Concept Guide
Table Of Contents
- Dell Lifecycle Controller Remote Services v2.70.70.70 Quick Start Guide
- Contents
- Introduction
- Advantages of using Lifecycle Controller
- Benefits of using iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller
- Key features
- New in this release
- Advantages of using Lifecycle Controller Remote Services
- Licensable features in Lifecycle Controller
- About iDRAC RESTful API with Redfish and Web Service APIs
- About Lifecycle Controller API
- About one-to-many management achieved
- Other information that you may need
- Accessing documents 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
Viewing the managed computer system using the Physical Computer System View................ 20
Job management............................................................................................................................................................... 20
Job types....................................................................................................................................................................... 20
System status............................................................................................................................................................... 21
Chapter 3: Getting started with API collateral and links.............................................................. 22
WSMAN Profiles................................................................................................................................................................22
Lifecycle Controller-related profiles........................................................................................................................22
WSMAN MOF WSDL and XSD API definitions.......................................................................................................... 25
Managed object file.....................................................................................................................................................26
Web service description language...........................................................................................................................26
XML schema description........................................................................................................................................... 26
Web services interface guide......................................................................................................................................... 26
WSMAN Best practices guide........................................................................................................................................26
Attribute registry XML..................................................................................................................................................... 27
Event message registry XML..........................................................................................................................................27
XML schemas..................................................................................................................................................................... 27
Redfish................................................................................................................................................................................. 27
Authorization and licensing requirements for API access....................................................................................... 27
White papers...................................................................................................................................................................... 28
Lifecycle Controller and iDRAC white papers.......................................................................................................28
Chapter 4: Integrating the Lifecycle Controller API..................................................................... 29
API clients........................................................................................................................................................................... 29
Best practices workflow references.............................................................................................................................29
Sample scripts and tools..................................................................................................................................................29
Applications using Lifecycle Controller-Remote Services.......................................................................................30
WinRM and OpenWSMAN installation and configuration....................................................................................... 30
Chapter 5: Social media reference............................................................................................... 31
Chapter 6: Terms and definitions................................................................................................ 32
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