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Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration Version 3.3 for Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager User's Guide

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Existing features and functionalities

Table 1. Features and functionalities
Feature Functionality
Configuration Manager distributed environment Support for Configuration Manager, when the configuration manager is set up in a distributed environment.
Configure and deploy operating system on Dell’s 11th generation and 12th generation of PowerEdge servers. You can configure Dell’s 11th generation or 12th generation of PowerEdge servers using DLCI through Lifecycle Controller. All the features of previous version of DLCI are supported for 12th generation or 11th generation PowerEdge servers.
A single installer to install and configure DLCI

You can use the single installer to install DLCI 3.3 in environments (Configuration Manager 2012 SP2, Configuration Manager 2012 R2 SP1, Configuration 2012 R2, Configuration Manager 2012 SP1, or Configuration Manager 2012) based on the version of Configuration Manager present in the system. If a DLCI 3.2 is present, then the installer initiates an upgrade. The installer deploys appropriate components based on the Configuration Manager version.
Automatically configure Dell Provisioning Server You can automatically configure Dell Provisioning Server for non-administrator users by selecting the Automatically configure Dell Provisioning Server user permissions option during installation.
Deploying customized images using Dell driver CAB files You can create and deploy customized images on Dell Enterprise servers. For more information, see Adding Dell driver packages.
Platform Restore You can restore a profile for a system or a collection that includes:
  • Scheduling a backup, and exporting system profiles to an external share/vFlash.
  • Importing the saved system profiles from an external share/vFlash.
  • Configuring Part Replacement properties for a system or a collection.

For more information, see Platform restore for a system and Platform restore for a collection.
Viewing and exporting the Lifecycle Controller logs You can view the Lifecycle Controller logs of a system or a collection in a readable format and save or export the logs to a .CSV file. In addition, you can filter logs and view the number of logs based on the search string. For more information, see Viewing Lifecycle Controller logs and Viewing and exporting Lifecycle Controller logs for a collection.
Configure network interface cards (NICs) and converged network adapters (CNAs) You can configure different attributes of specific NICs or CNAs in the system and save them to a profile.

The saved profiles can later be applied to a collection as part of the hardware configuration or operating system deployment, or both.

You can also compare the applied NIC/CNA profiles against the NIC/CNA configurations of the systems and generate comparison reports.

For more information, see:
Configure iDRAC profiles for a system or collection You can define iDRAC configurations for a system and save it as part of a hardware configuration profile of the system.

The saved profiles are applied later to the collection as part of the hardware configuration or operating system deployment, or both.

For more information, see Configuring iDRAC profiles for a system.
Connect to Dell FTP for Firmware updates You can now connect to the FTP site and perform the following tasks:
  • Download firmware updates for a system or a collection.
  • Determine the status of the firmware if the firmware of your collection is compliant, or needs an update.
  • Schedule a firmware update for a single system or a collection of systems.
  • Export an inventory of chassis and servers from DLCI and use this information to create repository using Dell Repository Manager (DRM).
For more information, see:
Import Dell Servers and System Variables You can import Dell servers that are not auto-discovered by DLCI for Configuration Manager. The imported servers appear under the All Dell Lifecycle Controller Servers. You can use the DLCI utilities to perform the various activities on the servers.

You can also import system variables present in a .CSV file to systems present within a collection on the Configuration Manager console.

For more information, see Using the Import Server Utility.
Access iDRAC using Active Directory credentials for authentication You can provide Active Directory credentials to get authenticated on iDRAC.
Schedule firmware updates and perform selective firmware update You can schedule updates for firmware. Also, you can select the server components that need to be updated. For more information, see Comparing and updating firmware inventory.
Configure certificate authority (CA) and common name (CN) checks You can configure CA and CN checks for DLCI communication with the targets.
Auto-discovery and Handshake This feature enables the iDRAC on bare metal systems to locate the provisioning service and establish communication with the Site Server. For more information, see Auto-discovery and handshake.
System Viewer utility This feature enables you to configure individual systems by using the remote enablement capabilities of DLCI. For more information, see Using the System Viewer Utility.
Config Utility

This feature enables you to configure a collection of systems by using the remote enablement capabilities of Lifecycle Controller. For more information, see Using the Configuration Utility.
Launching the iDRAC Console This feature enables you to launch the iDRAC console from the Task Viewer and from a system in the collection that contains Dell’s 11th generation to 13th generation of PowerEdge systems. For more information, see Launching the integrated Dell Remote Access Controller console.
Support Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) boot mode This feature supports configuration of UEFI boot mode and BIOS attribute settings. For more information, see Changing the BIOS or UEFI boot sequence and hard disk drive sequence.
Task Viewer This feature enables you to track the status of the tasks handled by DLCI for Configuration Manager. For more information, see Task Viewer.
Support for viewing and configuring Fibre Channel (FC) host bus adapters (HBA) for servers Allows you to inventory and configure FC HBA cards.
Support for configuring Storage area network (SAN) boot attributes Allows you to configure SAN boot attributes.
Support for exporting the system profiles before and after hardware configuration Allows you to back up the system profiles for a collection of systems by exporting the profile to an iDRAC vFlash card or a network share.
Compare the applied FC HBA profiles against the systems in a collection and generate comparison reports Allows you to view the comparison report between an FC HBA profile and a selected server.
Support for ESXi 5.5 Update 3 Allows you to deploy ESXi operating systems on a collection.
Support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7.2 versions Allows you to deploy RHEL operating systems on a collection.

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