Users Guide

New Feature Functionality

Storage controllers with 12G servers. New storage controllers are supported.

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.