DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 1 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration For Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager Version 2.0.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 2 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM Notes and Cautions NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of your computer. CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates potential damage to hardware or loss of data if instructions are not followed. ____________________ © 2012 Dell Inc. All rights reserved.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 3 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM Contents 1 Introduction . What’s New . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Existing Features And Functionalities Supported Operating Systems . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Supported Microsoft .
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 4 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM Prerequisites Workflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Exporting Server Profile To iDRAC vFlash Card Or Network Share . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Prerequisites . . . 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Before You Begin Workflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 5 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM Auto-Discovery And Handshake . . . . . . . . . . . . Applying Drivers On The Task Sequence . . . . . . . . 29 . . . . . 31 Viewing The Condition For A Fallback Step . . . . 32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 System Viewer Utility Launching The iDRAC Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . Launching The iDRAC Console From The Task Viewer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 6 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM Hardware Configuration And Operating System Deployment Workflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 . . . 56 . . . . 57 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Updating Firmware During Operating System Deployment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Configuring BIOS During Operating System Deployment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Configuring RAID Applying NIC/CNA Profile On A Collection . . . . .
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 7 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM Acquiring Licenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Importing System Variables 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 76 Using The System Viewer Utility . . . . . . . 79 Viewing And Editing BIOS Configuration . . . . . . . . 80 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Creating A New Profile . Editing An Existing Profile Adding A New Attribute . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 8 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM Prerequisites To Export Or Import A System Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Exporting The System Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Importing The System Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Configuring Part Replacement Properties For A System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Troubleshooting . . . 101 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Configuring Dell Provisioning Web Services On IIS . . . . . .
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 9 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM 1 Introduction Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration (DLCI) for Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 (Configuration Manager) and Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager (Configuration Manager) enables the administrators to leverage the remote enablement capabilities of Dell Lifecycle Controller, available as part of the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC).
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 10 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM Table 1-1. New Features and Functionalities (continued) New Feature Functionality A single installer to install and configure Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration You can use the single installer to install DLCI 2.0.1 in environments (Configuration Manager 2007 or Configuration Manager 2012) based on the version of Configuration Manager present in the system.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 11 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM Existing Features And Functionalities Table 1-2. Features And Functionalities Feature Functionality Platform Restore You can perform tasks for restoring a platform for a system or a collection that includes: • Exporting system profiles to an external location. • Importing the saved system profiles from an external location. • Configuring Part Replacement properties for a system or a collection.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 12 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM Table 1-2. Features And Functionalities (continued) Feature Functionality Configure iDRAC profiles for a system or collection You can define iDRAC configurations for a system and save it as part of the hardware configuration profile of the system. You can later apply these saved profiles to a collection as part of the workflow while deploying an operating system. For more information, see Configuring iDRAC Profiles For A System.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 13 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM Table 1-2. Features And Functionalities (continued) Feature Functionality Auto-discovery and Handshake This feature enables the iDRAC on bare metal systems to locate the provisioning service and establish communication with the Site Server. For more information, see Auto-Discovery And Handshake. System Viewer Utility This feature enables you to configure individual systems by using the remote enablement capabilities of DLCI.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 14 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM Supported Operating Systems For information on supported operating systems, see the Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration 2.0.1 for Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager Installation Guide at support.dell.com/manuals. Supported Microsoft .NET Versions For information on supported Microsoft .NET versions, see the Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration Version 2.0.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 15 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM 2 Use Case Scenarios This section describes typical use cases and tasks that you can perform with Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration (DLCI) for Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 (Configuration Manager) and Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager (Configuration Manager). Common Prerequisites Before working on the user scenarios, it is recommended that you complete the following prerequisites.