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LC Integration Best Practices Specification
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3.1
Anomalous Algorithms and Descriptions
Setting CNA bandwidth
The recommended algorithm is to schedule jobs such that MinBandwidths are first reduced, and then
increased. Essentially, delta values need to be sorted, and jobs scheduled in that order.
Consider the following example:
Current: 25, 25, 25, 25
Target: 30, 30, 20, 20
Since 20, 20 are both reducing values from 25, they should be scheduled first. This makes space for
increasing the other values. Next, values being increased can be scheduled – 30, 30.
A more complex example:
FQDD: 1, 2, 3, 4
Current: 5, 5, 50, 40
Target: 40, 50, 5, 5
Deltas: -35, -45, 45, 35
Order of job FQDDs: 3, 4, 1, 2
MinBandwidth limitations are documented in the Simple NIC Profile in section 6.7.
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3.2
iDRAC cloning
Blade cloning consists of a pull, enumerating attributes, and a push, applying attributes. The pull
command is a basic enumeration command using the DCIM_iDRACCardAttribute class.
Applies to: LC2+
Script: iDRACClonePull.win
A) The remote service must be in a “ready” state before executing any other WSMAN
commands. The GetRSStatus() method or the GetRemoteServicesAPIStatus() method may
be used depending on the version of the LC Management registered profile.
B) ENUMERATE the DCIM_iDRACCardAttribute class (same as DCIM_iDRACCardEnumeration
class) and store the results to be pushed. See section 2.2 for a definition of ENUMERATE .
The blade cloning push requires an extended WSMAN timeout of 120 seconds, versus the default of 60
seconds. This is needed because of the numerous amounts of attributes that need to be applied.
Below are Windows (winRM) and Linux (wsman) examples that apply all the iDRAC attributes. Replace
[IP_ADDRESS], [USER_NAME], and [PASS_WORD] with the actual IP address, username, and password.
winRM format:
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