Concept Guide

NOTE: To access the MOFs, on the Dell TechCenter (delltechcenter.com/LC) page, under

Reference Specifications, click MOFs.

Web service description language

The Web Services Description Language (WSDL) is an XML-based language that is used for describing the

functionality offered by a web service. A WSDL description of a web service (also referred to as a WSDL

file) provides a machine-readable description of how the service can be called, what parameters it

expects, and what data structures it returns.

XML schema description

An XML schema (also known as XSD) is a description of a type of XML document, typically expressed in

terms of constraints on the structure and content of documents of that type, above and beyond the basic

syntactical constraints imposed by XML itself. These constraints are generally expressed using some

combination of grammatical rules governing the order of elements.

NOTE: To access the XSD, use the link en.community.dell.com/dell-groups/dtcmedia/m/

mediagallery/20074445.aspx

Web services interface guide

The web Services Interface Guide (WSIG) serves as a guideline for utilizing the functionality available from

embedded Lifecycle Controller Remote Services web Services interfaces. It provides information and

examples for utilizing the web services for WSMAN protocol using Windows WinRM and open source

WSMANCLI command-line utilities.

• Windows Version — http://en.community.dell.com/techcenter/extras/m/white_papers/

20438393.aspx

• Windows batch file examples — http://en.community.dell.com/techcenter/extras/m/white_papers/

20066179.aspx

• Linux Version — http://en.community.dell.com/techcenter/extras/m/white_papers/20438394.aspx

• Linux WSMAN shell script examples — http://en.community.dell.com/techcenter/extras/m/

white_papers/20066181.aspx

Best practices guide

The Best Practices Guide provides the work flows that group smaller WSMAN operations to achieve a

particular task. To access the Best Practices Guide, from the Dell TechCenter (delltechcenter.com/LC)

page, under the Web Services Integration Tools, click Best Practices Guide. Alternatively, go to http://

en.community.dell.com/techcenter/extras/m/white_papers/20066173.aspx

Sample scripts corresponding to all sections in the document are also provided, using WinRM on

Windows and wsmancli on Linux.

The Best Practice Guide contains the detailed instructions of common work flows to perform various

tasks utilizing WinRM or WSMAN. The PYTHON scripting language is used to provide a software

development kit (SDK) for the Lifecycle Controller API methods. The following primary objectives are

addressed through the SDK:

• Work flows documented in the Best Practices Guide provide guidance to established, known, and

working API methodologies.