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 16 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM Editing And Exporting The BIOS Configuration Profile Of A System You can edit and export the BIOS configuration of a system as a profile and apply it when you are deploying the operating system to a collection of systems under All Dell Lifecycle Controller Servers on the Configuration Manager console. Prerequisites For more information, see Common Prerequisites.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 17 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM • RAID controller and firmware that supports Local Key Management Workflow 1 Launch the System Viewer utility on the Configuration Manager console for a particular system. For more information, see System Viewer Utility. 2 Select RAID Configuration on the System Viewer utility to load the RAID configuration of the system. For more information, see Viewing And Configuring RAID. 3 Launch Array Builder to create a RAID profile.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 18 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM 2 Select Firmware Inventory, Compare, and Update from the System Viewer utility or Config Utility. 3 View firmware related information: • For a single system, see Comparing And Updating Firmware Inventory. • For a collection, see Comparing And Updating Firmware Inventory For Systems In A Collection.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 19 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM Workflow 1 From the Configuration Manager console: • In Configuration Manager 2007, under Computer Management Collections. • In Configuration Manager 2012, under Devices. 2 Right-click on Managed Dell Lifecycle Controllers (OS Unknown) and select Dell Lifecycle Controller Launch Config Utility. 3 On the Dell Lifecycle Controller Configuration Utility, select Deploy Operating System. 4 Update the firmware from a Dell repository.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 20 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM • • – Is installed as a license, enabled, and initialized. – Has minimum available free space of 384 MB. Network Share: – Permissions and firewall settings are provided for the iDRAC to communicate with the system that has the network share. – Has minimum available free space of 384 MB. Administrator privileges on the iDRAC of the target systems.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 21 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM 2 Select Platform Restore on the System Viewer utility or the Config Utility. 3 For a single system, see Exporting The System Profile. For a collection, see Exporting The System Profiles In A Collection. Importing Server Profile From iDRAC vFlash Card Or Network Share You can restore the backup of a system profile for a single system or a collection of systems from an iDRAC vFlash card or a network share using DLCI for Configuration Manager.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 22 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM Before You Begin Before you begin importing the backup file to a system or collection, ensure the following: • User data is not present in the backup image file. If you overwrite the existing configuration with the backup image file, the user data is not restored. • During import, make sure that operations such as firmware update, operating system deployment, and firmware configurations are not running.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 23 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM • – Ensure that iDRAC has the necessary permissions to write information to the network share. – Has available minimum free space of 384 MB. Configure the number of log files you want to view at a time in the DLCSystemview.exe.config or the DLCConfigUtility.exe.config files. For more information, see Viewing Lifecycle Controller Logs.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 24 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM Working With NIC/CNA Profiles You can configure attributes of specific network interface cards (NICs) / converged network adapters (CNAs) embedded in the system and save them to a profile. You can create and edit the NIC/CNA profiles using the System Viewer utility. Prerequisites For more information, see Common Prerequisites. Workflow 1 Launch the System Viewer utility on the Configuration Manager console for a particular system.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 25 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM Using Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration 3 This section provides information on the various operations that you can perform after you install Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration (DLCI) on Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (Configuration Manager).
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 26 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM • Launch the iDRAC console by right-clicking on any system discovered under All Dell Lifecycle Controller Servers on the Configuration Manager console, or any system on the Task Viewer. For more information, see Launching The iDRAC Console. • Use the Task Viewer to view the status of tasks handled by DLCI for Configuration Manager. For more information, see Task Viewer.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 27 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM • Site Server or Configuration Manager console components of Configuration Manager 2007 or Configuration Manager 2012 are installed and configured. • Connections License Manager application is installed and configured with a valid license. • .Net Framework 4.0 is installed. To configure DLCI with Connections License Manager.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 28 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM By default, CSIOR is OFF. The part replacement feature provides the option to set the CSIOR. By default, CSIOR is enabled in 12G servers. To enable CSIOR on multiple systems, see Configuring Part Replacement Properties For A Collection. To enable CSIOR for earlier server generations: 1 Re-start the system. 2 During Power-on Self Test (POST), when the system prompts you to enter the iDRAC utility, press < E>.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 29 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM • Managed Dell Lifecycle Controller (OS Unknown) — displays the systems on which the operating system is not deployed. NOTE: DLCI for Configuration Manager does not support auto-discovery of modular systems with flex-addressing. Applying Drivers On The Task Sequence Based on the operating system you want to deploy, either apply drivers from the Lifecycle Controller or the Configuration Manager repository.