE) to boot a collection of systems with an Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller to the task sequence ISO available on a Common Internet File System (CIFS) share.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 32 Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:00 PM System Viewer Utility The System Viewer Utility allows you to perform various operations from the source system to a single target system discovered under All Dell Lifecycle Controller Servers on the ConfigMgr console. This utility works on a one-toone relationship and you can perform the operations on target systems one at a time.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 33 Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:00 PM For more information on using the System Viewer Utility, see Using the System Viewer Utility. Configuration Utility The Config Utility allows you to perform various operations from the source system to the entire collection of Dell systems discovered under All Dell Lifecycle Controller Servers on the ConfigMgr console.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 34 Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:00 PM Launching the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller Console Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration for ConfigMgr enables you to launch the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller console for any of the Dell systems from the ConfigMgr console, to view or modify the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller configuration of the selected system.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 35 Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:00 PM applying firmware updates, see Comparing and Updating Firmware Inventory for Systems in a Collection, or Comparing and Updating Firmware Inventory. 2 Select any system on the Task Viewer, right-click and select the Launch iDRAC Console menu option. 3 Provide the credentials to login to the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller console and view or edit the details of the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller configuration of the system.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 36 Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:00 PM Table 3-1 lists the actions that you can perform in the Task Viewer. Table 3-1. Task Viewer Actions Button Action Close Click this to close the Task Viewer. When you close the Task Viewer, it cancels all the tasks that are running. Therefore, it is recommended not to close the Task Viewer when you have tasks that are still running. Clear Completed Click this to clear all the completed or failed tasks from the grid.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 37 Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:00 PM • Change administrative credentials. For more information, see Changing the Administrative Credentials Used by Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration for ConfigMgr. You can also use the GUI to configure the security. For more information, see Using the Graphical User Interface.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 38 Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:00 PM Changing the Administrative Credentials Used by Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration for ConfigMgr Use the following commands to change the administrative credentials for ConfigMgr used by Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration: To set the user name: [Program Files]\Dell\DPS\Bin\import.exe –CIuserID [New Console Integration Admin User ID] To set the password: [Program Files]\Dell\DPS\Bin\import.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 39 Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:00 PM Using the Array Builder The Array Builder allows you to define arrays and disk sets with all available RAID settings, logical drives or virtual disks of varying sizes or use all available space, and assign hot spares to individual arrays or assign global hot spares to the controller. When a controller is created, a default variable condition, array and disk(s) are created to ensure a valid configuration.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 40 Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:00 PM • Fail the task only if the first controller does not match a configuration rule - Reports a failure if the first controller detected (usually the embedded controller) cannot be configured by a rule. • Fail the task only if none of the array controllers match a configuration rule - Reports a failure only if all of the controllers in the system fail to match a rule; in other words, none of the controllers are configured.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 41 Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:00 PM • A controller in slot "X" • Any controller with "X" disks • Any controller with "X" disks or more • All remaining controllers Adding a Controller To add a controller: 1 Select a controller from the list, or select an embedded controller. The Controllers drop-down menu to your left is enabled. 2 Click ControllersNew Controller. The Controller Configuration window is displayed.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 42 Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:00 PM Deleting a Controller To delete a controller: 1 Select the controller and click ControllersDelete Controller. A warning informing that all the attached arrays and disks will be deleted is displayed. 2 Click Yes to delete or No to cancel. NOTE: There must be at least one controller present on the server.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 43 Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:00 PM Editing a Variable Condition To edit a variable condition: 1 Select the variable condition and click VariablesEdit Variable Condition. The Variable Condition Configuration window is displayed where you can make changes to your variable condition. 2 Click OK to apply the variable condition, or Cancel to return to Array Builder.