Concept Guide

• Checking the Dell PowerEdge server compliance to ensure that the required firmware revision is

installed.

• Performing auto-discovery and handshake to enable iDRAC with LC on bare-metal servers. This helps

to locate the SCVMM console through the DLCI for SCVMM appliance.

• Discovering unassigned Dell PowerEdge servers manually while using static IP for the iDRAC with LC

network.

• Viewing key inventory details of discovered servers, which helps IT Administrators to

select appropriate servers to deploy in the datacenter.

• Preparing an ideal server configuration, also known as a Golden Configuration, based on the IT

Administrator defined standards to enable rapid and consistent replication of the same configuration

on servers targeted for deployment into the virtual environment.

• Enabling IT Administrators in developing and maintaining policy and profile-based configuration

templates to reduce repetitive management tasks and time consumption.

• Deploying OS and hypervisor by using the following options:

– iDRAC with LC, which contains driver packs for all supported operating systems for OS

deployments.

– Prepare customized Microsoft Windows Pre-installation Environment (WinPE) images with OS

drivers optionally available from the Dell Deployment Toolkit (DTK).

– Replicate hypervisor deployments with or without utilizing the LC driver packs based on the

selected Golden Configuration and also replicate BIOS, RAID, and Boot Order settings.

• Installing server operating systems remotely.

• Viewing the inventory information and performing troubleshooting tasks by launching to the iDRAC

and LC user interface.

• Viewing data logs of jobs and tasks performed within the DLCI appliance.

• Using Active Directory credentials for authentication and access to iDRAC/LC.

For complete information, see Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration for Microsoft System Center Virtual

Machine Manager User’s Guide available at dell.com/support/manuals.

Dell Server PRO Management Pack for Microsoft System Center Virtual

Machine Manager

Dell PRO Pack manages Dell physical devices and their hosted virtual machines (VMs) by leveraging the

monitoring and alerting capabilities of Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) and

remediation capabilities of System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM). It recommends remedial

actions when monitored-objects transition to an unhealthy state (for example, virtual disk failure or

predictive drive error).

For complete information, see Dell Server PRO Management Pack for Microsoft System Center Virtual

Machine Manager User’s Guide available at dell.com/support/manuals.

Dell OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter

The Dell OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter allows IT administrators to monitor, provision, and

manage Dell PowerEdge server hardware and firmware from a dedicated Dell menu accessed directly

through the VMware vCenter console. Dell OMI also allows granular control and reporting for the

hardware environment using the same role-based access control model as vCenter.

NOTE: The Dell Repository Manager integrates with Dell OpenManage Integration for VMware

vCenter. The Dell Repository Manager provides advanced functionality, simplifies the discovery and

deployment of new updates.