Owner's Manual

Introduction 9
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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.
At a high level, the remote enablement capabilities consists of:
• Autodiscovery
• Hardware configuration
• Firmware comparison and updates
• Remote OS-Deployment for individual or a collection of Dell systems
What is New
This release of Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration for ConfigMgr supports
the following features:
Table 1-1. New Features and Functionalities
New Feature Functionality
Platform Restore You can perform tasks with respect to restoring a
platform for a system or a collection that includes:
• Exporting system profiles to an external location.
• Importing the saved system profiles from an external
location.
• Configuring Part Replacement properties for a system
or a collection.
For more information, see Platform Restore for a System
and
Platform Restore for a Collection .
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