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 30 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM A message is displayed that lists objects referenced in the task sequence are not found. NOTE: This step requires a fallback step for the inclusion of either the Apply Driver Package or Auto Apply Drivers step of Configuration Manager. Ensure that you have one of these steps configured with a condition in the task sequence. For more information on configuring a condition for the fallback step, see Viewing The Condition For A Fallback Step.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 31 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM 10 Advertise the task sequence that you have edited. For information on how to advertise a task sequence, see the Dell Server Deployment Pack Version 2.0 for Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager User’s Guide available at support.dell.com/manuals. NOTE: It is required that you set the task sequence advertisement to mandatory.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 32 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM 6 Select and drag the Set Boot Order step to just before the Reboot to PXE / USB step. 7 Repeat this process to create a Set Boot Order step before each Reboot to PXE / USB step. 8 Click OK to close the task sequence. Viewing The Condition For A Fallback Step The condition DriversNotAppliedFromLC is automatically added by DLCI for Configuration Manager while creating a task sequence.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 33 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM 1 In Configuration Manager console: • In the Configuration Manager 2007 console, under Computer Management Operating System Deployment. • In the Configuration Manager 2012 console, under Software Library Task Sequences. NOTE: Ensure that you manage and update the boot image across all distribution points before starting this wizard. 2 Right-click Task Sequences and select Create Task Sequence Media.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 34 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM To perform tasks on System Viewer, you must have administrator privileges. To change the iDRAC credentials and launch the System Viewer utility: 1 In Configuration Manager: • In Configuration Manager 2007, under a collection. • In Configuration Manager 2012, under Assets and Compliance DevicesDevice Collections, under Dell server collections.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 35 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM utility works on a one-to-many relationship and uses the Remote Enablement feature of the Lifecycle Controller present on Dell systems. You can perform the various operations on all the target systems at one time. To launch the Configuration Utility: 1 In Configuration Manager: • In Configuration Manager 2007, under Computer Management Collections. • In Configuration Manager 2012, under Assets and Compliance Devices.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 36 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM Launching The iDRAC Console You view or modify the iDRAC configuration for a system by launching the iDRAC console from DLCI. To launch the iDRAC console for a system under the collection: 1 Select any system under Collections All Dell Lifecycle Controller Servers in Configuration Manager 2007 and under DevicesAll Dell Lifecycle Controller Servers in Configuration Manager 2012.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 37 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM Task Viewer Task Viewer is an asynchronous component that hides in the task bar and displays the status of tasks handled by the DLCI for Configuration Manager. All long-running tasks such as operating system deployment, or applying firmware updates to systems are displayed in the Task Viewer. It maintains a queue of tasks and displays up to twenty tasks at one time.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 38 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM Table 3-1 lists the actions that you can perform in the Task Viewer. Table 3-1. Task Viewer Actions Button Action Close Click this to close the Task Viewer. When you close the Task Viewer, it cancels all the tasks that are running. It is recommended not to close the Task Viewer when you have tasks that are still running. Clear Completed Click this to clear all the completed or failed tasks from the grid.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 39 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM You can also use the GUI to configure the security. For more information, see Using The Graphical User Interface. Validating A Dell Factory-Issued Client Certificate On The iDRAC For AutoDiscovery This security option requires that a system being discovered by the provisioning website during the discovery and handshake process has a valid factory-issued client certificate which is deployed to the iDRAC. This feature is enabled by default.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 40 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM Changing The Administrative Credentials Used By Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration For Configuration Manager Use the following commands to change the administrative credentials for Configuration Manager used by DLCI: To set the user name: C:\Program Files (x86)\Dell\DPS\ProvisionWS\bin\import.exe –CIuserID [New Console Integration Admin User ID] To set the password: C:\Program Files (x86)\Dell\DPS\ProvisionWS\bin\import.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 41 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM Using The Array Builder The Array Builder allows you to define arrays and disk sets with all available RAID settings, logical drives or virtual disks of varying sizes or use all available space, and assign hot spares to individual arrays or assign global hot spares to the controller. When a controller is created, a default variable condition, array and disk(s) are created to ensure a valid configuration.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 42 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM • Fail the task only if the first controller does not match a configuration rule — Reports a failure if the first controller detected (usually the embedded controller) is not configurable by a rule. • Fail the task only if none of the array controllers match a configuration rule — Reports a failure only if all of the controllers in the system fail to match a rule; in other words, none of the controllers are configured.