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

Using the Configuration Utility

This section describes the various operations that you can perform with the Dell Lifecycle Controller Configuration Utility.

You can use the Config Utility from the Configuration Manager console to:

• Create a new Lifecycle Controller boot media to deploy operating systems remotely. For more information, see Creating a Lifecycle Controller boot media.
• Configure hardware and deploy the operating system on the target systems in the collection. For more information, see Configuring hardware and deploying the operating system.
• View the firmware inventory, compare it against a baseline, and update the firmware using a repository for all the systems in the collection. For more information, see Comparing and updating firmware inventory for systems in a collection.
  NOTE

  You can create a repository using the Dell Repository Manager. For more information on Dell Repository Manager, see the Dell Repository Manager User’s Guide available at Dell.com/support/manual.

• View the current hardware inventory for all the systems in the collection. For more information, see Viewing the hardware inventory.
• Set Lifecycle Controller credentials for the current session and verify communication and user accounts with Dell LCs. For more information, see Verifying Communication with Lifecycle Controller.
• Modify and set the Lifecycle Controller credentials on the targeted collection of Dell systems. For more information, see Modifying credentials on Lifecycle Controllers.
• View and export the Lifecycle Controller logs for a collection. For more information, see Viewing and exporting Lifecycle Controller logs for a collection.
• Perform tasks to restore the platform information for systems in a collection that includes:
  • Exporting the system profiles of all the systems in the collection.
  • Importing the system profiles of all the systems in the collection.
  • Configuring Part Replacement properties for a collection.

  For more information, see Platform restore for a collection.

• Compare a NIC configuration profile against systems in a collection. For more information, see Comparing NIC or CNA profiles against systems in a collection.
  NOTE DLCI performs all the preceding actions for 20 systems at a time. If you have 100 systems in a collection, the first 20 systems are updated first, then the next 20, and so on.