Users Guide

Introduction

Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration (DLCI) For Microsoft System Center 2007 Configuration Manager and Microsoft

System Center 2012 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).

The use of Configuration Manager 2012 in this document is with reference to the following products:

• Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager

• Microsoft System Center 2012 SP1 Configuration Manager

• Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager.

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

the Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration version 2.2 For Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager. If you are

installing this version of DLCI For Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 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

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

non-Windows operating systems:

• Windows operating systems — Windows Server 2012

R2 with System Center 2012 Configuration Manager

R2 .

• Non-Windows operating systems — Red Hat

Enterprise Linux Verison 6.5, VMware ESXi 5.1 U2 HDD

using DLCI from Configuration Manager.

Support for operating systems: Microsoft Windows Server

2012 R2 and Windows 8.1

You can install DLCI on Windows Server 2012 R2 and

Windows 8.1.

Lifecycle Controller 2 support for DLCI You can configure Dell PowerEdge 12G servers using Dell

Lifecycle Controller Integration through Lifecycle

Controller 2 version 1.4.0.128. All the features of the