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 43 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM Controllers Controller elements contain variable condition elements. Some controller configuration types: • The embedded controller • A controller in slot "X" • Any controller with "X" disks • Any controller with "X" disks or more • All remaining controllers Adding A Controller 1 Select a controller from the list, or select an embedded controller. The Controllers drop-down menu is enabled. 2 Click ControllersNew Controller.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 44 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM Deleting A Controller 1 Select the controller and click ControllersDelete Controller. A warning informing that all the attached arrays and disks will be deleted is displayed. 2 Click Yes to delete or No to cancel. NOTE: At least one controller is required on the server. If there is only one controller and you delete it, a message is displayed that the default controller was inserted because the last controller was deleted.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 45 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM Editing A Variable Condition 1 Select the variable condition and click VariablesEdit Variable Condition. The Variable Condition Configuration window is displayed where you can make changes to your variable condition. 2 Click OK to apply the variable condition, or Cancel to return to Array Builder. Deleting a Variable Condition 1 Select the variable condition and click VariablesDelete Variable Condition.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 46 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM 2 Click OK to apply the changes, or Cancel to return to Array Builder. Deleting An Array 1 Select the array and click ArraysDelete Array. A message is displayed that all the attached disks will be deleted. 2 Click Yes to delete or No to cancel. Logical Drives (Virtual Disks) You can have logical drives on RAID arrays and non-RAID groups.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 47 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM Editing A Logical Drive 1 Select the logical drive and click Logical DrivesEdit Logical Drive. The Logical Drive Settings window is displayed. 2 Change the size of the logical drive. 3 Click OK to apply the changes, or click Cancel to return to Array Builder. Deleting A Logical Drive 1 Select the logical drive and click Logical DrivesDelete Logical Drive. A message is displayed to confirm the delete operation.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 48 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM • Global hot spare (all arrays) • all remaining disks Changing A Disk To change a disk, click on the disk and select DisksChange Disk. You can change a disk to: • Standard disk • Hot spare (this array only) • Global hot spare (all arrays) Deleting A Disk To delete a disk, click on the disk and select DisksDelete Disk. Importing A Profile This menu item allows you to search for, and import an existing Array Builder profile.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 49 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM Using The Configuration Utility 4 This section describes the various operations that you can perform with the Dell Lifecycle Controller Configuration utility. You can use the Config Utility from the Configuration Manager console to: • Create a new Lifecycle Controller boot media to deploy operating systems remotely. For more information, see Creating A Lifecycle Controller Boot Media.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 50 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM – Importing the system profiles of all the systems in the collection. – Configuring Part Replacement properties for a collection. For more information, see Platform Restore For A Collection. • Compare a NIC configuration profile against systems in a collection. For more information, see Comparing NIC Or CNA Profiles Against Systems In A Collection. NOTE: DLCI performs all of the above actions for 20 systems at a time.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 51 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM Setting A Default Share Location For The Lifecycle Controller Boot Media To set a default share location for the Lifecycle Controller boot media: 1 From the Configuration Manager console: • From the Configuration Manager 2007 console: a Select System Center Configuration ManagerSite Database Site Management Site Settings Component Configuration.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 52 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM • Enables you to apply a NIC or CNA profile to a set of target systems. • Makes changes to the RAID configuration. • Enables you to apply an iDRAC profile to a set of target systems. • Enables you to select the advertisement and the operating system to be deployed. • Enables you to select the bootable media to deploy the operating system.
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DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 54 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM It is recommended that the system with the NFS share is not connected to the Internet. DLCI clears all the partitions on the target system before installing any nonwindows operating system. The pre-operating system image is mounted as a virtual media over the network and the drivers for the target host operating system are applied, either from the Configuration Manager console repository or the Lifecycle Controller.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 55 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM 6 Select Configure RAID to configure RAID on the servers. For more information, see Configuring RAID. Click Next. 7 Select Configure network adapter if you want to apply a Network adapter profile to the collection. For more information, see Applying NIC/CNA Profile On A Collection. Click Next. 8 Select Configure iDRAC if you want to apply an iDRAC profile to the collection. For more information, see Applying An iDRAC Profile On A Collection.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 56 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM – Click Browse and select the path where the Dell Lifecycle Controller bootable media is saved. NOTE: If you have set a default share location for the Lifecycle Controller boot media, the default location populates automatically. For more information, see Setting A Default Share Location For The Lifecycle Controller Boot Media.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 57 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM • Click Browse to navigate to the file location where you have saved the catalog. Ensure that the catalog resides on a CIFS share that is accessible to the Dell Lifecycle Controller of the system. • Specify the User Name and Password to the CIFS share where your catalog resides if you want to update the firmware inventory from the catalog.