Users Guide
Table Of Contents
- Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration Version 1.3 for Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager User’s Guide
- Contents
- About Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration for Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager
- Installing and setting up DLCI Console Add-in
- Getting Started
- Workflows
- About golden configurations
- Creating golden configurations
- Creating, managing, and deleting credential profiles
- Creating, managing, and deleting update sources
- Creating, managing, and deleting custom update groups
- Applying updates on servers
- Creating, managing, and deleting protection vaults
- Exporting server profile
- Importing server profile
- Hypervisor deployment
- Deleting servers
- Configuring replaced components
- Collecting and viewing LC logs
- Setting up the environment for deploying hypervisors
- Server discovery
- System requirements for managed systems
- Enabling CSIOR in managed systems
- Discovering servers using auto discovery
- Discovering servers using manual discovery
- Deleting servers from DLCI Console
- Viewing device inventory
- Synchronization with SCVMM
- Synchronizing appliance with SCVMM
- Resolving synchronization errors
- Launching iDRAC Console
- License for the appliance
- Server management
- Profiles and templates
- About credential profile
- Creating hardware profile
- Modifying hardware configuration profile
- Deleting hardware profile
- Creating hypervisor profile
- Modifying hypervisor profile
- Deleting hypervisor profile
- WinPE Update
- About hypervisor deployment
- Creating deployment template
- Modifying deployment template
- Deleting deployment template
- Deploying hypervisors
- Viewing information in appliance
- Troubleshooting
- Empty cluster update group does not get deleted during autodiscovery or synchronization
- Discovery jobs not submitted
- Duplicate VRTX chassis group gets created
- Exporting configuration profile of another server after IP address is changed
- Failure applying RAID configuration
- Failure of creation of update source
- Failure of firmware update because of job queue being full
- Failure of firmware update while using DRM update source
- Failure of a scheduled job on an update group
- Failure of firmware update on cluster update group
- Failure of firmware update on 11th generation of servers
- Failure to connect to FTP using system default update source
- Failure to create a repository during a firmware update
- Failure to delete a custom update group
- Failure to export LC logs in CSV format
- Failure to view LC logs
- Failure to export server profiles
- Firmware update on a few components irrespective of the selection
- IG installation issue while running multiple instances of the installer on the same server
- Importing server profile job gets timed out after two hours
- Hypervisor deployment failure
- Hypervisor deployment failure due to driver files retained in library share
- Latest inventory information is not displayed even after firmware update
- SCVMM error 21119 while adding servers to active directory
- Hypervisor deployment fails for 11th generation PowerEdge blade servers when using Active Directory
- RAID configuration failure for virtual disks with RAID10
- Configuration of RAID failure due to configuration of hot spares on software RAID S130
- Accessing support content from the Dell EMC support site
○ Size of disks
○ Type of disks
NOTE: Once you upgrade from DLCI for SCVMM version 1.0.1 to version 1.2, edit and save the hardware profiles created in
DLCI for SCVMM version 1.2 before you apply them on servers.
To create a hardware profile:
1. In the DLCI Console Add-in for SCVMM page, do any of the following:
● In the dashboard, click Create Hardware Profile.
● In the navigation pane, click Profiles and Templates > Hardware Profile, and then click Create.
2. In the Hardware Profile welcome screen, click Next.
3. In Profile, provide the profile name and description, and the iDRAC IP of the reference server, and then click Next.
The the hardware details of the reference server are collected and saved as the required profile. During deployment, this
profile is applied to the servers.
4. In Profile Details, select the BIOS, boot, and RAID settings, and customize DHS based on the requirement and then click
Next.
NOTE:
Irrespective of your selection preferences, all information is gathered during hardware profile creation; However, during
deployment, only your preferences are applied.
For example, if you have selected a RAID setting, then all the information on BIOS, boot and RAID settings are gathered;
However, during deployment only the RAID settings are applied.
The chipset SATA controller configuration listed in Raid Configuration is not supported.
5. In Summary, click Finish.
You can use this hardware profile and apply it to required managed systems.
Modifying hardware configuration profile
Consider the following when you are modifying a hardware configuration profile:
● You can modify the BIOS settings and boot order.
● For 11th and 12th generation of PowerEdge servers, you can modify DHS for RAID as One or None and for 13th generation
of PowerEdge servers you can retain only the existing RAID settings of the server.
To modify a hardware configuration profile:
1. In DLCI Console Add-in for SCVMM, click Hardware Profile.
2. Select the profile that you want to modify and click Edit.
NOTE: The chipset SATA controller configuration listed in Raid Configuration is not supported.
3. Make the required changes and click Finish.
Deleting hardware profile
Consider the following when you are deleting a hardware profile:
● 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 SCVMM, click Hardware Profile.
2. Select the hardware profile that you want to delete and click Delete.
Profiles and templates
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