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
4. In the Add Adapter dialog box, perform the following:
● Select the Adapter type from the drop-down list.
● Select the adapter location and specify the slot number.
● Click OK.
The adapter is now added to the Network Adapter Configuration screen.
5. If you want to remove any of the adapters from the profile, select the adapter and click Remove.
6. Select the adapter and click Configure to configure it. For more information on configuring the adapter, see Configuring
Adapters.
7. After you complete configuring the adapters, click Save as profile to save the NIC profile.
If you have not configured any of the adapters in the profile, the following message is displayed:
No Adapter is configured. Please configure before saving.
Click OK and configure some of the adapters before saving the profile.
If you have configured some of the adapters and not all of them, the following message is displayed:
You have not configured all adapters and settings. Are you sure you want to save the
profile?
Click OK to continue saving the profile, or click Cancel to configure all the adapters.
Scanning a collection
You can scan a collection and identify configured adapters and list the NIC or CNA profiles to edit them. To scan a collection:
1. On the System Viewer utility, click Network Adapter Configuration.
2. Select Scan collection to identify adapters and click Next.
NOTE:
Before the utility scans the collection a warning is displayed that indicates that the process may take a long time.
If you click Cancel, the scan process is aborted and the Scan collection to identify adapters option is not selected.
3. The utility scans the collection and a progress bar displays the progress of the task. Click Next after the task is complete.
4. The Network Adapter Configuration screen displays the adapters in the collection.
5. Select the adapters you want to configure and click Configure. For more information, see Configuring Adapters.
6. If you want to remove any of the adapters from the profile, select the adapter and click Remove.
7. You can also click Add to add an adapter to the profile. For more information, see step 4 in Creating a NIC or CNA Profile.
8. Click Save as profile to save the modified NIC profile.
Configuring adapters
To configure the adapters:
1. Select the adapter on the Network Adapter Configuration screen and click Configure.
The Adapter Configuration dialog box is displayed.
2. Select one of the following options:
● Configure adapter settings — to configure the settings.
● Copy settings from adapter — to copy the configuration settings from an adapter that is already configured.
3. Click Configure.
The Configure Adapter dialog box is displayed.
4. Select the port that you want to configure and click Configure.
5. Select one of the following options:
● Configure port settings — to configure the port settings. Proceed to the next step if you want to configure the port
settings manually.
● Copy settings from port — to copy the port settings from a port that is already configured. Proceed to step 7 if you
are copying the port settings.
6. You need to choose the personalities for each partition on the port, enter bandwidth and configure settings for each
personality. One port can have up to four partitions with one personality assigned to each partition.
Using the System Viewer Utility
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