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................................................................ 5 2 Working With DLCI Console Add-in for SC2012 VMM.................................. 7 Installing DLCI Console Add-in.............................................................................................................7 Importing DLCI Console Into VMM............................................................................
Deleting Credential Profiles................................................................................................................20 Creating Hardware Profiles................................................................................................................. 21 Modifying Hardware Configuration Profiles.......................................................................................21 Deleting a Hardware Profile....................................................................
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.
Working With DLCI Console Add-in for SC2012 VMM 2 Working With DLCI Console Add-in for SC2012 VMM includes the following: • Review and complete system requirements and then install DLCI Console Add-in for SC2012 VMM, see Installing DLCI Console Add-in for SC2012 VMM. • Import DLCI Console in to VMM Console, see Importing DLCI Console in to VMM Console. • View DLCI Console in VMM Console, see Viewing DLCI Console . • Uninstall DLCI Console, see Uninstalling DLCI Console.
Importing DLCI Console Into VMM To work with the DLCI appliance, you must import DLCI Console in to the VMM Console. Prerequisites: For the connection with DLCI appliance to work, in the web browser, clear the proxy setting; however, if the web browser’s proxy settings are configured, then in the proxy exception list, include the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of the DLCI appliance. To import the DLCI Console in to the VMM Console: 1. In SC2012 VMM, click Settings. 2.
Getting Started 3 Management systems are the systems on which Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration (DLCI) for Microsoft System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager (SC2012 VMM) , also known as appliance and its components are installed.
1. 2. Heading banner — includes the product name and these options: • Admin — displays information of the user who has logged into DLCI for SC2012 VMM – Admin Portal. • Logout — logs out the DLCI for SC2012 VMM Admin Portal. • About — provides information on the DLCI for SC2012 VMM version. • Help — launches the context sensitive online help.
Using DLCI Console Add-in for SC2012 VMM DLCI Console Add-in user interface contains the following options: Figure 2. DLCI Console Add-in for SC2012 VMM 1. 2. Heading banner — Includes the product name and the following options: • \adminstrator — Displays information on the user who is logged into DLCI for SC2012 VMM. • About — Provides information on the DLCI for SC2012 VMM version. • Help — Launches the context sensitive online help.
• Home — Displays the DLCI for SC2012 VMM dashboard. • Profiles and Templates – Deployment Template – Hardware Profile – Hypervisor Profile – Credential Profile 3. • Device Inventory • Deployment Wizard • WinPE Update • Jobs Console area — Displays information on the option selected by you in the navigation pane.
4 Work flows This section contains the following work flows: • Capturing Golden Configuration • Hypervisor Deployment • Understanding Server Deletion About Golden Configurations A server configured with the preferred Boot sequence, BIOS and RAID settings ideally suited for the organization is referred to as golden configuration. These setting are captured in a hardware profile and deployed on identical servers during hypervisor deployments.
2. Creating Credential Profiles 3. Creating Hardware Profiles 4. Creating Hypervisor Profiles 5. Creating Deployment Templates 6. Deploying Hypervisors Understanding Server Deletion For information on deleting servers in the appliance, see Deleting Servers from DLCI Console.
Setting Up Environment for Deploying Hypervisors 5 To set up an environment for hypervisor deployment: 1. Prepare Golden Configurations. 2. Create a physical computer profile in SC2012 VMM. For more information see SC2012 VMM documentation. 3. Create a target host group in SC2012 VMM, for more information see SC2012 VMM documentation. 4. Download the latest Dell Deployment ToolKit (DTK) and create a Windows Preinstallation Environment (WinPE) boot ISO image, for more information see WinPE Update.
Server Discovery 6 You can do out-of-band discovery of unassigned Dell servers and import information on Dell servers into the appliance. • When you discover a PowerEdge server, it is listed as an unassigned server and marked as compliant if the server contains minimum versions of Lifecycle Controller firmware, iDRAC, and BIOS that are required to work with the appliance.
3. For Collect system inventory on Restart (CISOR), set value to Enabled. To enable CSIOR for 11th generation PowerEdge servers: 1. Restart the system. 2. During Power-on Self Test (POST), when the system prompts you to enter the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller Utility, press CTRL + E. 3. Select System Services from the options available and press Enter. 4. Select Collect System Inventory on Restart and press the right or down keys and set it to Enabled.
