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Lifecycle Controller-Remote Services Features
Using Lifecycle Controller-Remote Services, you can perform the following operations:
• Deploy and Configuration
• Monitor
• Maintain
• Jobs
Deployment and Configuration
Using various Lifecycle Controller-Remote Services' capabilities, you can perform different configurations on a system
throughout its lifecycle. You can perform operations such as Operating System Deployment and BIOS, iDRAC, RAID, and
NIC configurations on the system.
BIOS Configuration
The BIOS and boot configuration feature is used to get and set any of the configurable BIOS attributes that are exposed
in BIOS UEFI HII. You can perform the following operations:
• Retrieve current configuration of BIOS inventory
• Retrieve current boot configuration settings
• Manage the boot order configuration
• Change the BIOS boot mode or UEFI boot mode
• Manage BIOS Passwords
• Change the boot order
• Enable or disable boot sources
iDRAC Configuration
The iDRAC configuration feature is used to manage the properties and interfaces for running system management tasks
related to the management of basic properties of iDRAC. The remote access controller properties and attributes are
divided into views to provide a simple methodology for the clients to query the iDRAC views and set the iDRAC attributes.
You can perform the following operations:
• Retrieve current card configuration and iDRAC inventory
• Get and set any configurable attribute
• Manage iDRAC local user accounts
RAID Configuration
The RAID configuration feature is used to manage the properties and capabilities of the RAID storage. The RAID storage
is modeled as a collection of attributes, where there are collections for the storage adaptors, physical disks, logical
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