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
● DHCP Vendor ID — specify the DHCP Vendor ID in this field. If the Vendor Class ID field in the DHCP Offer packet
matches the value in this field, the iSCSI boot host software looks for the required iSCSI boot extensions. You do not
need to set this value if the iSCSI via DHCP option is disabled.
● LUN Busy Retry Count — specify the number of connection retries the iSCSI Boot initiator should attempt if the iSCSI
target LUN is busy.
3. Click OK to save the configurations.
Editing a NIC or CNA profile
To edit a NIC/CNA profile:
1. On the System Viewer utility, click Network Adapter Configuration.
2. Select Edit an Existing Profile.
3. Click Browse and navigate to the location where you have saved the NIC profiles.
4. Select the profile that is saved as a .XML file and click Next.
The Network Adapter Configuration screen displays the adapters that you have configured in the profile.
5. Select the adapter you want to edit and click Configure. For more information on configuring the adapter, see Configuring
adapters on page 55.
6. If you want to remove any of the adapters from the profile, select the adapter and click Remove.
7. You can also click Add to add an adapter to the profile. For more information, see step 4 in Creating a NIC or CNA profile on
page 55.
8. Click Save as profile to save the modified NIC profile.
Configuring FC HBA cards for a system
This feature enables you to configure different attributes of FC HBA cards in a system and save them as a profile. The attributes
available for FC HBA configuration are static set of attributes. You can create FC HBA profiles for a system but the profiles can
be applied only to a collection.
Creating an FC HBA profile
To create an FC HBA profile, perform the following steps:
1. On the System Viewer utility, click FC HBA Configuration.
The options to create a new profile or edit an existing profile are displayed.
2. Select Create a New Profile and click Next.
The FC HBA Configuration screen is displayed.
3. Click Add to add an FC HBA adapter port.
4. In the Add Adapter dialog box, specify the following details:
● Select the adapter port location as Embedded or Mezzanine from the drop-down list.
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Specify the slot number and port number.
The adapter port is now added to the FC HBA Configuration screen.
5. In the FC HBA Configuration screen, select an adapter port and click Remove to remove any of the adapter ports from
the profile.
6. In the FC HBA Configuration screen, select an adapter port and click Configure to configure it.
The Port Settings dialog box is displayed, which enables you to configure the FC HBA attributes.
In the Port Settings dialog box, on the FC tab, specify the following attributes:
● Select All — Select to check all the available options for FC HBA.
● Port Speed — Select the port speed from the drop-down list. The number indicates the speed in Gbps. The default
value is Auto.
● FC Tape Enable — Select Enabled to enable FC tape. You can choose to enable or disable this option. The default
value is Enabled.
● Loop Reset Delay — Select to specify loop reset delay.
● Frame Payload Size — Select to specify frame payload size.
Using the System Viewer Utility
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