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 44 Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:00 PM Editing an Array To edit an array: 1 Select the array and click ArraysEdit Array. The Array Settings window is displayed. Here you can select a different RAID level for the array. 2 Click OK to apply the changes, or Cancel to return to Array Builder. Deleting an Array To delete an array: 1 Select the array and click ArraysDelete Array. A message is displayed that all the attached disks will be deleted.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 45 Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:00 PM Editing a Logical Drive To edit a logical drive: 1 Select the logical drive and click Logical DrivesEdit Logical Drive. The Logical Drive Settings window is displayed. 2 Change the size of the logical drive. 3 Click OK to apply the changes, or click Cancel to return to Array Builder. Deleting a Logical Drive To delete a logical drive: 1 Select the logical drive and click Logical DrivesDelete Logical Drive.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 46 Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:00 PM • Multiple disks • Hot spare (only for the current array) • Global hot spare (all arrays) Changing a Disk To change a disk, click on the disk and select DisksChange Disk. You can change a disk to: • Standard disk • Hot spare (only for the current array) • Global hot spare (all arrays) Deleting a Disk To delete a disk, click on the disk and select DisksDelete Disk.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 47 Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:00 PM Using the Configuration Utility 4 This section describes the various operations that you can perform with the Dell Lifecycle Controller Configuration Utility. You can use the Config Utility from the ConfigMgr console to: • Create a new Lifecycle Controller boot media to deploy operating systems remotely. For more information, see Creating a Lifecycle Controller Boot Media.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 48 Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:00 PM – Importing the system profiles of all the systems in the collection. – Configuring Part Replacement properties for a collection. For more information, see Platform Restore for a Collection. • Compare a NIC configuration profile against systems in a collection. For more information, see Comparing NIC/CNA Profiles Against Systems in a Collection.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 49 Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:00 PM 2 In the Component Configuration window, right-click Out of Band Management and select Properties. The Out of Band Management Properties window appears. 3 Click the Dell Lifecycle Controller tab. 4 Under Default Share Location for Custom Lifecycle Controller Boot Media, click Modify to modify the default share location of the custom Lifecycle Controller boot media. 5 In the Modify Share Information window, enter a new share name and share path.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 50 Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:00 PM NOTE: vFlash features can only be used on rack and tower servers with Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller version 1.3 firmware or newer, or on blade servers with Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller version 2.2 or newer. For more information on remote operating system deployment and staging and booting to operating system image on vFlash, see the Dell Lifecycle Controller User Guide available at support.dell.com/manuals.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 51 Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:00 PM 9 If you wish to deploy the operating system, select the advertisement to advertise the task sequence to the collection, and the operating system to be deployed on the collection. 10 Under Select Lifecycle Controller bootable media, select one of the following options: – Boot to Network ISO — Reboots to the ISO specified by you. – Stage ISO to vFlash and Reboot — Downloads the ISO to vFlash and reboots.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 52 Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:00 PM NOTE: If you want to update a system after you deploy the operating system, and the system services are still unavailable, then you can reset the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller using the iDRAC6 web-based interface. For more information, see the Dell Lifecycle Controller Remote Services User’s Guide available at support.dell.com/manuals.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 53 Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:00 PM 4 When the firmware download is complete, click Next to proceed to configure the hardware of the systems. Configuring Hardware During OS Deployment To configure the hardware: 1 Click Browse and select the hardware profile that you created using the System Viewer. This profile is applied during the operating system deployment process. For more information on creating hardware profiles, see Creating a New Profile.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 54 Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:00 PM 2 If you select a simple NIC profile you can validate if all the settings in the profile are applied on the target system by launching the Unified Server Configurator on the target system. 3 If you select a Broadcom CNA profile you can validate if the settings are applied based on Table 4-1: Table 4-1. Broadcom Profile Settings S.No Target Server Setting Profile Settings What is Applied 1.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 55 Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:00 PM Applying an Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller Profile on a Collection To configure Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller and apply an Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller profile on a collection: 1 Click Browse and select the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller profile that you created using the System Viewer Utility. This profile is applied during the hardware configuration process.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 56 Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:00 PM Table 4-2. Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller Profile Settings (continued) S.No Target Server Profile Settings What is Applicable 5. Rack, Tower, or Blade systems Advanced LAN Settings attributes only All Advanced LAN Settings attributes are applied to Rack and Tower systems. Only vLAN ID and vLAN priority attributes are applied to Blade systems. 6.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 57 Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:00 PM Comparing and Updating Firmware Inventory for Systems in a Collection This feature enables you to retrieve, compare, and update firmware inventory on the Dell systems with Lifecycle Controllers in a collection. NOTE: To compare and update firmware remotely, you must ensure that the Dell systems have iDRAC6 firmware version 1.5 or higher. For more information on upgrading to firmware version 1.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 58 Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:00 PM 4 Click Next. The Firmware Inventory, Compare, and Update screen displays the following information: – Name — displays the names of the systems in the collection. – Model — displays the system model information. – Component — displays the components available on the servers. – Version — displays the firmware versions of the components. – Baseline — displays the baseline firmware version of the components.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 59 Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:00 PM 2 On the Dell Lifecycle Controller Configuration Utility, select Hardware Inventory. The following details are displayed on the right pane of the Dell Lifecycle Controller Configuration Utility: – Name: displays the name of the Dell system, which is part of the collection. – Hardware: displays the hardware components of the system. For example, Memory, CPU, Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller Card, and so on.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 60 Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:00 PM Click Copy to Clipboard to copy the results to the clipboard and save it in plain text format.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 61 Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:00 PM 5 After the update is complete, click Export to CSV to export the results in CSV format. Provide the location on your local drive. or Click Copy to Clipboard to copy the results to the clipboard and save it in plain text format.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 62 Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:00 PM The steps to view and export the log files for a collection are similar to viewing and exporting the log files for a single system. Follow step 2 to step 7 as given in Viewing Lifecycle Controller Logs. The screen displays the latest 100 logs of each system in the collection by default. For example, if there are 10 systems in the collection, the screen displays 1000 log files.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 63 Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:00 PM When the backup files for a collection are created, the backup file for each system is created with the prefix you specify, followed by the service tag of the system. This is to manage the backup files created to ease out the restoring process. Importing the System Profiles in a Collection You can import the system profiles/backup files that you have created.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 64 Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:00 PM 1 On the ConfigMgr console, right-click on Computer ManagementCollections All Dell Lifecycle Controller Servers and select Dell Lifecycle ControllerLaunch Config Utility. 2 Select the Platform Restore option. For more information about configuring Part Replacement properties, see Configuring Part Replacement Properties for a System.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 65 Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:00 PM – Target Adapter — the type of adapter present on the target system. A target system can have multiple adapters. – Configuration Applied — the configuration that got applied to the target system. 5 Select any record on the comparison report and click View Details to view the Port Comparison details. The details of the ports on the system are displayed. The color coding is similar to the Comparison Report screen. See step 4.
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DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 67 Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:00 PM Using the Import Server Utility 5 This section describes the various activities that you can perform using the Import Server Utility. This utility is installed when you install Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration for Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager. For information on installing Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration for ConfigMgr, see the Installation Guide.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 68 Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:00 PM You can also select Specify iDRAC IP addresses from a file separated by commas or new lines. Click Browse to navigate to the location where you have saved the file in .CSV format. In the .CSV file, list IP addresses in one of these formats: • Separate IP addresses using comma as the delimiter. For example: 172.16.2.5,172.16.2.38,172.16.1.1. • Include IP addresses in separate lines. For example: New Line: 172.16.1.1 New Line: 72.16.1.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 69 Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:00 PM Importing System Variables To import system variables from an external file saved in .CSV format: 1 On the ConfigMgr console, navigate to Operating System Deployment Computer Associates. 2 Right-click on Computer Association and select Import Dell Servers from the menu. 3 On the Import Dell Servers screen, select the Import System Variables option. 4 Click Browse to select the .CSV file that contains the variables.