Setup Guide
Table Of Contents
- Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration Version 1.1 for Microsoft System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager Installation Guide
- About Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration for Microsoft System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager
- Components of DLCI
- Installing appliance
- Upgrading DLCI for SC2012 VMM
- Uninstalling appliance
- Accessing documents from Dell support site
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Components of DLCI
The components of the DLCI appliance are as follows:
• Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration (DLCI) virtual machine, also known as Appliance.
– The appliance is hosted on a hyper-v as a virtual machine based on CentOS.
– Appliance interacts with Dell servers through iDRAC, using Web Services-Management (WSMan).
– DLCI admin portal enables you to administer the appliance. You can also view all jobs, activity logs
from all users and license information.
• Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration (DLCI) Integration Gateway for Microsoft System Center 2012
Virtual Machine Manager (SC2012 VMM), also known as Integration Gateway (IG).
– Integration Gateway is a set of web services installed on a Windows server, which executes
SC2012 VMM Powershell commands and WinPE Customization for Appliance.
• Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration (DLCI) Console Add-in for Microsoft System Center 2012 Virtual
Machine Manager (SC2012 VMM), also known as DLCI Console Add-in.
– The Console Add-in enables you to perform appliance based tasks such as discovery, profile
creation, operating system deployment with or without LC driver injection and firmware updates.
DLCI appliance setup with components and other software.
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