Current Revision posted to Systems Management - Wiki by Chris Poblete on 11/9/2012 3:58:37 PM
The Dell™ Lifecycle Controller embedded technology is developed on the industry-standard Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) platform and Web Services for Management (WS-Man) interfaces, providing an open environment for console integration.
This page contains various sample scripts and code to get you started with developing customized solutions and workflows to manage your Dell PowerEdge servers through the Remote Services interface.
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| Feature | Description | Type |
| iDRM shell scripts | iDRM contains various scripts that provide a wrapper command line interface to systems management workflows using WSL for WSMAN operations to iDRAC. | wsl, sh |
| Python WS-Man API | For scripting using Python, check this Python module for WS-Man. | python, api |
| RECITE | RECITE is another Python-based scripting environment providing an interactive mode and easy workflow capability to simplify working with Remote Services in iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller. | python, workflow |
| psDCIM | psDCIM provides a collection of cmdlets to get started working with Remote Services in iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller. | powershell, windows |
| LC 1.5 Windows Examples | Working sample scripts in the LC 1.5 Web Service Interface Guide for Windows. | winrm, batch |
| LC 1.5 Linux Examples | Working sample scripts in the LC 1.5 Web Service Interface Guide for Linux. | wsmancli, sh |
| Firmware Update - shell | Linux shell scripts to perform Firmware Update using WSMan. | wsmancli, sh |
| Bios Boot Config - shell | Linux shell scripts to configure BIOS and BOOT using WSMan. | wsmancli, sh |
| Nic Config - shell | Linux shell scripts to configure NIC using WSMan. | wsmancli, sh |
| System (hw) Inventory - shell | Linux shell scripts to inventory System or Hardware using WSMan. | wsmancli, sh |
| CSIOR, AutoDHS - shell | Linux shell scripts to Collect System Inventory On Restart using WSMan. Linux shell script to perform Auto Discovery using WSMan. | wsmancli, sh |
| iDRAC Attributes push pull | Python and Shell scripts to inventory (pull) and configure (push) iDRAC attributes using WSMan. | wsmancli, py, sh |
| BIOS Attributes push pull | PyPython and Shell scripts to inventory (pull) and configure (push) BIOS attributes using WSMan. | wsmancli, py, sh |
| RAID Attributes push pull | Python and Shell scripts to inventory (pull) and configure (push) RAID attributes using WSMan. | wsmancli, py, sh |
| NIC Attributes push pull | Python and Shell scripts to inventory (pull) and configure (push) NIC attributes using WSMan. | wsmancli, py, sh |
| NIC Attributes get set diff | Python scripts to inventory (get) and configure (set) NIC attributes using WSMan. It allows cloning bios attributes between two different (or same) systems. It also allows to visualize difference (diff) in NIC attributes between two systems. | wsmancli, py |
| OS Deployment (drivers, network/vflash boot) | Python scripts to deploy the operating system using WSMan. It allows setting up or staging the driver packs and booting to an ISO on a network or on the vFlash-capable SD card in the LC. | winrm, wsmancli, py |
| Backup and Restore | Python scripts to backup and restore the host system server profile using WSMan. The image is backed up as an image to a network and restored using the same image. | winrm, wsmancli, py |
| Re-initiate Auto-Discovery | Python scripts to reinitiate auto-discovery on a system by using WSMan.This involves setting up provisioning server and auto-discovery client certificate and private key. | winrm, wsmancli, py |
| Firmware Inventory and Update | Python scripts to inventory and update the firmware on the LC using WSMan. | winrm, wsmancli, py |
| LC Log Insert Worknote, Export and Display | Python scripts to insert worknote (comment) into LC log, export the log and display entries from the exported log. | winrm, wsmancli, py |
| CSIOR and Part Replacement | Python scripts to perform Collection System Inventory On Restart (CSIOR) and Part Replacement (configuration/firmware update). | winrm, wsmancli, py |
| Hardware Inventory and Factory Config diff | Python scripts to Inventory the Hardware and find the diff between current Hardware Inventory and Factory Configuration. | winrm, wsmancli, py |
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