Users Guide

collection. You can also find the Launch iDRAC Console option when you select a system in the Task

Viewer and right-click on it.

To launch the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller console for a system under the collection:

1. Select any system under Devices → All Dell Lifecycle Controller Servers in Configuration Manager

2012 or Configuration Manager SP1, or Configuration Manager 2012 R2.

2. Right-click the system and select the Dell Lifecycle Controller → Launch iDRAC Console menu

option.

The Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller console of the system is launched on your default

browser.

3. Provide the credentials to login to the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller console and view or

edit the details of the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller configuration of the system. You can

provide credentials authenticated on the active directory.

Launching the integrated Dell Remote Access Controller Console from the

Task Viewer

To launch the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller console from the Task Viewer:

1. Launch the Task Viewer by clicking the Dell icon on the task bar. This icon is displayed when you are

deploying the operating system on the Dell systems, or you are applying firmware updates on the

systems, or performing both the actions.

For more information on deploying the operating system, see Configuring Hardware and Deploying

the Operating System. For more information on applying firmware updates, see Comparing and

Updating Firmware Inventory for Systems in a Collection or Comparing and Updating the Firmware

Inventory.

2. Select any system on the Task Viewer, right-click and select the Launch iDRAC Console option.

3. Provide the credentials to login to the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller console and view or

edit the details of the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller configuration of the system.

Task Viewer

The Task Viewer is an asynchronous component that hides in the task bar and displays the status of tasks

handled by the Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration for ConfigMgr. All the tasks are displayed in the Task

Viewer. For example, long-running tasks such as operating system deployment, or applying firmware

updates to systems. The Task Viewer maintains a queue of tasks and displays up to twenty tasks at one

time.

The task viewer displays the following details:

• Name: Displays the name or the service tag of the system on which the task is running.

• Task: Displays which task is running on the system.

• Status: Displays the status of the task running on the system.

• Start Date/Time: Displays the date and time when the task started.

• Time Elapsed: Displays the time taken by the task after it started.

The Task Viewer also displays a status summary of the total number of tasks that are running at the

bottom right hand corner.