Concept Guide

Table Of Contents

NOTE: To use this feature, iDRAC enterprise license is required.

For more information about monitoring the out-of-band performance, see the Dell Base Metrics Profile and Dell Sensors Profile

document available at www.delltechcenter.com/systemsmanagement.

Maintain

Using various Lifecycle Controller-Remote Services capabilities, you can maintain the health of a system throughout its lifecycle.

You can use features such as remote firmware management, part replacement, server profile import or export, and provisioning

server to maintain a system using Lifecycle Controller-Remote Services.

Server configuration profiles—export or import

Lifecycle Controller-Remote Services can export or import a Server Configuration Profiles file. The export operation collects the

configuration information for BIOS, iDRAC, RAID, NIC, FC-HBA, System, and Lifecycle Controller and stores it in a single file

that is copied to a local file or a network share. The Import operation imports the file from a local file or a network share, and

applies the previously saved or updated configurations contained in the file to a system.

Import and export can be performed using the RACADM, WS-MAN, or iDRAC RESTful API with Redfish interfaces.

For more information, see RESTful Server Configuration with iDRAC REST API, Server Cloning, Server Cloning

with Server Configuration Profiles, and Creating and Managing Server Configuration Profiles documents available at

www.delltechcenter.com/systemsmanagement.

Exceptions while importing server profile

On certain Dell devices, successful application of a server configuration profile requires two imports. The first import of the

profile enables hidden devices that are then configured with a second import.

Two imports are required while performing following actions:

● Enabling RAID mode on storage controllers — PERC S110 and PERC S130 require two imports – one to set the embedded

SATA controller to RAID mode and the second to configure the RAID controller for operations such as creating a virtual disk.

Example:

If the EmbSata BIOS attribute on the import system is not set to RAIDMode, then the first import must contain the

following:

<Attribute Name="EmbSata">RaidMode</Attribute>

</Component>

The second server import is to apply the configuration on the PERC controller:

<Attribute Name="RAIDresetConfig">False</Attribute>

<Attribute Name="RAIDforeignConfig">Ignore</Attribute>

<Attribute Name="RAIDaction">Create</Attribute>

<Attribute Name="Name">Virtual Disk 1</Attribute>

<Attribute Name="IncludedPhysicalDiskID">Disk.Direct.0-0:RAID.Embedded.1-1</

Attribute>

<Attribute Name="IncludedPhysicalDiskID">Disk.Direct.1-1:RAID.Embedded.1-1</

Attribute>

</Component>

<Attribute Name="RAIDPDState">Ready</Attribute>

</Component>

Remote Services Features