Users Guide

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Introduction to Dell Lifecycle Controller
Integration (DLCI) for Microsoft System
Center Configuration Manager
Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration (DLCI) for Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager
(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).
Configuration Manager is used in this document with reference to the following products:
• Microsoft System Center 2012 SP2 Configuration Manager
• Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 SP1 Configuration Manager
• 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 DLCI version 3.2 for Configuration Manager. If you are installing this version of
DLCI for Microsoft 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/home.
At a high level, the remote enablement capabilities consist of:
• Autodiscovery
• Hardware configuration
• Firmware comparison and updates
• Remote operating system-Deployment for a collection of Dell systems
What's new in this release
This release of DLCI for Configuration Manager provides support for the following features:
Table 1. New features and functionality
New feature Description
Support for Dell’s 13th generation of PowerEdge
servers
With this version, you can configure the 13th
generations of Dell PowerEdge servers through
Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC)
with Lifecycle Controller (LC).
Support for viewing and configuring Fibre Channel
(FC) host bus adapters (HBA) for servers
Allows you to inventory and configure FC HBA
cards.
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