Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration Version 1.0.
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Contents 1 About Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration for Microsoft System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager................................................................ 4 2 DLCI Appliance Setup.......................................................................................... 6 Users — Roles and Privileges................................................................................................................ 6 Ports Used in Appliance.....................................................
About Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration for Microsoft System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager 1 Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration (DLCI) for Microsoft System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager (SC2012 VMM) enables hardware configuration and provides a solution to simplify and improve the process of hypervisor deployment on Dell servers. This plugin uses the remote deployment feature of the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) with Lifecycle Controller.
• View information on jobs — view information logged for various jobs that are performed in the appliance. For information on Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager, see Microsoft documentation. This document contains information on the prerequisites and supported software necessary for installing the DLCI appliance. If you are installing this version of DLCI appliance after a long time after its release date, check to see if there is an updated version of this document at dell.com\support\home.
2 DLCI Appliance Setup The components of the DLCI appliance are: • Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration (DLCI) virtual machine, also known as Appliance. • Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration (DLCI) Integration Gateway for Microsoft System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager (SC2012 VMM), also known as Integration Gateway. Integration Gateway is a service that runs on a Windows server, The appliance communicates with SC2012 VMM using this gateway.
Role DLCI Appliance Administrator DLCI Appliance Components Access Admin Console Capabilities (Has access to create, view, edit and delete the listed aspects, unless explicitly stated) • Setup and Configuration • Activity Log • Download Integration Gateway, • Download Console Add-in (all features of DLCI appliance users) License Link/Launch DLCI Appliance Integration Gateway Service Account Integration Gateway Contributor account Dell Connections License Manager Administrator or Operator •
Component Protocol Default Port Where to change Port Setting Integration Gateway HTTPS 8455 Configurable during the Integration Gateway installation. Autodiscovery HTTP 4433 Not configurable 135 through to 139, and 445 Not configurable iDRAC — These ports HTTPS are enabled for iDRAC to access the CIFS share created by Integration gateway.
Installing Appliance 3 To install appliance: 1. Check and review system requirements, for more information see System Requirements for Management Systems. 2. Download appliance, for more information, see Downloading Appliance. 3. Set up appliance, for more information, see Setting up Appliance. System Requirements for Management Systems Management systems are the systems on which the appliance and its components are installed.
base URL: support.microsoft.com/kb/2785682. Do this update irrespective of the version of the update rollup that is installed. • Windows Assessment and Development Kit (ADK) 8.0 is installed. – Consider your organization’s PowerShell execution policy guidelines and ensure that the effective execution policy is set for the local machine as RemoteSigned and for the Integration Gateway Service account as Unrestricted.
• Ensure that you have the following information before you proceed with the installation of the appliance: – The FQDN and the user credentials for the system on which SC2012 VMM is set up. – The FQDN, user credentials, and port numbers for the system on which the Dell Connections License Manager is set up. – The staging server location. To set up appliance: 1. In Windows Server, in Hyper-V Manager, from the Hyper-V Manager menu, select Action → New → Virtual Machine. 2.
By logging in to Admin Portal, you can download the components Integration Gateway and Console Add-in. If you are accessing the Admin Portal for the first time, then when you log in to Admin Portal, the Setup and Configuration wizard is displayed. 14. In Setup and Configuration, In Welcome, click Next. 15. In Download and Install, do the following and click Next: a. In DLCI Integration Gateway for SC2012 VMM Installation, click Download Installer and save the installer to a location. b.
19. To install Console Add-in, see Working With DLCI Console Add-in for SC2012 VMM in the Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration for Microsoft System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager User’s Guide. Modifying Integration Gateway Using this option you can only change the password. You cannot edit the user name or port information. Prerequisites for modifying credentials for the SC2012 VMM administrator user are that the user has already modified the password in the active directory.
Upgrading DLCI for SC2012 VMM 4 After you install and setup DLCI for SC2012 VMM, if a service pack update is available for DLCI for SC2012 VMM, then by using this feature you can install the service pack update. About Service Pack Updates Once DLCI for SC2012 VMM is released, it is required to share any critical defect fixes or feature additions that are available as an upgrade or extension to the existing Appliance.
Copying Service Pack Updates to Repository You require a repository to place the downloaded service pack. To prepare a repository: 1. Place the service packs files directly in the HTTP server. 2. Double-click the downloaded service pack and extract the files to a location. 3. Copy the extracted files to the HTTP site. Providing Repository URL Information To provide URL information: 1. In DLCI Admin Portal — SC2012 VMM, select Settings → Service Pack Updates. 2.
1. From the Admin portal, download the Integration Gateway installer. 2. Run the DLCI Integration Gateway for SC2012 VMM installer. 3. In the message prompting you to upgrade, click Yes. 4. In the DLCI Integration Gateway for SC2012 VMM Welcome page, click Next. 5. In License Agreement, select I accept the terms in the license agreement, and then click Next. 6. In License: Open-Source Software, refer the open-source related information and click Next. 7.
Uninstalling Appliance 5 To uninstall appliance: 1. Remove Integration Gateway. For more information, see Removing Integration Gateway. 2. Remove appliance. For more information, see Removing Appliance. 3. Remove appliance specific accounts. For more information, see Other Uninstallation Tasks Removing Integration Gateway You must remove Integration Gateway from the system where it is installed. To uninstall Integration Gateway: 1. In Control Panel, click Programs → Uninstall a Program. 2.
Accessing documents from Dell support site You can access the required documents in one of the following ways: • Using the following links: – For all Enterprise Systems Management documents — dell.com/softwaresecuritymanuals – For Enterprise Systems Management documents — dell.com/openmanagemanuals – For Remote Enterprise Systems Management documents — dell.com/esmmanuals – For OpenManage Connections Enterprise Systems Management documents — dell.