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 70 Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:00 PM Action Description ADD Add the variable to the target system. Indicates that the variable is present on the file and not available on the system. DELETE Delete the variable from the target system. Indicates that the variable is not present on the file but available on the system. UPDATE Update the variable on the target system with the value from the .CSV file.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 71 Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:00 PM Using the System Viewer Utility 6 This chapter describes the operations that you can perform with the System Viewer Utility. You can use the System Viewer Utility to: • View and edit the hardware configuration. For more information, see Viewing and Editing Hardware Configuration. • View and edit the RAID configuration. For more information, see Viewing and Configuring RAID.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 72 Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:00 PM Viewing and Editing Hardware Configuration This feature enables you to view and modify the current hardware configuration of a system or a collection of systems and save them as a profile. By default, the System Viewer Utility displays the Hardware Configuration screen. Select Create New Profile to create a new profile, or Edit an Existing Profile to edit an existing profile.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 73 Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:00 PM 3 The BIOS Attributes tab displays the BIOS attributes of the selected profile. Select the attributes that you want to edit, and click Edit Attribute. 4 The Custom Attribute Editor displays all the attributes in the drop-down list against the Attribute Name field. Select the attribute that you want to edit, and make the necessary changes. 5 Click OK to save the changes and exit the Custom Attribute Editor.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 74 Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:00 PM 5 Enter the values of the attributes based on the type of attribute that you select. Let us assume that you have selected the attribute type Enum Attribute. – To add a value, enter the value of the enumeration attribute in the Possible Value field, and click Add. – To update the value of the attribute, select the value that you want to update, make the necessary changes in the Possible Values field, and click Update.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 75 Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:00 PM Viewing and Configuring RAID This feature enables you to view and configure RAID on the server. To configure RAID: 1 On the System Viewer Utility, click on RAID Configuration. The RAID Configuration screen displays the RAID information of your system, such as number of virtual disks, their controller IDs, RAID levels, and physical disks. 2 Click Create RAID Profile to create a new RAID configuration profile using Array Builder.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 76 Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:00 PM – Advanced LAN Settings – Common IP Configuration – IPv4 Configuration NOTE: For more information on the various parameters that you can set for the above attributes, see the Dell Lifecycle Controller Unified Server Configurator/Unified Server Configurator-Lifecycle Controller Enabled Version 1.5 User’s Guide available at support.dell.com/manuals. 5 Click the Users tab.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 77 Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:00 PM 9 Click Save As Profile to save the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller configuration profile. Editing an Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller Profile To edit an Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller profile: 1 On the System Viewer Utility, click Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller Configuration. The Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller Configuration options are displayed. 2 Select Edit an Existing Profile.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 78 Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:00 PM Each type of NIC is associated with a template. This template does not contain any specific instance information and is agnostic of any system. For example, a DualPort-QuadPartition-NIC template enables you to configure the eight partitions of CNA to various roles.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 79 Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:00 PM If you have not configured any of the adapters in the profile, the following message is displayed: No adapter is configured. Please configure the adapters before saving the profile. Click OK and configure some of the adapters before saving the profile. If you have configured some of the adapters and not all of them, the following message is displayed: You have not configured all adapters and settings.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 80 Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:00 PM Configuring Adapters To configure the adapters: 1 Select the adapter on the Network Adapter Configuration screen and click Configure. The Adapter Configuration dialog box is displayed. 2 Select one of the following options: – Configure adapter settings — to configure the settings. – Copy settings from adapter — to copy the configuration settings from an adapter that is already configured.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 81 Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:00 PM Configuring NIC and iSCSI Parameters You can configure the NIC and iSCSI parameters from the Port Settings screen. To configure the NIC and iSCSI parameters: 1 In the Port Settings screen, on the NIC tab, specify the following parameters: – Select All — Select this to check all the options available for NIC. – Boot protocol — Select the protocol for booting the system. You can choose from PXE, iSCSI, or FCoE.