Users Guide

After you install DLCI for Configuration Manager, you can view Dell Lifecycle Controller > Launch iDRAC Console menu
option when you right-click on any system in the 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 iDRAC console for a system under the collection:
1. Select any system under Device Collections > All Dell Lifecycle Controller Servers in Configuration Manager Version
1610, Configuration Manager 2012 SP2, Configuration Manager 2012 R2 SP1, Configuration Manager 2012 R2, Configuration
Manager 2012 SP1, Configuration Manager 2012.
2. Right-click the system and select the Dell Lifecycle Controller > Launch iDRAC Console menu option.
The iDRAC console of the system is launched on your default browser.
3. Provide the credentials to log in to the iDRAC console and view or edit the details of the iDRAC 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 iDRAC 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 on
page 35. For more information on applying firmware updates, see Comparing and updating firmware inventory for systems
in a collection on page 43 or Comparing and updating the firmware inventory on page 13.
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 iDRAC console and view or edit the details of the iDRAC 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 DLCI
for Configuration Manager. 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.
When you start running a set of tasks on a single system or a collection of systems, the Dell icon appears on the task bar at the
bottom right hand corner of your screen. Click the Dell icon to launch the Task Viewer and perform the various actions.
The following table lists the actions that you can perform in the Task Viewer.
Button
Action
Close Click to close the Task Viewer. When you close the Task
Viewer, it cancels all the tasks that are running. Therefore,
Dell recommends not to close the Task Viewer when you have
tasks that are still running.
Clear Completed Click to clear all the completed or failed tasks from the grid.
Export Queue Click to export the current state of the tasks in the Task
Viewer to a .CSV file. You can use the .CSV to view the
summary of the total number of DLCI tasks that are running.
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