Users Guide

New Feature Functionality

Licensing for Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration Enables licensing for DLCI. Licensing is based on number

of nodes.

Operating System Deployment You can deploy non-Windows operating systems; Red Hat

Enterprise Linux Verison 6.2, VMware ESXi 5 HDD,

VMware ESXi 5 U1 HDD from Configuration Manager.

Existing Features and Functionalities

Table 2. Features and Functionalities

Feature Functionality

Platform Restore You can perform tasks with respect to restoring a platform

for a system or a collection that includes:

• Exporting system profiles to an external location.

• Importing the saved system profiles from an

external location.

• Configuring Part Replacement properties for a

system or a collection.

For more information, see Platform Restore for a System

and Platform Restore For A Collection

Viewing and exporting the Lifecycle Controller logs You can view the Lifecycle Controller logs of a system or a

collection in a readable format and save or export the logs

to a .CSV file. For more information, see Viewing Lifecycle

Controller Logs and Viewing And Exporting Lifecycle

Controller Logs For A Collection.

Configure network interface cards (NICs) and converged

network adapters (CNAs)

You can configure different attributes of specific NICs or

CNAs in the system and save them to a profile.

You can later apply these saved profiles to a collection as

part of the workflow while deploying an operating system.

You can also compare the applied NIC/CNA profiles

against the NIC/CNA configurations of the systems and

generate comparison reports.

For more information, see:

• Configuring NICs And CNAs For A System.

• Applying A NIC Or CNA Profile On A Collection.

• Comparing NIC Or CNA Profiles Against Systems

In A Collection.

Configure integrated Dell Remote Access Controller

profiles for a system or collection

You can define integrated Dell Remote Access Controller

configurations for a system and save it as part of the

hardware configuration profile of the system.

You can later apply these saved profiles to a collection as

part of the workflow while deploying an operating system.

For more information, see Configuring Integrated Dell

Remote Access Controller Profiles For A System.