Concept Guide

Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration for Microsoft System Center

Configuration Manager

Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration (DLCI) for Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager provides

agent-free, OS and hypervisor agnostic configuration and update of Dell 11th, 12th, and 13th generation

PowerEdge servers. Through automated processes, IT Administrators can reduce steps, time, and cost in

configuring servers from a bare-metal state and preparing remote 1-to-many operating system (OS)

deployment.

At a high level, the remote enablement capabilities are:

• Auto-discovery

• Hardware configuration

• Firmware comparison and updates

• Remote OS-deployment for individual or a collection of Dell systems

For complete information, see Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration for Microsoft System Center

Configuration Manager User’s Guide available at dell.com/support/manuals.

Dell Server Deployment Pack for Microsoft System Center Configuration

Manager

Dell Server Deployment Pack (DSDP) for Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager automates

bare-metal configuration and deployment of a variety of Microsoft Windows operating system versions

(leveraging PxE-based OS deployment) and applications from a central location to PowerEdge servers

across enterprise networks.

You can perform the following tasks using the Dell Server Deployment Pack:

• Configure the server's Dell Remote Access Controller (DRAC), integrated Dell Remote Access

Controller (iDRAC), RAID, and BIOS using INI files and Command Line Interface (CLI) options. You can

also configure RAID using the Array Builder Wizard.

• Create a Dell-specific boot image that is used in the operating system deployment.

• Import and apply driver installation packages for specific Dell servers.

• Consolidated launch points to various wizards, to perform a typical server deployment on site server

installation.

• Enhanced support for up to sixteen global and dedicated RAID hot spares.

• Support for Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2012, 2012 SP1, 2007 R2, SP2, and R3

releases.

• Support for importing of Dell Deployment ToolKit (DTK) using the PowerEdge Deployment ToolKit

Configuration Wizard. Make sure that you import DTK package only from the site server and not from

the admin console.

• Support for importing Dell driver packages from the Configuration Manager Admin Console.

• Support for deployment using x64 boot images (DTK with 64-bit support is required).

For more information, see Dell Server Deployment Pack for Microsoft System Center Configuration

Manager User's Guide available at dell.com/support/manuals.