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 82 Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:00 PM – CHAP mutual authentication — Enable or disable a two way CHAP authentication between systems within a network while discovering an iSCSI target. – iSCSI via DHCP — Enable or disable discovering the iSCSI target via DHCP. – Windows Boot HBA Mode — Disable this attribute when the host operating system is configured for software initiator mode and to enable this for HBA mode. This option is available on NetXtreme adapters.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 83 Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:00 PM 6 If you want to remove any of the adapters from the profile, select the adapter and click Remove. 7 You can also click Add to add an adapter to the profile. For more information, see step 4 in Creating a NIC/CNA Profile. 8 Click Save as profile to save the modified NIC profile. Comparing and Updating Firmware Inventory This feature enables you to view, compare, and update current firmware versions for specific systems.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 84 Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:00 PM • Firmware Inventory Profile — to specify an existing profile that you have saved and use it to compare and update the firmware inventory for the system. 4 Click Next. The screen displays the following baseline details against which you can compare the firmware of your collection: • Component — displays the component names. • Version — displays the firmware versions of the components.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 85 Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:00 PM 2 After the comparison report is generated, the screen displays the following colors to indicate the status of the comparison: – White — indicates that the profile that was applied and the profile on the target system are matching. – Red — indicates that there is a mismatch while applying the profile to the target system.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 86 Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:00 PM • Domain\User Name — Specify the correct domain and user name required by Lifecycle Controller to access the UNC or CIFS share. • Password — Specify the correct password. 2 Click Next. The View Lifecycle Controller Logs screen is displayed. The screen displays the latest 100 logs by default. You can modify the number of logs to be displayed only when you click Pause or after all the 100 logs are displayed on the screen.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 87 Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:00 PM You can configure the default number of log files you want to view. This is a global setting that defines the maximum number of logs to be displayed on the grid. To configure the default number of log files: a Open the DLCSystemview.exe.config or the DLCConfigUtility.exe.config from the folder where you have installed Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration for ConfigMgr. b Search for the MAX_LC_LOGS_TO_DISPLAY parameter and specify a number.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 88 Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:00 PM Downloading and Updating the Latest Message Registry It is recommended that you close all the Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration utilities such as the System Viewer Utility, Config Utility, and Task Viewer before you download and extract the message registry.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 89 Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:00 PM • Value — displays the value against each attribute of the hardware component. Platform Restore for a System You can use this option on the System Viewer Utility to perform the following functions: • Export a system profile. For more information, see Exporting the System Profile. • Import a system profile. For more information, see Importing the System Profile. • Manage profiles. • Configure Part Replacement properties for a system.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 90 Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:00 PM To export the system profile: 1 On the System Viewer Utility, select Platform Restore. The utility checks for a valid license of the Dell vFlash SD card on the Lifecycle Controller of the system, and also the firmware version. If a valid license is present, the Platform Restore screen is displayed. NOTE: This feature is available only for Lifecycle Controller version 1.5 and later.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 91 Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:00 PM – the passphrase must contain the following combination of characters— at least 1 title case character, at least 1 lower case character, at least 1 special character, and at least one numeric character. If the Export File location is a network share, you have to specify the backup file prefix. This prefix must be unique for a system or a collection.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 92 Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:00 PM To import the system profile: 1 On the System Viewer Utility, select Platform Restore. The Platform Restore screen is displayed. 2 On the Platform Restore screen, select the Import Server Profile option and click Next. The options to select the vFlash media or share location are displayed. 3 Select one of the following options: – vFlash media: to restore the backup image from the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller vFlash Card.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 93 Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:00 PM 6 Click Next. A summary screen is displayed. 7 Click Finish to start the importing the backup file and submit the task to the Task Viewer. You can launch the Task Viewer to view the status of the task. Configuring Part Replacement Properties for a System The Part Replacement feature provides an automatic update of firmware, or configuration, or both of a newly replaced component in a system, to match that of the original part.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 94 Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:00 PM Table 6-2. Part Replacement Attributes (continued) Property Options Part Firmware Update • Disabled: Select this option if you do not want firmware updates to the replaced part. • Allow version upgrade only: Select this option to perform firmware update on replaced parts if the firmware version of the new part is lower than the original part.