Contents
1 Introduction...........................................................................................................5
Benefits of using iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller...............................................................................5
Key features...........................................................................................................................................6
What’s new in this release?...................................................................................................................7
Why use Lifecycle Controller Remote Services?..................................................................................7
Licensable features in Lifecycle Controller..........................................................................................7
What is the Web Service API?................................................................................................................8
Where can the Lifecycle Controller API be used from?......................................................................8
Who can use the API?...........................................................................................................................9
How is one-to-many management achieved?....................................................................................9
Other documents you may need.........................................................................................................9
Accessing documents from Dell Support Site...................................................................................10
Contacting Dell....................................................................................................................................10
2 Remote Services Features.................................................................................12
Deployment and configuration...........................................................................................................12
Server configuration profiles.........................................................................................................12
BIOS configuration........................................................................................................................12
iDRAC configuration......................................................................................................................12
RAID configuration........................................................................................................................13
NIC configuration..........................................................................................................................14
Operating system deployment......................................................................................................14
Near Field Communication (NFC) using the QuickSync feature.................................................15
Configuring advance security using hash password....................................................................15
Configuring USB management port.............................................................................................16
Monitor................................................................................................................................................16
Collecting System Inventory.........................................................................................................16
Hardware inventory.......................................................................................................................17
Lifecycle log...................................................................................................................................17
System event log...........................................................................................................................18
Firmware inventory........................................................................................................................18
Event alerts.....................................................................................................................................18
Embedded Tech Support Report..................................................................................................18
Out-of-band server performance monitoring.............................................................................19
Maintain................................................................................................................................................19
Server configuration profiles — export or import........................................................................19
Firmware update............................................................................................................................19
Part replacement...........................................................................................................................20
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