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 System Viewer Utility
This chapter describes the operations that you can perform with the System Viewer Utility.
You can use the System Viewer Utility to:
● View and edit the hardware configuration. For more information, see Viewing and editing BIOS configuration on page 51.
● View and edit the RAID configuration. For more information, see Viewing and configuring RAID on page 53.
● Create and edit iDRAC configuration profiles for your system. For more information, see Configuring iDRAC profiles for a
system on page 53.
● Create configurations for network adapters such as NICs and CNAs and save them to a profile. For more information, see
Configuring NICs and CNAs for a system on page 54.
● Create configurations for FC HBA cards and save them as a profile. For more information, see Configuring FC HBA cards for
a system on page 57.
● View the current firmware inventory, compare it against a baseline, and update the firmware. For more information, see
Comparing and updating the firmware inventory on page 13.
● Compare the hardware configuration profiles. For more information, see Comparing hardware configuration profile on page
59.
● View and export the Lifecycle Controller logs. For more information, see Viewing Lifecycle Controller logs on page 59.
● View the hardware inventory for the system. For more information, see Viewing the hardware inventory for the system on
page 62.
NOTE:
You can only edit the hardware configuration and RAID configuration profiles directly, and not edit the system
configurations directly.
● Perform tasks to restore a platform that includes:
○ Exporting the system profile to an external location.
○ Importing the saved system profile from an external location.
○ Configuring Part Replacement properties for the system.
For more information, see Platform restore for a system on page 62.
● Compare an FC HBA configuration profile against a target system. For more information, see Comparing FC HBA profile
against a target system on page 65.
Topics:
• 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
Viewing and editing BIOS configuration
This feature enables you to view and modify the current BIOS configuration of a system or a collection of systems and save
them as a profile.
NOTE:
Applying boot sequence across target systems works only if the target systems have the same, equal, or less
number of boot devices as it appears on the profile.
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