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Introduction to the Lifecycle Controller
PowerEdge servers use an embedded iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller provides advanced embedded systems management, enabling key server management tasks including deploy, configure, update, maintain, diagnose, repurpose and retire. Lifecycle Controller supports these functions in the customer’s preferred mode – at the server, pre-boot with an UEFI graphical interface, at remote consoles using standards-based APIs and via scripting.
Prior to the development of Lifecycle Controller, an administrator used tools such as Dell OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA), Dell Systems Build Update Utility (SBUU), and Dell Deployment Toolkit (DTK) shipped on multiple CDs or DVD in order to perform Dell EMC PowerEdge server provisioning and update. Maintaining and using multiple DVDs/images for these operations was a time-consuming and error-prone effort.
To simplify these operations, Lifecycle Controller allows IT administrators to do away with media altogether, enabling operating system deployment with locally embedded driver repositories, firmware updates from local and network sources, hardware configuration, and platform-specific diagnostic routines. Because Lifecycle Controller is available even when the operating system is not functional or not installed, it provides added flexibility in provisioning and customizing the server to suit changing requirements.
If you are new to using iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller, check out the "how-to" videos on youtube.com.
Lifecycle Controller Features
WS-Man Guides
Best Practices Guide
Best Practices Scripts
Interface Guide for Microsoft Windows
WinRM Scripts
Interface Guide for Linux
openWSMAN Scripts
Redfish Guides
iDRAC REST API with Redfish Reference Guide
WS-Man Profiles
Describes the behavior for each iDRAC /LC feature and necessary classes, properties and methods as well as configurable management attributes that represent the feature
WS-Man MOFs
Files that contain the normative description for DCIM classes, properties and method in the MOF format
WS-Man Licenses and Privileges
Lists all licensing and privilege requirements for WS-Man operations
Lifecycle Controller XML Schema Guide
Contains various schema descriptions including: Lifecycle Controller log, hardware inventory, message registry, attribute registry, and dependency XML
Lifecycle Controller XML Schema XSD File
XSD files described in the XML Schema Guide
WS-Man WSDLs by release
The Web Services Description Language is an XML-based language that is used for describing the functionality offered by a Web service. A WSDL description of a web service, also referred to as a WSDL file, provides a machine-readable description of how the service can be called, what parameters it expects, and what data structures it returns
2.00.00.00
2.10.10.10
2.20.20.20
2.30.30.30
2.40.40.40
These registries list all of the attributes and properties for server components in XML format, covering BIOS, iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller, PERC RAID, NICs, FC HBAs, and PCIe SSDs. Following are the registries by release.
iDRAC8 with Lifecycle Controller Attribute Registries
Dell Test Event Nofification Message Reference
Contains the notification message content generated by the Dell iDRAC8 with Lifecycle Controller using the Test Event Generation feature for the following event action notification types:
iDRAC8 with LC
Version 2.00.00.00
Describes all event and error message content from all DCIM Profiles in one document.
Version 2.40.40.40, 2.30.30.30, 2.20.20.20, 2.10.10.10, 2.00.00.00
Dell Message Registry - English (2.4) (2.3) (2.2) (2.1) (2.0)
iDRAC and Lifecycle Controller event / error message data in XML with Dell XSL for viewing.