Reference Guide
Table Of Contents
- Dell Lifecycle Controller Remote Services v2.40.40.40 Quick Start Guide
- Introduction
- Why use Lifecycle Controller?
- Benefits of using iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller
- Key features
- What’s new in this release?
- Why use Lifecycle Controller Remote Services?
- Licensable features in Lifecycle Controller
- What are Redfish and the Web Service APIs?
- Where can the Lifecycle Controller API be used from?
- Who can use the API?
- How is one-to-many management achieved?
- Other information that you may need
- Accessing support content from the Dell EMC support site
- Contacting Dell
- Remote Services Features
- Deployment and configuration
- Monitor
- Maintain
- Job management
- Getting started with API collateral and links
- Integrating the Lifecycle Controller API
- Social media reference
- Terms and definitions
Provisioning Server
The Provisioning Server feature in iDRAC allows newly installed servers to automatically discover the remote management
console that hosts the Provisioning Server. The Provisioning Server provides custom administrative user credentials to iDRAC so
that the management console can discover and manage the newly installed managed system.
If you order a Dell system with the Provisioning Server feature enabled (factory default setting is disabled), then iDRAC is
delivered with DHCP enabled and user accounts disabled. If the Provisioning Server feature is disabled, you can manually enable
this feature and disable the default administrative account using the iDRAC Settings utility. For more information about the
iDRAC Settings utility, see iDRAC User’s Guide.
For more information about Provisioning Server, see the Lifecycle Controller Management profile document available at
www.delltechcenter.com/systemsmanagement.
Retire or repurpose the server
By using the Retire or Repurpose feature, you can delete server-related data such as system configuration, logs, PERC NV
cache (if available), and so on. However, an iDRAC license cannot be deleted by using this feature. Use LC-Remote Services to
delete information about the following:
● BIOS
● iDRAC
● LC Data
● Diagnostics
● Driver Pack
The user information is permanently deleted and you cannot retrieve the information. However, BIOS and iDRAC remain
functional, whereas diagnostics and driver pack can be re-installed.
Managing the web server certificate
By default, a self-signed certificate is available on iDRAC. You can generate a certificate signing request (CSR) and use the
CSR to create a Certificate Authority (CA) signed certificate. To use this feature, the following methods are introduced in the
iDRACCard profile:
● GenerateSSLCSR
● ExportSSLCertificate
● ImportSSLCertificate
● DeleteSSLCertificate
The method to support export and import operations are:
● Web Server Certificate
● CA certificate for Directory Service
● Custom Signing Certificate
To use the new certificate, restart the iDRAC. A new method iDRACReset is added for this purpose.
For more information about managing the web server certificate, see the iDRAC Card Profile document available at
www.delltechcenter.com/systemsmanagement.
Viewing the managed computer system using the Physical
Computer System View
Physical Computer System View (PCSV) provides the view of a managed system such as current state and configuration. You
can directly access PCSV using PowerShell commands. Using PCSV you can:
● Receive information about the managed elements.
● Directly enumerate the CIM_PhysicalComputerSystem from the console without any prior knowledge of a particular class.
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