Dell Lifecycle Controller Remote Services v2.60.60.60 Quick Start Guide

About iDRAC RESTful API with Redfish and Web Service APIs

Web Services-Management (WSMan) is a Distributed Management Task Force's (DMTF) open standard, defining a Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)—based protocol for managing servers, devices, applications, and various Web Services. WS-MAN provides a common way for systems to access and exchange management information across the IT infrastructure.

DMTF is an industry organization that develops, maintains, and promotes standards for systems management in enterprise IT environments. The DMTF data model is complex and typically requires multiple transactions to accomplish simple operations such as specifying a user name and password, or giving administrator privileges to a user account. To reduce the number of transactions, Lifecycle Controller also offers a Dell data model for management that is based on an attribute model.

The iDRAC RESTful API expands upon the DMTF Redfish standard with Dell EMC-specific operations. It includes RESTful server configuration, modular server feature support, and detailed OS networking inventory and status. The Scalable Platforms Management Forum (SPMF) has published the Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF)'s Redfish API. It is an open industry standard specification and schema which is designed to meet the needs of IT administrators for simple, modern, and secure management of scalable platform hardware. Redfish is a NextGen management standard using a data model representation inside a hypermedia RESTful interface. The data model is defined in terms of a standard and machine-readable schema, with the payload of the messages expressed in JSON and the protocol using OData v4. Redfish is a hypermedia API, and can represent various implementations using a consistent interface. It has mechanisms for discovering and managing data center resources, handling events, and managing long-lived tasks.