Users Guide

Introduction

Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration (DLCI) for Microsoft System Center 2012 SP1 Configuration Manager (Configuration

Manager), Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager (Configuration Manager) and Microsoft System Center

Configuration Manager 2007 (Configuration Manager) enables the administrators to leverage the remote enablement

capabilities of Dell Lifecycle Controller, available as part of the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC).

NOTE: This document contains information on the prerequisites and supported software necessary for installing

the Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration For Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager version 2.1. If you are

installing this version of Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration For Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager

version 2.1 after a long time after its release date, check to see if there is an updated version of this document at

dell.com/support/manuals.

At a high level, the remote enablement capabilities consists of:

• Autodiscovery

• Hardware configuration

• Firmware comparison and updates

• Remote OS-Deployment for individual or a collection of Dell systems

What's New in This Release

This release of Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration for Configuration Manager adds the support for the following:

Table 1. New Features/Support and Functionalities

New Support Functionality

Support for operating systems: Microsoft Windows Server

2012 and Windows 8

You can install DLCI on Windows Server 2012 and

Windows 8.

Support for remote SMS provider environment You can install DLCI on a Configuration Manager setup

with remote SMS Provider. All features of DLCI 2.1 are

supported.

Lifecycle Controller 2.1 support for DLCI You can configure PowerEdge 12G servers using Dell

Lifecycle Controller Integration through Lifecycle

Controller 2 version 1.1.5. All the features of the previous

version of Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration are

supported for PowerEdge 12G servers.

Operating System Deployment You can deploy the following versions of Windows and

non-Windows operating systems:

• Windows operating systems — Windows Server 2012

with Microsoft System Center 2012 SP1 Configuration

Manager.

• Non-Windows operating systems — Red Hat

Enterprise Linux Verison 6.4, Red Hat Enterprise Linux