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 58 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM 1 Click Browse and select the RAID profile that you created using the System Viewer utility. This profile is applied during the operating system deployment process. For more information on creating RAID profiles using the System Viewer utility, see Using The Array Builder. 2 Click Next to configure network adapters.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 59 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM Table 4-1. Broadcom Profile Settings (continued) S.No Target Server Setting Profile Settings What Is Applied 2. Dual Port NIC (partition disabled) Dual Port NIC Dual Port NIC Dual Port NIC (partition disabled) Dual Port Quad Partition NIC 3. Port level settings are applied when the system reboots. Dual Port Quad Partition NIC Partition is enabled when the system reboots. 4. Dual Port Quad Partition NIC Dual Port NIC 5.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 60 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM Applying An iDRAC Profile On A Collection To configure iDRAC and apply an iDRAC profile on a collection: 1 Click Browse and select the iDRAC profile that you created using the System Viewer utility. This profile is applied during the hardware configuration process. For more information on creating iDRAC profiles, see Creating An iDRAC Profile.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 61 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM Table 4-2. iDRAC Profile Settings (continued) S.No Target Server Profile Settings What is Applicable 6. Rack, Tower, or Blade systems Common IP Configuration attributes only. Common IP Configuration attributes 7. Rack, Tower, or Blade LAN Settings with NIC systems without mode set to Dedicated. iDRAC enterprise card Nothing is applied as this attribute needs the iDRAC enterprise card. 8.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 62 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM To compare and update firmware inventory: 1 From the Configuration Manager console: • In Configuration Manager 2007, under Computer Management Collections. • In Configuration Manager 2012, under Devices. 2 Right-click on All Dell Lifecycle Controller Servers and select Dell Lifecycle Controller Launch Config Utility. 3 In the Dell Lifecycle Controller Configuration Utility window, select Firmware Inventory, Compare, and Update.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 63 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM – Baseline — displays the baseline firmware version of the components. – Status — displays the status of the firmware and indicates if the firmware of your collection is compliant, or needs an update. 6 Click Copy to Clipboard to copy the information to clipboard, or click Export to CSV to export the information in comma separated values format. 7 Select the systems that you wish to update with newer firmware and click Next.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 64 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM – Hardware — displays the hardware components of the system. For example, memory, CPU, iDRAC card, and so on. – FQDD — displays the fully qualified device description of the hardware component. – Description — displays the properties of the hardware component.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 65 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM Modifying Credentials On Lifecycle Controllers On systems with iDRAC, use the following steps to verify and/or modify the WS-MAN credentials configured with the DLCI for Configuration Manager: NOTE: It is recommended that you modify the credentials on the Lifecycle Controller as well as the Configuration Manager database simultaneously.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 66 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM • From the Configuration Manager 2007 console: a select System Center Configuration ManagerSite DatabaseSite Management Site Settings Component Configuration. b In the Component Configuration window, right-click Out of Band Management and select Properties. The Out of Band Management Properties window is displayed.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 67 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM 3 Select the View Lifecycle Controller Logs option. The steps to view and export the log files for a collection are similar to viewing and exporting the log files for a single system. Follow step 2 to step 7 as given in Viewing Lifecycle Controller Logs. The screen displays the latest 100 logs of each system in the collection by default. For example, if there are 10 systems in the collection, the screen displays 1000 log files.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 68 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM 3 Select the Platform Restore option. The steps to take a backup of the system configuration for a collection are similar to that of taking a backup of the system configuration of a single system. 4 Follow step 1 to step 6 as given in Exporting The System Profile. When the backup files for a collection are created, the backup file for each system is created with the prefix you specify, followed by the service tag of the system.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 69 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM Configuring Part Replacement Properties For A Collection The steps to configure Part Replacement properties for a collection of systems are similar to that of configuring the properties for a single system. However, the check for valid licenses for the collection of systems is performed only after you complete configuring the other properties and submit the task.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 70 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM 4 Under Select a profile that is applied, to compare the configuration against the systems in the collection, click Browse to locate the profile to compare. A progress bar indicates that the target systems are scanned and a comparison report is generated. 5 After the comparison report is generated, the following colors are displayed: – White — indicates that the profile that was applied matches with the profile on the target system.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 71 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM – Min. Bandwidth Applied — minimum bandwidth applied to the partition. – Max. Bandwidth — maximum bandwidth that the partition originally had. – Max. Bandwidth Applied — maximum bandwidth applied to the partition. The color coding is similar to the Comparison Report screen. See step 5 for details. 8 Select any of the partitions and click View Port Details. The Port Details screen displays the NIC and iSCSI attribute details.