• 6. 7. If you selected Discover Using an IP Range, then provide the IP address range you want to include and if you must exclude an IP address range, select Enable Exclude Range and provide the range that you want to exclude. In Job Options, to track this job, assign a job name and to view the job list, select Go to the Job List after completing. Click Finish. Viewing Device Inventory The Device Inventory page lists the unassigned servers and host servers.
Licensing for the Appliance using Connections License Manager 7 The 11th to 13th generation of PowerEdge servers are licensed. The appliance is licensed and the licensing is based on entitlement. Without a license, you can discover the servers, but only a valid license allows you to use the features available in this release. With a valid license, you can configure the number of servers equal to the number specified in the license.
Profiles and Templates 8 About Credential Profile The appliance uses a credential profile to connect to the managed systems’ iDRAC. In data centers, different collection of servers can have different iDRAC credentials associated with the collection. To manage such a scenario, create a credential profile that specifies the credential for a collection of servers. Creating Credential Profiles To create a credential profile: 1. In DLCI Console Add-in for SC2012 VMM, do any of the following: • 2.
Creating Hardware Profiles You can create a hardware profile by using the server with the golden configuration and then use that profile to apply hardware configurations to managed systems.
3. Make the required changes and click Finish. Deleting a Hardware Profile NOTE: If you delete a hardware profile, the deployment template associated with this hardware profile is updated. To delete a hardware configuration profile: 1. In DLCI Console Add-in for SC2012 VMM, click Hardware Profile. 2. Select the hardware profile that you want to delete and click Delete. Creating Hypervisor Profiles You can create a hypervisor profile and use the profile to deploy operating system in to servers.
Deleting a Hypervisor Profile NOTE: If a hypervisor profile is deleted, then the deployment template associated with the hypervisor profile is also deleted. To delete a hypervisor profile: In DLCI Console Add-in for SC2012 VMM, in Hypervisor Profile, select the profile that you want to delete and click Delete. WinPE Update A PreExecution Environment (PXE) server of SC2012 VMM is required for creating a WinPE image. A WinPE ISO is created from the WinPE image and Dell OpenMange Deployment Toolkit (DTK).
About Deployment Hypervisor deployment supports one-to-one and one–to–many deployment. The hypervisor deployment is a profile-based workflow. Essentially, this workflow enables you to specify hardware configurations, hypervisor configurations, and SC2012 VMM-specific configurations. This workflow uses logical network and Host Profile of the appliance along with hardware configuration in the appliance for hypervisor deployment.
Deploying Hypervisors 9 To deploy to servers: 1. In DLCI Console Add-in for SC2012 VMM dashboard, click Deploy Unassigned Servers. 2. In Welcome, click Next. 3. In Select Servers, select the servers to which you want to deploy, and check for available licenses and then click Next. 4. In Select Template and Profile, select the appropriate deployment template and the associated credential profile. NOTE: You can assign multiple credential profiles to multiple servers.
Viewing Information in Appliance 10 Viewing Job Status You can view the jobs from the DLCI Admin Portal — SC2012 VMM and DLCI Console Add-in for SC2012 VMM. 1. In left navigation pane, click Jobs. 2. From Filter, based the jobs you want to view, select Deployments, Discovery Jobs, or WinPE Creation Jobs. Viewing Activity Logs The appliance logs information on the activities and you can view this information. To view activity log information: 1. In DLCI Admin Portal — SC2012 VMM, click Activity Log.
Troubleshooting 11 Hypervisor Deployment Failure Hypervisor deployment is failing and the activity log displays the following error: Error New-SCVMHost failed with following error : An out of band operation (SMASH) for the BMC failed on IDRAC IP : . This error may occur due to either of these reasons: • Dell Lifecycle controller’s state is bad. As resolution, log in to IDRAC GUI and reset Lifecycle Controller.
4. Delete the folder that contains the driver files. Now, you can deploy operating systems. SC2012 VMM Error 21119 While Adding Servers to Active Directory While adding servers to Active Directory, SC2012 VMM error 21119 is displayed. Error 21119: The physical computer with did not join Active Directory in time. The comptuer was expected to join Active Directory using the computer name . As work-around, do the following: 1.
Management Interface (IPMI) protocol for communication. However, the IPMI standard is not supported for using credentials from the Active Directory setup. As workaround: To deploy operating systems on these servers: Use supported credential profiles. RAID Configuration Failure for Virtual Disks with RAID10 RAID configuration fails when virtual disks are created with RAID level 10 for controller H200 using more than four physical disks. RAID 10 with more than four physical disks will fail.
12 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.
