Users Guide
Table Of Contents
- Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration Version 3.3 for Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager User's Guide
- Contents
- 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
- Comparing and updating the firmware inventory
- Creating, editing, and saving a RAID profile of a system
- 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
- Working with Fibre Channel profiles
- Selecting Fibre Channel storage area network in boot sequence
- 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
- Deploying operating systems
- Hardware configuration and OS deployment workflow
- Updating firmware during OS deployment
- Configuring hardware during OS deployment
- Configuring RAID
- Applying a NIC or CNA profile on a collection
- Applying FC HBA profiles and FC SAN boot attributes on a collection
- Applying an integrated Dell Remote Access Controller profile on a collection
- Exporting the system profiles before and after hardware configuration
- Comparing and updating firmware inventory for systems in a collection
- Viewing the hardware inventory
- Verifying Communication with Lifecycle Controller
- Viewing and exporting Lifecycle Controller logs for a collection
- Modifying credentials on Lifecycle Controllers
- 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
- Configuring FC HBA cards 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
- Comparing FC HBA profile against a target system
- Troubleshooting
- Configuring Dell provisioning web services on IIS
- Dell auto-discovery network setup specification
- Troubleshooting the viewing and exporting of Lifecycle Controller logs
- Deploying the operating system on Dell’s 13th generation of PowerEdge servers using WinPE 3.0
- 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
Using the Configuration Utility
This section describes the various operations that you can perform with the Dell Lifecycle Controller Configuration Utility.
You can use the Config Utility from the Configuration Manager console to:
● Create a new Lifecycle Controller boot media to deploy operating systems remotely. For more information, see Creating a
Lifecycle Controller boot media on page 34.
● Configure hardware and deploy the operating system on the target systems in the collection. For more information, see
Configuring hardware and deploying the operating system on page 35.
● View the firmware inventory, compare it against a baseline, and update the firmware using a repository for all the systems
in the collection. For more information, see Comparing and updating firmware inventory for systems in a collection on page
43.
NOTE:
You can create a repository using the Dell Repository Manager. For more information on Dell Repository Manager, see
the Dell Repository Manager User’s Guide available at Dell.com/support/manual.
● View the current hardware inventory for all the systems in the collection. For more information, see Viewing the hardware
inventory on page 44.
● Set Lifecycle Controller credentials for the current session and verify communication and user accounts with Dell LCs. For
more information, see Verifying Communication with Lifecycle Controller on page 44.
● Modify and set the Lifecycle Controller credentials on the targeted collection of Dell systems. For more information, see
Modifying credentials on Lifecycle Controllers on page 45.
● View and export the Lifecycle Controller logs for a collection. For more information, see Viewing and exporting Lifecycle
Controller logs for a collection on page 44.
● Perform tasks to restore the platform information for systems in a collection that includes:
○ Exporting the system profiles of all the systems in the collection.
○ Importing the system profiles of all the systems in the collection.
○ Configuring Part Replacement properties for a collection.
For more information, see Platform restore for a collection on page 46.
● Compare a NIC configuration profile against systems in a collection. For more information, see Comparing NIC or CNA
profiles against systems in a collection on page 47.
NOTE:
DLCI performs all the preceding actions for 20 systems at a time. If you have 100 systems in a collection, the
first 20 systems are updated first, then the next 20, and so on.
Topics:
• 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
• Viewing and exporting Lifecycle Controller logs for a collection
• Modifying credentials on Lifecycle Controllers
• Platform restore for a collection
• Comparing NIC or CNA profiles against systems in a collection
Creating a Lifecycle Controller boot media
Create a Lifecycle Controller boot media to deploy operating systems remotely.
To create a Lifecycle Controller boot media:
1. In Configuration Manager Version 1610, Configuration Manager 2012, under Device Collections, right-click All Dell
Lifecycle Controller Servers and select Dell Lifecycle Controller > Launch Config Utility.
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34 Using the Configuration Utility