Deployment Guide
Table Of Contents
- Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration Version 1.2 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 for SC2012 VMM
- Installing appliance
- Upgrading DLCI for SC2012 VMM
- Uninstalling appliance
- Accessing documents from Dell support site
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Components of DLCI for SC2012 VMM
The components of DLCI for SC2012 VMM are as follows:
• Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration (DLCI) for System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SC2012
VMM), also known as Appliance:
– Is hosted on a Hyper-V as a virtual machine based on CentOS.
– Interacts with Dell servers through iDRAC by using Web Services-Management (WSMan)
commands.
– Enables you to administer the appliance through the admin portal.
– Enables you to view all jobs, activity logs from all users and license information
• DLCI Integration Gateway for SC2012 VMM, also known as Integration Gateway (IG) is a set of web
services installed on a Windows server, which runs SC2012 VMM Powershell commands and WinPE
Customization for Appliance.
• DLCI Console Add-in for SC2012 VMM, also known as DLCI 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.
The following figure shows DLCI appliance setup with components and other software.
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