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Lifecycle Controller Integration―Best Practices Specification
33.4.4.3 Inventory
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After all jobs are executed, SSM will re-inventory the system and signal the iDRAC to re-sync its
database.
The total timeout for SSM should include 1 minute to inventory each NIC FQDD on the target
system after job completion.
The total timeout for SSM should include 30 seconds to inventory each RAID controller installed on
the target system after job completion.
33.4.4.4 Cleanup
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The total timeout for SSM should include 2 minutes to unload and cleanup the UEFI environment
prior to reboot.
33.4.5 RSStatus/JobStatus
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After SSM completes, the system will reboot and proceed with CSIOR, as described in 33.4.7.
In parallel, the iDRAC will refresh its database based on updated inventory.
The total timeout for RSStatus / JobStatus should include 5 minutes to obtain the inventory data
generated and update the iDRAC database.
Check Status = Reloading and then Status = Ready as described in section 20 of the WSIG for
Windows.
33.4.6 Check refreshed data
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Once RSStatus / JobStatus are Ready / Completed respectively, NIC and BIOS need to be reinventoried to ensure that all pending data was cleared and the set values were successfully
applied.
NIC and BIOS inventory are described in sections 33.3.3 and 33.3.5.
Error to user stating failures if any pending values still persist or if set values weren’t applied as
required.
33.4.7 CSIOR
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On the server side, the following tasks are redone since the machine will reboot and perform
CSIOR.
The overall timeout for SSM should include the following timeouts:
o POST – as described in section 33.4.3
o CSIOR – UEFI Initialization, similar to section 33.4.1
o CSIOR – Inventory
o CSIOR – Cleanup
33.5
iSCSI boot information
In addition to the programmatic steps shown in section 4.16, additional detailed
information about the script is added below.
1. Check FQDD if LOM/NDC or add-in
o On 11G
 Embedded = LOM
 Integrated = LOM
o On 12G
 Embedded = LOM
 Integrated = NDC
o Addins can be Slot, Mezzanine, etc.
2. Check LOM/NDC enablement
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