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166 Lifecycle Controller Integration Best Practices Guide
- Enumerate the CIM_ComputerSystem class to get power status from LC as described in section 8.2 of the
WSIG for Windows
 If system is not in a state required:
- Error to user stating system is not in power state required
33.2.2 Check RS Status
 Check that Status = Ready as described in section 20 of the WSIG for Windows
 Poll every 30 seconds until Status changes as required
 If target system is not Ready, wait for up to 5 minutes before giving up or intervening
 On timeout, options are:
- Error to user stating remote services are not ready
- Reset the iDRAC as described in section 8.4 of the WSIG for Windows
33.2.3 Check for Pending Jobs
 Enumerate all jobs as described in section 10.2.3 of the WSIG for Windows and look for any jobs (besides
JID_CLEARALL) in an incomplete state – i.e. neither Completed nor Reboot Completed state.
 If any such jobs found:
- Invoke JID_CLEARALL as described in section 10.2.2 of the WSIG for Windows
- Poll GetRSStatus for Status = Ready every 30 seconds as described in section 20 of the WSIG for
Windows
33.2.4 Check for Pending Configuration
 Inventory NIC and BIOS attributes as described in sections 33.3.3 and 33.3.5.
 If any pending configuration found – i.e. PendingValue for any attribute is not blank:
- Invoke DeletePendingConfiguration on the FQDD in question as described in sections 15.6, 16.15 and 17.8
of the WSIG for Windows
33.2.5 Check CSIOR State
 Get CSIOR status as described in section 12.3 of the WSIG for Windows
 If CSIOR = Disabled:
- Set CSIOR = Enabled as described in section 12.1 of the WSIG for Windows
- Reboot the host using RequestStateChange as described in section 8.4 of the WSIG for Windows for fresh
inventory to be collected
33.3 Inventory Information
33.3.1 System Inventory
Enumerate DCIM_SystemView class to identify server type and total memory
33.3.2 Software Inventory
Enumerate DCIM_SoftwareIdentity class for all firmware version levels