Users Guide
Table Of Contents
- Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration Version 3.1 For Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager User's Guide
- Introduction to Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration (DLCI) for Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager
- Use case scenarios
- Common prerequisites
- Editing and exporting the BIOS configuration profile of a system
- Creating, editing, and saving a RAID profile of a system
- Comparing and updating the firmware inventory
- Deploying operating system on collection
- Exporting server profile to iDRAC vFlash card or network share
- Importing server profile from iDRAC vFlash card or network share
- Viewing and exporting Lifecycle Controller logs
- Working With NIC or CNA Profiles
- Using Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration
- Licensing for DLCI
- Dell Deployment ToolKit
- Dell Driver Cab Files
- Configuring target systems
- Auto-discovery and handshake
- Applying Drivers from the task sequence
- Creating a task sequence
- Creating a Dell specific task sequence
- Creating a custom task sequence
- Editing a task sequence
- Configuring the task sequence steps to apply operating system image and driver package
- Applying the operating system image
- Adding Dell driver packages
- Deploying a task sequence
- Creating a task sequence media bootable ISO
- System Viewer utility
- Configuration utility
- Launching the integrated Dell Remote Access Controller console
- Task Viewer
- Additional tasks you can perform with Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration
- Configuring Security
- Validating a Dell factory-issued Client Certificate on the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller for auto-discovery
- Pre-authorizing systems for auto-discovery
- Changing the administrative credentials used by Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration for Configuration Manager
- Using the Graphical User Interface
- Using the Array Builder
- Defining rules with the Array Builder
- Creating a RAID Profile Using Array Builder
- About creating Array Builder
- Controllers
- Adding a Controller
- Editing a Controller
- Deleting a Controller
- Variable Conditions
- Adding a new variable condition
- Editing a variable condition
- Deleting a variable condition
- Arrays
- Adding a new array
- Editing an array
- Deleting an array
- Logical drives also known as virtual disks
- Adding a new logical drive
- Editing a logical drive
- Deleting a logical drive
- Disks (array disks)
- Adding a new disk
- Changing a disk
- Deleting a disk
- Importing a profile
- Using the Configuration Utility
- Creating a Lifecycle Controller boot media
- Configuring hardware and deploying the operating system
- Comparing and updating firmware inventory for systems in a collection
- Viewing the hardware inventory
- Verifying Communication With Lifecycle Controller
- Modifying credentials on Lifecycle Controllers
- Viewing and exporting Lifecycle Controller logs for a collection
- Platform restore for a collection
- Comparing NIC or CNA profiles against systems in a collection
- Using the Import Server Utility
- Using the System Viewer Utility
- Viewing and editing BIOS configuration
- Viewing and configuring RAID
- Configuring iDRAC profiles for a system
- Configuring NICs and CNAs for a system
- Comparing and updating firmware inventory
- Comparing hardware configuration profile
- Viewing Lifecycle Controller logs
- Viewing the hardware inventory for the system
- Platform restore for a system
- Troubleshooting
- Configuring Dell provisioning web services on IIS
- Dell auto-discovery network setup specification
- Troubleshooting the viewing and exporting of Lifecycle Controller logs
- Issues and resolutions
- ESXi or RHEL deployment on Windows systems moves to ESXi or RHEL collection, but not removed from Windows Managed Collection
- Related documentation and resources
● User Data is not present in the backup image file. If you overwrite the existing configuration with the backup image file, the
user data is not restored.
● During import, operations such as firmware update, operating system deployment, and firmware configurations are not
running.
● After you deploy the operating system using Lifecycle controller, the OEMDRV is open for 18 hours. If you need to perform
the operations such as update, configuration, or import after operating system deployment, remove the OEMDRV partition.
To remove the partition, reset iDRAC or cancel System Services.
Workflow
1. To import the system profile of a single target system, launch the System Viewer utility. To import the system profiles of a
collection of systems, launch the Config Utility. For more information, see System Viewer Utility or Configuration Utility.
2. Select the Platform Restore on the System Viewer utility or the Config Utility.
3. For a single system, see Importing the System Profile.
4. For a collection, see Importing the System Profiles in a Collection.
Viewing and exporting Lifecycle Controller logs
You can view the Lifecycle Controller Logs for a single system or a collection and also export them in a .CSV format to a
network share folder. You can search and filter the Lifecycle Controller logs using Search field.
Prerequisites
● Common Prerequisites.
● Network Share:
○ iDRAC can access the network share.
○ iDRAC has the necessary permissions to write information to network share.
○ Minimum free space of 384 MB is available.
● Configure the number of log files you want to view at a time in the DLCSystemview.exe.config or the
DLCConfigUtility.exe.config files. For more information, see Viewing Lifecycle Controller Logs.
Before you begin
Before you begin viewing or exporting the Lifecycle Controller logs for a single system or a collection:
● If the Lifecycle Controller on the target systems is running other tasks such as firmware update, operating system
deployment, firmware configurations, exporting a system profile or importing a system profile, wait for the tasks to complete
before you retrieve the logs.
● Check the permissions on the network share and make sure the share is accessible from the Lifecycle Controller on the
target systems.
Workflow
1. To view the Lifecycle Controller logs of a single target system, launch the System Viewer utility. To view the Lifecycle
Controller logs of a collection of systems, launch the Config Utility. For more information, see System Viewer Utility or
Configuration Utility.
2. Select View Lifecycle Controller Logs on the System Viewer utility or the Config Utility.
3. For a single system, see Viewing Lifecycle Controller Logs.
4. For a collection, see Viewing and Exporting Lifecycle Controller Logs for a Collection.
Use case scenarios
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