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DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 73 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM Using The Import Server Utility 5 This section describes the various activities that you can perform using the Import Server utility. This utility is installed when you install Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration (DLCI) for Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager. For information on installing DLCI for Configuration Manager, see the Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration For Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager Version 2.0.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 74 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM If you delete a server from Dell Lifecycle Controller, and this server is assigned a license; When you delete the server the license assigned to this server is relinquished. To import Dell Servers that are not auto-discovered by DLCI for Configuration Manager: 1 From Configuration Manager: • On the Configuration Manager 2007 console: a Navigate to Operating System Deployment Computer Association.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 75 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM each of the iDRAC IP addresses you have specified. The grid displays the IP Address, name of the server, and the status of the authentication. You can provide user credentials authenticated on active directory. If the iDRAC user that you have specified is not present on the iDRAC of any of the servers you want to import, then the status is displayed as Authentication failed, and you cannot import that server.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 76 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM Acquiring Licenses Prerequisites • The Connections License Manager must contain a DLCI license with the required number of nodes. • The collection must contain at least one server. To acquire licenses: 1 From the Configuration Manager console: • In Configuration Manager 2007, under Computer Management Collections. • In Configuration Manager 2012, under Devices Device Collections.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 77 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM b Select Dell Lifecycle Controller Import Dell PowerEdge Server. 2 In the Import Dell Servers screen, select the Import System Variables option. 3 Under Select a file to import variables from, click Browse to select the .csv file that contains the variables. The variables should be defined in the following format in the file: ,=,=.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 78 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM Action Description DELETE Delete the variable from the target system. Indicates that the variable is not present on the file but available on the system. UPDATE Update the variable on the target system with the value from the .CSV file. Indicates to replace the variable on the system with the variable on the file. NONE Take no action. NA Not applicable. 5 Select the variables you want to import.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 79 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM Using The System Viewer Utility 6 This chapter describes the operations that you can perform with the System Viewer utility. This release of DLCI is licensed and the licensing is based on entitlement. The licenses available for this release of DLCI are 50, 200, and unlimited nodes license. Without a license, you can discover the servers, but a valid license is required to use the features available in this release of DLCI.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 80 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM • View the hardware inventory for the system. For more information, see Viewing The Hardware Inventory For The System. NOTE: You can only edit the hardware configuration and RAID configuration profiles directly, and not edit the system configurations directly. • Perform tasks to restore a platform that includes: – Exporting the system profile to an external location. – Importing the saved system profile from an external location.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 81 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM 2 Select the profile that you want to edit and click Next. 3 The BIOS Attributes tab displays the BIOS attributes of the selected profile. Select the attributes that you want to edit, and click Edit Attribute. 4 The Custom Attribute Editor displays all the attributes in the drop-down list against the Attribute Name field. Select the attribute that you want to edit, and make the necessary changes.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 82 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM 5 Enter the values of the attributes based on the type of attribute that you select. Let us assume that you have selected the attribute type Enum Attribute. – To add a value, enter the value of the enumeration attribute in the Possible Value field, and click Add. – To update the value of the attribute, select the value that you want to update, make the necessary changes in the Possible Values field, and click Update.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 83 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM Viewing And Configuring RAID This feature enables you to view and configure RAID on the server. 1 On the System Viewer utility, click on RAID Configuration. The RAID Configuration screen displays the RAID information of your system, such as number of virtual disks, controller IDs, RAID levels, and physical disks. 2 Click Create RAID profile to create a new RAID configuration profile using Array Builder.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 84 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM 5 Click the Users tab. The grid retrieves the list of iDRAC users from the system and displays them. 6 You can add a user account or edit an existing user account. iDRAC has 16 users out of which you can configure 15. – To add a new user account, select a user account that is not configured. – To edit a user account, select the account on the grid and click Edit, or double-click the user account. The Edit User screen is displayed.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 85 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM The iDRAC configuration of the saved profile is retrieved and displayed. 4 In the Network Configuration tab, select the attribute you want to edit. NOTE: For more information on the various parameters that you can set for the above attributes, see the Dell Lifecycle Controller Unified Server Configurator/Unified Server Configurator-Lifecycle Controller Enabled Version 1.5 User’s Guide available at support.dell.com/manuals. 5 Click the Users tab.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 86 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM The options to create a new profile, edit an existing profile, or scan a collection to identify the adapters are displayed. 2 Select Create a new profile and click Next. The Network Adapter Configuration screen is displayed. 3 Click Add to add an adapter. 4 In the Add Adapter dialog box: a Select the Adapter type from the drop-down list. b Select the adapter location and specify the slot number. c Click OK.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 87 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM 2 Select Scan collection to identify adapters and click Next. NOTE: Before the utility scans the collection a warning is displayed that indicates that the process may take a long time. If you click Cancel, the scan process is aborted and the Scan collection to identify adapters option is unchecked. 