Users Guide

● Allow Downgrade — if enabled, allows you to downgrade the firmware version to an earlier version.
● Cluster-Aware Updating (CAU) — automates the software updating process by using the features of Microsoft on cluster
update groups while maintaining the server’s availability.
● Integration with Dell Repository Manager (DRM) — providing the server inventory information of the existing servers from
the appliance to DRM.
● Auto discover unassigned Dell servers — connect the factory delivered Dell servers to the network, power on the servers,
and enter the provisioning server details of the 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 — 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, see DLCI
for SCVMM 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 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.
● Use LC Driver Injection feature on the latest factory delivered servers that are shipped with the latest driver packs.
Deploy hypervisors with or without LC Driver injection — from the appliance, perform hypervisor deployment based on the
golden configuration.
● Launch iDRAC Console from the DLCI Console to view inventory information and do troubleshooting.
● Simplified licensing — you do not require Dell Connections License Manager (DCLM) to manage your licenses any more.
More information on licensing is available under License Center in Admin portal.
● New credential profile types:
○ Device credential profile — use to login to iDRAC or Chassis Management Controller (CMC).
○ Windows credential profile — use to access Windows Shares.
○ FTP credential profile — use to access FTP site.
○ Proxy server credentials — use to provide proxy credentials.
● Discovery — discover servers with cluster details if the host is a part of a cluster, and chassis details if it is a modular server.
● Synchronize with SCVMM — synchronize all Dell host systems listed in the SCVMM environment with DLCI for SCVMM,
where hosts are Hyper-V hosts managed by SCVMM.
○ Resolve Sync Errors — resynchronize the host servers that were not synchronized during an earlier attempt.
● Server management — manage Dell servers in SCVMM environment and keep the servers up-to-date as per Dell
recommendations based on latest firmware and other updates. Server management of 11th generation to 13th generation of
Dell PowerEdge servers is supported.
○ Key features in server management are as follows:
￭ Viewing comparison report — view comparison reports with criticality from an update source, and then create a
baseline version. Criticality is how important the update is.
￭ Refreshing and exporting firmware inventory — refresh firmware inventory and export the inventory details in xml
format.
￭ Applying updates — apply firmware updates or schedule updates.
￭ Applying specific updates — apply only specific component updates, or apply the latest update available on Dell FTP.
￭ Applying updates before operating system deployment — before an operating system deployment, apply firmware
updates using an appropriate update source.
○ Remotely update servers (one-to-one or one-to-many) for the latest firmware versions for the following:
￭ BIOS
￭ NIC or LAN on Motherboard (LOM)
￭ Power Supply Units (PSUs) from 12th generation of PowerEdge servers onwards
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