Dell Server Concepts

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LifeCycle Controller

Dell LifeCycle Controller is an embedded systems management technology that enables remote server management over Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC). Using Lifecycle Controller, you can update the firmware using a local or Dell-based firmware repository.

Dell Linux Repository

The purpose of Dell Linux Repository is to distributed official Dell software for Dell servers running Linux. That includes OpenManage Server Administrator, BIOS and firmware updates, diagnostic applications, etc.

http://linux.dell.com/repo/hardware/omsa.html

Dell System Update (DSU)

Dell System Update (DSU) is an application used to distribute Dell updates for Linux and Microsoft Windows. The DSU distributes the OpenManage Server Administrator and BIOS and firmware updates for different servers.

Location

http://linux.dell.com/repo/hardware/dsu/

DSU user guide: http://www.dell.com/support/manuals/uk/en/ukdhs1/system-update-v1.4.0/DSU_UG_1.4/Overview?guid=GUID-3061CE04-4779-4D50-8276-DDF911E3884A&lang=en-us

Dell Update Package (DUP)

Dell Update Package.

Latest DSU DUP/RMP:

https://linux.dell.com/repo/hardware/dsu/os_independent/x86_64/

All DSUs:

http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/19/products/software/ent_sys_mgmt/ent_sys_mgmt_update_pckgs

Lifecycle Controller OS Driver Pack DVD

Distributed as a DVD ISO image, contains Dell Update Packages (DUPs). Also referred to as "Operating System Driver Packs DVD".

Dell OpenManage Server Administrator

http://en.community.dell.com/techcenter/systems-management/w/wiki/1760.openmanage-server-administrator-omsa#Download_OMSA850

Dell OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA) is a software agent that provides systems management capabilities via a Web browser-based graphical user interface (GUI) and from a command line interface (CLI) through the operating system. OMSA is designed so that system administrators can manage server systems both locally and remotely on a network. It also interfaces with OpenManage Essentials (OME) console, which allows for monitoring of the systems in the data center from a single interface.

The best way to install OMSA is to install the srvadmin-all metapackage, which installs all OMSA components:

yum install srvadmin-all

srvadmin-services.sh  start|stop

https://192.168.1.11:1311

IMPI over LAN

The Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) is a set of computer interface specifications for an autonomous computer subsystem that provides management and monitoring capabilities independently of the host system's CPU, firmware and operating system. IPMI provides a way to manage a computer that may be powered off or otherwise unresponsive by using a network connection to the hardware rather than to an operating system or login shell.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligent_Platform_Management_Interface

Dell DRAC and iDRAC

Dell DRAC is an implementation of IPMI.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dell_DRAC