3 The utility scans the collection and a progress bar displays the progress of the task. Click Next after the task is complete.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 88 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM 5 You need to choose the personalities for each partition on the port, enter bandwidth and configure settings for each personality. One port can have up to four partitions with one personality assigned to each partition. Under Personalities and Settings, select the personality against each partition and set the minimum and maximum bandwidth.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 89 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM – Flow control — Specify the data flow control by selecting from the drop-down list. – IP auto configuration — Allows you to automatically configure the IP address for the system. You can choose to enable or disable this option. – SRIOV configuration — Allows you to configure Single Root Input/Output Virtualization (SRIOV) for the system. You can choose to enable or disable this option. Click OK to save the settings.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 90 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM 3 Click OK to save the configurations. Editing a NIC Or CNA Profile To edit a NIC or CNA profile: 1 On the System Viewer utility, click Network Adapter Configuration. 2 Select Edit an Existing Profile. 3 Click Browse and navigate to the location where you have saved the NIC profiles. 4 Select the profile that is saved as a .XML file and click Next.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 91 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM • Dell PDK Catalog — to specify a Dell PDK catalog that you can use to compare the firmware inventory. To specify a PDK catalog: • Click Browse to navigate to the file location where you have saved the catalog. Ensure that the catalog resides on a CIFS share that is accessible to the Dell Lifecycle Controller of the system.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 92 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM Comparing Hardware Configuration Profile This feature enables you to compare and report the BIOS or iDRAC configuration profiles that are applied on a system. To compare the hardware configuration profile: 1 On the System Viewer utility, click Compare Hardware Configuration Profile. Under Select Profile to Compare, click Browse and select any previously saved BIOS or iDRAC configuration profile to compare.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 93 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM 2 After the comparison report is generated, the screen displays the following colors to indicate the status of the comparison: – White — indicates that the profile that was applied and the profile on the target system are matching. – Red — indicates that there is a mismatch while applying the profile to the target system.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 94 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM • Domain\Username — Specify the correct domain and user name required by Lifecycle Controller to access the UNC or CIFS share. • Password — Specify the correct password. 2 Click Next. The View Lifecycle Controller Logs screen is displayed. The screen displays the latest 100 logs by default. You can modify the number of logs to be displayed only when you click Pause or after all the 100 logs are displayed on the screen.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 95 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM You can configure the default number of log files you want to view. This is a global setting that defines the maximum number of logs to be displayed on the grid. To configure the default number of log files: a Open the DLCSystemview.exe.config or the DLCConfigUtility.exe.config from the folder where you have installed DLCI for Configuration Manager. b Search for the MAX_LC_LOGS_TO_DISPLAY parameter and specify a number.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 96 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM Downloading And Updating The Latest Message Registry It is recommended that you close all the DLCI utilities such as the System Viewer utility, Config Utility, and Task Viewer before you download and extract the message registry. The message registry does not contain detailed information for user defined Logs of type Work notes (for example, WRK001) or Logs with category Other.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 97 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM On the System Viewer utility, select Hardware Inventory. The right-hand pane of the System Viewer utility displays the following details: • Hardware Component — name of the hardware component. • Properties — the attributes of the hardware component. • Value — the value against each attribute of the hardware component. NOTE: For yx1x systems, the SlotLength and SlotType fields may show the status as Not Applicable instead of Unknown.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 98 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM • Hardware and firmware inventory such as BIOS, LOMs, and Storage Controllers (RAID level, virtual disk, and controller attributes). • System information such as service tag, system type, and so on. • Lifecycle Controller firmware images, system configuration, and iDRAC firmware and configuration. To export the system profile: 1 On the System Viewer utility, select Platform Restore.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 99 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM 4 Enter a backup file passphrase. This is used to lock the encrypted portions of the backup file. For a successful backup operation, the backup file passphrase has to be in a specific format: – the passphrase must contain a minimum of 8 characters.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 100 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM Optionally, you can delete the current virtual disk configuration and restore the configuration from the backup image file. To import the system profile: 1 On the System Viewer utility, select Platform Restore. The Platform Restore screen is displayed. 2 On the Platform Restore screen, select the Import Server Profile option and click Next.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 101 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM NOTE: Deleting the existing RAID controller and importing the configuration from the back up file does not restore content that was on the virtual disk during the backup. For example, Operating System. This operation only creates a blank virtual disk and sets the attributes. 6 Click Next. A summary screen is displayed. 7 Click Finish to start the importing the backup file and submit the task to the Task Viewer.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 102 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM 3 Select the options for the properties as given in the table below: Table 6-2. Part Replacement Attributes Property Options Collect System Inventory on Start (CSIOR) • Disabled — Disables CSIOR for the replaced part. • Enable — Enables CSIOR for the replaced part. • Do Not Change — Retains the default settings as is. This is selected by default.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 103 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM A task is submitted to the Task Viewer. You can launch the Task Viewer to view the status of the task. The task configures the Lifecycle Controller of the system with the Part Replacement configuration. This configuration takes effect when you replace any part for the system. If you have updated the Part Replacement Attributes, sometimes the updates are not set immediately. Wait for couple of minutes and check to see if the updates are set.
