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
Server license — import
Lifecycle Controller-Remote Services can import (restore) the server license of a host system. These operations are commonly
used during motherboard replacement. You can import the license from a USB drive or a network share such as CIFS or NFS.
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.
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