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
Remote Services Features
Using Lifecycle Controller-Remote Services, you can perform the following operations:
● Deploy and Configure
● Monitor
● Maintain
● Create and schedule jobs
Topics:
• Deployment and configuration
• Monitor
• Maintain
• Job management
Deployment and configuration
Using various Lifecycle Controller-Remote Services' capabilities, you can perform different configurations on a system
throughout its lifecycle. You can perform operations such as BIOS, iDRAC, RAID, FC-HBA, and NIC configurations, and operating
system deployment on the system.
Server configuration profiles
The server configuration profiles file contains the component configuration information that is used to apply the configuration
for BIOS, iDRAC, RAID, NIC, FC-HBA, System, and Lifecycle Controller by importing the file to a target system.
The export and import of Server Configuration Profiles are supported by the WS-MAN and iDRAC RESTful API with Redfish
APIs.
For more information and white papers, see Server Cloning with Server Configuration Profiles and Creating and Managing
Server Configuration Profiles documents available at www.delltechcenter.com.
BIOS configuration
The BIOS and boot configuration feature gets and sets any of the configurable BIOS attributes that are exposed in BIOS UEFI
HII. You can perform the following operations:
●
Retrieve current configuration of BIOS inventory
● Retrieve current boot configuration settings
● Manage the boot order configuration
● Change the BIOS boot mode or UEFI boot mode
● Manage BIOS passwords
● Change the boot order
● Enable or disable boot sources
● One-time boot support to any device listed in the boot order
iDRAC configuration
The iDRAC configuration feature is used to manage the properties and interfaces for running system management tasks related
to the management of basic properties of iDRAC. The remote access controller properties and attributes are divided into views
to provide a simple methodology for the clients to query the iDRAC views and set the iDRAC attributes.
You can perform the following operations:
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