Users Guide

* Applying specific updates — apply only specific component updates, or apply the latest update
available on Dell FTP.
* Apply updates before operating system deployment — before an operating system
deployment, apply firmware updates using a selected update source.
– Remotely update servers (one — to — one or one — to— many) for the latest firmware versions for
the following:
* Basic Input Output System (BIOS)
* Network Interface Controller (NIC) or LAN on Motherboard (LOM)
* Power Supply Units (PSUs) from 12th generation of PowerEdge servers onwards
* PowerEdge RAID Controller (PERC) or Serial Attached SCSI (SAS)
* Backplane
* iDRAC (modular and monolithic) with LC
NOTE: Available components are listed under Dell servers.
• Update groups —all the discovered servers are added into appropriate predefined update groups.
• Update sources — create a repository using Dell Repository Manager (DRM ), or by connecting to an
FTP site.
– Integration with DRM — export the system inventory information from DLCI for SC2012 VMM into
DRM and use DRM to prepare a repository.
– FTP — connect to Dell FTP (local or online), and get the latest Dell Online catalogs.
Existing features
With DLCI for SC2012 VMM, you can continue to do the following:
• Auto discover unassigned Dell servers — connect the factory delivered Dell servers to the network,
power on the servers, and enter the provisioning server details for DLCI appliance to automatically
discover the servers.
Servers discovered by the appliance are known as unassigned servers, and these servers are available
for hypervisor deployment.
• Manually discover unassigned Dell servers — discover the 11th, 12th, and 13th generation of
PowerEdge servers and deploy the servers in a virtual environment.
• View inventory of discovered servers — key inventory details about the Dell servers are provided.
• Check for server compliance — ensure that the Dell servers are compliant.
Compliance of Dell servers — for using the features available in the appliance, Dell servers must have
the required firmware versions of iDRAC, LC, and Basic Input Output System (BIOS). For information
about version numbers, refer to DLCI for SC2012 VMM Release Notes.
• Prepare an ideal server configuration, also known as golden configuration — replicate this
configuration on the servers that are deployed into the virtual environment. Also you can:
– Edit and modify the golden configuration for boot order and BIOS.
– Customize Dedicated Hot Spare (DHS) strategy for Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID).
• Create and maintain profiles and templates.
• Customize Microsoft Windows Preinstallation Environment (WinPE) — prepare customized WinPE
images with the latest Dell OpenManage Deployment Toolkit (DTK) drivers.
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