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 95 Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:00 PM 7 Troubleshooting Configuring Dell Provisioning Web Services on IIS The installer configures the Dell Provisioning Web Services for Internet Information Services (IIS) automatically during installation. This section contains information to configure Dell Provisioning Web Services for IIS manually. Dell Provisioning Web Services Configuration for IIS 6.0 To configure Dell provisioning web services for IIS 6.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 96 Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:00 PM 6 To enforce SSL and client certificates for the website: a Assign the DellProvisioningServer certificate to the website. b Set the SSL port to 4433. c Select the required SSL option. d Select the required client certificates option. e Create a Certificate Trust List with only the iDRAC RootCA in the trust list.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 97 Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:00 PM 8 Create an SSL certificate configuration that applies the imported Certificate Trust List. At the command prompt, paste the following command: netsh http add sslcert ipport=0.0.0.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 98 Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:00 PM Upgrade or Repair Issues If you have upgraded or repaired the Dell Server Deployment Pack after installing Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration for ConfigMgr 1.2 or later: 1 Copy the CustomReboot.vbs from [ConfigMgrRoot]\AdminUI\XmlStorage\Extensions\Bin\Deployment\ Dell\PowerEdge\LC\ to [ConfigMgrRoot]\OSD\Lib\Packages\Deployment\Dell\PowerEdge\ CustomReboot\. Override the file in the destination folder. 2 Copy the DellPowerEdgeDeployment.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 99 Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:00 PM Resolution: For more information, see the Dell Lifecycle Controller User’s Guide available at support.dell.com/manuals. 6 Upgrading the target system from Lifecycle Controller version 1.3 or 1.4 to Lifecycle Controller version 1.5. Resolution: Export the Lifecycle Controller logs, run an Lifecycle Controller wipe through Unified Server Configurator, reinstall Unified Server Configurator, and re-generate the Lifecycle Controller Logs.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 100 Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:00 PM • Issue: If the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller version is older than the supported versions in any of the target systems, the Boot to vFlash option in the Deploy Operating Systems workflow may fail. Resolution: On a rack and tower server, ensure that it has Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller version 1.3 firmware or newer. On a blade server, ensure that it has Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller version 2.2 or newer.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 101 Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:00 PM • Issue: If the Lifecycle Controller on the target system is locked by another process, the following error message is displayed in the DLCTaskManager.log file: Lifecycle Controller is being used by another process. Resolution: Ensure that the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller of your system is not in POST state.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 102 Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:00 PM perform a WBEMTest connection to validate the account, and then reset and rediscover your systems. • Issue: During Discovery and Handshake, the DPS.log displays numerous createDellCollecions() Either Connection Mgr param is NULL or Collection not yet created messages. Resolution: This issue occurs when the account entered to access ConfigMgr does not have permissions to create collections.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 103 Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:00 PM • Issue: The System Viewer Utility does not display the latest RAID configuration. Resolution: When you are viewing the RAID configuration for a system using the System Viewer Utility, the information is cached. When you update the RAID configuration of the same system, you must close the System Viewer Utility and re-open it to view the updated RAID configuration.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 104 Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:00 PM • Issue: When the Backup or Restore operations are in progress for a collection, you cannot view the Lifecycle Controller Logs for the collection. The cause for this is that the Lifecycle Controller is busy running the Backup or Restore tasks that are running. Resolution: To view the Lifecycle Controller Logs, click Refresh on the Lifecycle Controller Logs screen after the Backup or Restore tasks are complete.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 105 Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:00 PM Related Documentation and Resources 8 For more information on ConfigMgr such as installation, features, and functionalities, see the Microsoft TechNet site at technet.microsoft.com. In addition to this guide, you can access the following guides available at support.dell.com/manuals. On the Manuals page, click Software Systems Management.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 106 Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:00 PM Obtaining Technical Support For assistance and information about Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration for ConfigMgr, see support.dell.com. For customers in the United States, call 800-WWW-DELL (800-999-3355). NOTE: If you do not have an active Internet connection, you can find contact information on your purchase invoice, packing slip, bill, or Dell product catalog. For information on technical support, visit URL: dell.com/contactus.
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