Users Guide

Field Name Description

However, you can use Snap, Thin, and Compressed types by separately installing them. For

more information on installing plug-ins, see Installing Plug-ins for EMC to Support Volume

Provisioning section in Installation Guide.

Folder Name

Type the folder name.

Server settings

Table 4. Server settings

Options Description

Select a Component Select one of the following options from the drop-down menu:

• Server

• Server (O/S Installation Only)

• Server (Hardware Only)

# of Instances Type the number of the server instances that you want to add.

Associated Resources Select Associate All Resources or Associate Selected resources to

associate all or specific components to the new component.

Import Configuration from Reference Server Click this option to import an existing server configuration and use it

for the server component settings. On the Select Reference Server

page, select the server from which you want to import the settings,

and click Select.

Import from Existing Template Click this option to import configuration from a server that is part of

an existing template. On the Select Component page, select the

server under a template, and click Select.

Upload Server Configuration Profile Click this option to upload configuration XML file to ASM.

Validate Settings Click this option to determine which may be chosen for a deployment

with this template component.

Hardware Settings

NOTE: This setting is applicable only for Server and Server (Hardware Only) components.

Target Boot Device Specifies the target boot device. The options available are — Boot

from SAN (FC), Local Hard Drive Boot From SAN (iSCSI), None,

None (With RAID Configuration), SD with RAID enabled, and SD

with RAID disabled.

NOTE: The SD with RAID enabled option allows you to boot

from the SD and then proceed with creating the RAID virtual

disks.

RAID You can configure RAID using this feature. The following options are

available to configure RAID Level:

• Basic RAID Level

• Advanced RAID Configuration

Basic RAID Level: Select Basic RAID Level option, and then select

RAID level from the Basic RAID Level drop-down menu.

ASM supports external and internal RAID controllers using the

Advanced RAID Configuration feature.

Advanced RAID Configuration: If you select Advanced RAID

Configuration, You get two buttons Add Internal Virtual Disks, Add