Best practices guide
The Best Practices Guide provides the work flows that group smaller WSMAN operations to achieve a
particular task. To access the Best Practices Guide, from the Dell TechCenter (delltechcenter.com/LC)
page, under the Web Services Integration Tools, click Best Practices Guide. Alternatively, go to http://
en.community.dell.com/techcenter/extras/m/white_papers/20066173.aspx
Sample scripts corresponding to all sections in the document are also provided, using WinRM on
Windows and wsmancli on Linux.
The Best Practice Guide contains the detailed instructions of common work flows to perform various
tasks utilizing WinRM or WSMAN. The PYTHON scripting language is used to provide a software
development kit (SDK) for the Lifecycle Controller API methods. The following primary objectives are
addressed through the SDK:
• Work flows documented in the Best Practices Guide provide guidance to established, known, and
working API methodologies.
• The corresponding PYTHON sample scripts are separately provided. After invoking these scripts, the
output log can be used to provide approximate timing on a particular system configuration, as well as
raw WinRM or Open-WSMAN input and output.
NOTE: The scripts are located here — http://en.community.dell.com/techcenter/extras/m/
white_papers/20066173.aspx
Attribute registry XML
The attribute registry lists all the attributes and properties for the particular component in XML format. For
attribute registries of RAID, NIC, iDRAC, BIOS, FC HBA, and PCIeSSD, see http://en.community.dell.com/
dell-groups/dtcmedia/m/mediagallery/20440476.
Event message registry XML
The message registry XML describes all messages, message IDs, and message arguments from all profiles.
This zipped file contains the iDRAC and Lifecycle Controller event and error message data in XML,
conforming to the DMTF DSP0228 message registry XML schema. The zipped file also includes an XSL file
provided by Dell that enables content searching and reading easier.
To view the Dell Event Message Reference Guide document, go to http://en.community.dell.com/
techcenter/systems-management/w/wiki/lifecycle-controller#attributereg and click the latest
OpenManage Software version. The Event Message Reference document contains the error and event
information generated by firmware and other agents that monitor system components. These events are
logged and displayed to the user on one of the system management consoles, or both logged and
displayed.
XML schemas
The Lifecycle Controller XML Schema Guide provides interpretation of XML used by the Lifecycle
Controller to describe various Lifecycle Controller output XML content such as:
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