Users Guide

Contents
1 About Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration for Microsoft System Center Virtual
Machine Manager.............................................................................................................. 7
What’s new in this release.................................................................................................................................................. 7
Existing features.................................................................................................................................................................7
2 Installing and setting up DLCI Console Add-in ...............................................................10
Installing DLCI Console Add-in.......................................................................................................................................... 10
Removing or repairing DLCI Console add-in......................................................................................................................10
Importing DLCI Console Add-in into VMM........................................................................................................................ 10
Viewing DLCI Console Add-in............................................................................................................................................ 11
3 Getting Started............................................................................................................. 12
Logging in to the DLCI Admin Portal — SCVMM ............................................................................................................ 12
DLCI for SCVMM admin portal......................................................................................................................................... 12
Logging in to DLCI Console Add-in for SCVMM................................................................................................................13
DLCI Console add-in for SCVMM .................................................................................................................................... 13
4 Workflows..................................................................................................................... 15
About golden configurations............................................................................................................................................. 15
Creating golden configurations......................................................................................................................................... 15
Creating, managing, and deleting credential profiles......................................................................................................... 15
Creating, managing, and deleting update sources.............................................................................................................16
Creating, managing, and deleting custom update groups..................................................................................................16
Applying updates on servers............................................................................................................................................. 16
Creating, managing, and deleting protection vaults...........................................................................................................16
Exporting server profile.....................................................................................................................................................16
Importing server profile..................................................................................................................................................... 17
Hypervisor deployment..................................................................................................................................................... 17
Deleting servers................................................................................................................................................................ 17
Configuring replaced components.....................................................................................................................................17
Collecting and viewing LC logs..........................................................................................................................................17
5 Setting up the environment for deploying hypervisors...................................................18
6 Server discovery............................................................................................................19
System requirements for managed systems .................................................................................................................... 19
Enabling CSIOR in managed systems...............................................................................................................................20
Discovering servers using auto discovery.........................................................................................................................20
Discovering servers using manual discovery.....................................................................................................................20
Deleting servers from DLCI Console..................................................................................................................................21
Viewing device inventory.................................................................................................................................................. 21
Synchronization with SCVMM..........................................................................................................................................21
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