Concept Guide

Profile Name Description
BIOS and Boot
Management
The BIOS and Boot Management Profile extends the management capabilities of
referencing profiles by adding the capability to represent the configuration of the
system BIOS setup and to manage the boot of the system.
CPU The DCIM CPU Profile describes the properties and interfaces for running system
management tasks related to the management of processors within a system.
Ethernet Port The Ethernet Port Profile extends the management capability of referencing
profiles by adding the ability to represent an Ethernet port, its associated controller,
and Ethernet interfaces.
Event Filter The Dell Event Filter Profile provides the management capabilities to view the event
filters and set actions and notifications for the events.
Fan The DCIM Fan Profile describes the properties and interfaces for running system
management tasks related to the management of fans within a system.
Fibre Channel The Fibre Channel Profile extends the management capabilities of referencing
profiles by adding the capability to represent the configuration of Fibre Channel
host bus adapters (FC HBA).
iDRAC Card
The DCIM iDRAC Card Profile describes the properties and interfaces for
performing system management tasks related to the management of basic
properties of iDRAC card.
DCIM_iDRACCardEnumeration class has attributes PTMode and AdminState to
support configuration of iDRAC Network Bridge in LOM-P2P or USB-P2P modes.
VNC server configuration is possible by setting attributes of Port, Timeout,
Password, Enable and LowerEncryptionBitLength.
DCIM_iDRACCardInteger has new attribute SMTPPort for SMTP configuration and
AlertPort and DiscoveryPort for SNMP configuration.
DCIM_iDRACCardEnumeration class has attributes PTMode and AdminState to
support configuration of iDRAC Network Bridge in LOM-P2P or USB-P2P modes.
Basic OMSA Equivalency: Some features (such as WatchdogResetTime
andLCLReplication) currently provided by OMSA is available on iDRAC service
module (iSM).
Job Control
The Job Control Profile extends the management capabilities of referencing
profiles by adding the capability to create, schedule, track, and manage jobs that
represent platform management operations.
LC Management
The Lifecycle Controller (LC) Management Profile describes the management of
the Dell Lifecycle Controller and its configuration attributes.
The ExportCertificate() method is used to export unique generated SSL Certificates
from the Lifecycle Controller to a file in remote share location.
The DCIM_LCService. ExportHealthReport() method is used to collect the EHR.
That is, hardware, operating system and application data, compress the zip file, and
then to save in to the respective remote share path (cifs/nfs).
The DCIM_LCService.ImportSystemConfigurationPreview() method is used to
preview the results of the application of the XML template ahead of the actual
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