Owner's Manual

Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration (DLCI) for Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager enables the
administrators to use the Configuration Manager console to leverage the remote enablement capabilities of
Dell Lifecycle Controller (LC), available as part of the integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC).
What’s New
• Support for Dell's 12th Generation PowerEdge Servers
• Support for Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager
• Support for deployment of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Version 6.2, VMware ESXi 5 HDD, and
VMware ESXi 5 U1 HDD
Software Requirements
• System Center 2012 Configuration Manager or System Center Configuration Manager 2007
• Dell Server Deployment Pack 2.0 (DSDP 2.0)
• On Microsoft Windows Server 2008 and Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 systems where
you have installed the provisioning server, Install Windows Remote Management (WinRM).
Installation
For installation instructions, see Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration Version 2.0.1 for Microsoft System Center
Configuration Manager Installation Guide.
Supported Target Systems and Operating Systems
For the list of Dell systems and operating systems deployable on the target systems, see the User Guide of Dell
Lifecycle Controller Integration Version 2.0.1 for Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager.
Notes
• When you deploy an operating system on a target system with iDRAC configured in a shared
network mode, the Windows PE environment may fail to startup on the network drivers,
causing the system to restart before reaching the task sequence.
• If the Lifecycle Controller of a system is in use, the system is not discovered.
• If the iDRAC version is older than the supported versions in any of the target systems, the
Boot to vFlash option in the Deploy Operating Systems workflow may fail.
• When you are deploying an operating system using the Launch Config utility, the
advertisements of the task sequence are not displayed on the screen.
• If the target system has an older version of BIOS that does not support a particular method,
the following error message is displayed in the DLCTaskManager.log file:"Installed BIOS
version does not support this method."
• If the Lifecycle Controller of the target system is locked by another process, the following
error message is displayed in the DLCTaskManager.log file: "Lifecycle Controller is being
used by another process."
• If you do not enter the service tag name of the target system correctly, the discovery and
handshake fails and the following error message is displayed:
• "[Server Name] - Handshake - getCredentialsInternal():[Server Name]: NOT AUTHORIZED: No
credentials returned."