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DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 105 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM 7 Troubleshooting Configuring Dell Provisioning Web Services On IIS The installer configures the Dell Provisioning Web Services for Internet Information Services (IIS) automatically during installation. This section contains information to configure Dell Provisioning Web Services for IIS manually. Dell Provisioning Web Services Configuration For IIS 6.0 To configure Dell provisioning web services for IIS 6.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 106 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM 6 To enforce SSL and client certificates for the website: a Assign the DellProvisioningServer certificate to the website. b Set the SSL port to 4433. c Select the required SSL option. d Select the required client certificates option. e Create a Certificate Trust List with only the iDRAC RootCA in the trust list.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 107 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM 8 Create an SSL certificate configuration that applies the imported Certificate Trust List. At the command prompt, paste the following command: netsh http add sslcert ipport=0.0.0.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 108 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM Upgrade Or Repair Issues If you have upgraded or repaired the Dell Server Deployment Pack after installing DLCI for ConfigMgr 1.2 or later: 1 Copy the CustomReboot.vbs from [ConfigMgrRoot]\AdminUI\XmlStorage\Extensions\Bin\Deployment\ Dell\PowerEdge\LC\ to [ConfigMgrRoot]\OSD\Lib\Packages\Deployment\Dell\PowerEdge\ CustomReboot\. Override the file in the destination folder. 2 Copy the DellPowerEdgeDeployment.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 109 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM Resolution: For more information, see the Dell Lifecycle Controller 2 Version 1.00.00 User’s Guide available at support.dell.com/manuals. • Upgrading the target system from Lifecycle Controller version 1.3 or 1.4 to Lifecycle Controller version 2.0.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 110 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM Resolution: On a rack and tower server, ensure that it has iDRAC version 1.8 firmware or newer. On a blade server, ensure that it has iDRAC version 3.3 or newer. • Issue: When you are deploying an operating system using the Launch Config Utility, the advertisements of the task sequence are not displayed on the screen.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 111 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM • Issue: If the Lifecycle Controller on the target system is locked by another process, the following error message is displayed in the DLCTaskManager.log file: Lifecycle Controller is being used by another process. Resolution: Ensure that the iDRAC of your system is not in POST state.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 112 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM perform a WBEMTest connection to validate the account, and then reset and rediscover your systems. • Issue: During Discovery and Handshake, the DPS.log displays numerous createDellCollecions() Either Connection Mgr param is NULL or Collection not yet created messages. Resolution: This issue occurs when the account entered to access ConfigMgr does not have permissions to create collections.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 113 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM Resolution: When you are viewing the RAID configuration for a system using the System Viewer utility, the information is cached. When you update the RAID configuration of the same system, you must close the System Viewer utility and re-open it to view the updated RAID configuration. • Issue: The Modular systems cannot use the hostname in the path to the CIFS share but monolithic systems can use the hostname.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 114 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM • Issue: When the Backup or Restore operations are in progress for a collection, you cannot view the Lifecycle Controller Logs for the collection. The cause for this is that the Lifecycle Controller is busy running the Backup or Restore tasks that are running. Resolution: To view the Lifecycle Controller Logs, click Refresh on the Lifecycle Controller Logs screen after the Backup or Restore tasks are complete.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 115 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM at sccmutilities.SCCMProxy.Connect(String hostName, String userName, String passWd, String& errorString) If the user is not part of the SMS_Admins group, then provide additional permissions to the user so that the user can add servers to Configuration Manager from a remote server. For more information, see section "Configuring An Account For Use With Discovery And Handshake" in the Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration Version 2.0.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 116 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM Alert Message Cause Resolution License data not Warning found in the Dell Connections License Manager; by default, all systems are imported to the Unmanaged Dell Lifecycle Controller Collections. The license Manager does not have any valid license file in it for DLCI. Get the license file from Dell License portal and import into the License Manager.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 117 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM Alert Message Alert State Cause Resolution Systems selected are Warning more than the available Dell Connections Licenses, systems are assigned with licenses starting from the top of the list; Those systems with unassigned licenses are imported to the Unmanaged Dell Lifecycle Controller Collections. Systems selected Get more licenses during Import Dell from Dell License servers process are Portal.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 118 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM Alert Message Alert State Cause Resolution Current usage of Warning license has exceeded the total capacity. Licenses on Connections License Manager are consumed you need additional licenses. Get more licenses from Dell license portal. Access denied for Warning Dell Connections License Manager; by default, all systems are imported to Unmanaged Dell Lifecycle Controller Collections.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 119 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM Related Documentation And Resources 8 For more information on ConfigMgr such as installation, features, and functionalities, see the Microsoft TechNet site at technet.microsoft.com. In addition to this guide, you can access the following guides available at support.dell.com/manuals. On the Manuals page, click Software Systems Management.
DLCI_UserGuide.book Page 120 Friday, October 12, 2012 7:16 PM Obtaining Technical Support For information on technical support, visit dell.com/contactus. For information on documentation support, visit support.dell.com/manuals. On the Manuals page, click Software Systems Management. Click on the specific product on the right-side to access the documents.
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