Setup Guide

Chapter 1: Introduction................................................................................................................. 4
Benefits of using iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller...................................................................................................... 4
Benefits of using Lifecycle Controller Remote Services............................................................................................5
Key features..........................................................................................................................................................................5
Licensed features in Lifecycle Controller...................................................................................................................... 6
New in this release.............................................................................................................................................................. 6
About iDRAC RESTful API with Redfish and Web Service API................................................................................ 6
About Lifecycle Controller API......................................................................................................................................... 6
About one-to-many management....................................................................................................................................7
Chapter 2: Operations using Remote Services...............................................................................8
Deployment and configuration......................................................................................................................................... 8
Monitor...................................................................................................................................................................................8
Maintain................................................................................................................................................................................. 8
Chapter 3: Getting started with API collateral and links................................................................ 9
WSMAN Profiles.................................................................................................................................................................. 9
WSMAN MOF WSDL and XSD API definitions.............................................................................................................9
Web services interface guide........................................................................................................................................... 9
Attribute registry XML....................................................................................................................................................... 9
Event message registry XML.......................................................................................................................................... 10
XML schemas......................................................................................................................................................................10
iDRAC RESTful API with Redfish................................................................................................................................... 10
Authorization and licensing requirements for API access........................................................................................ 10
Chapter 4: Integrating the Lifecycle Controller API......................................................................12
API clients............................................................................................................................................................................ 12
Best practices workflow references..............................................................................................................................12
Sample scripts and tools.................................................................................................................................................. 12
Applications using Lifecycle Controller-Remote Services........................................................................................13
WinRM and OpenWSMAN installation and configuration........................................................................................ 13
Chapter 5: Social media reference............................................................................................... 14
Related Documentation.................................................................................................................................................... 14
Accessing documents from Dell support site..............................................................................................................15
Contacting Dell................................................................................................................................................................... 15
Chapter 6: Terms and definitions................................................................................................. 16
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