Users Guide

• Inventory Export for CMC is supported in this release, which is used by Dell Repository Manager for
creation of repository
• Support for Dell driver cab files
• Removal of Dell Server Deployment Pack dependency
• Removal of Dell Connections License Manager dependency
• Support for ESXI 6.0
Existing features and functionalities
Table 1. Features and functionalities
Feature Functionality
Configuration Manager distributed environment Support for Configuration Manager, when the
configuration manager is set up in a distributed
environment.
Configure and deploy operating system on Dell’s
11th generation and 12th generation of PowerEdge
servers.
You can configure Dell’s 11th generation or 12th
generation of PowerEdge servers using DLCI
through Lifecycle Controller. All the features of
previous version of DLCI are supported for 12th
generation or 11th generation PowerEdge servers.
A single installer to install and configure DLCI
You can use the single installer to install DLCI 3.1 in
environments (Configuration Manager 2012 SP2,
Configuration Manager 2012 R2 SP1, Configuration
2012 R2, Configuration Manager 2012 SP1, or
Configuration Manager 2012) based on the version
of Configuration Manager present in the system. If
a DLCI 3.0 is present, then the installer initiates an
upgrade. The installer deploys appropriate
components based on the Configuration Manager
version.
Automatically configure Dell Provisioning Server To automatically configure Dell Provisioning Server
for non-administrator users, select the
Automatically configure Dell Provisioning Server
user permissions option during installation.
Platform Restore You can perform tasks regarding restoring a
platform for a system or a collection that includes:
• Exporting system profiles to an external share/
vFlash.
• Importing the saved system profiles from an
external share/vFlash.
• Configuring Part Replacement properties for a
system or a collection.
For more information, see Platform Restore for a
System and Platform Restore for a Collection.
Viewing and exporting the Lifecycle Controller logs You can view the Lifecycle Controller logs of a
system or a collection in a readable format and
save or export the logs to a .CSV file. For more
information, see Viewing Lifecycle Controller Logs
and Viewing and Exporting Lifecycle Controller
Logs for a Collection.
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