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162 Lifecycle Controller Integration Best Practices Guide
33 Appendix
33.1 PYTHON Scripts README
33.1.1 Purpose
The goal of recite.py is to provide a simple and fast interface for the Dell Lifecycle Controller API. It has an interactive
mode that is useful to run one off commands against a server as well as batch mode to allow automating a sequence of
operations.
33.1.2 Requirements
Client:
 Windows XP or greater with Windows Remote Management (winrm)
 Linux with Web Services for Management client (wsmancli)
 Python version 2.4 to 2.6
Server:
 Dell 11G servers
 iDRAC Enterprise version 1.70 (racks and towers), version 3.21 (blades) or greater
 Dell Lifecycle Controller version 1.5 or greater
33.1.3 Command Line Interface
python recite.py [NAME1=VALUE1 NAME2=VALUE2] ["CMD1" "CMD2" ...] [batch1.win batch2.win]
Set variable $NAME1 to VALUE1, $NAME2 to VALUE2 ...
Execute CMD1, CMD2 in order ...
Execute batch scripts in order and exit ...
Enter interactive mode if no scripts specified
python recite.py IP=10.0.0.1,10.0.0.2,10.0.0.3
Spawn three instances of recite.py in separate windows, each with IP specified
python recite.py IP=username:password@10.0.0.
Set $IP, $LOGIN and $PASS with a single assignment
python recite.py IP=username:dell123@10.0.0.1,username:dellam@10.0.0.2
Spawn two instances with specified $IP, $LOGIN and $PASS
python recite.py IP=IP.ini