Users Guide

NOTE: You can edit the profile description only for profiles stored on SD cards.

For more information, see the Online Help.

Viewing Profile Settings

To view Profile settings for a selected server, go to the Server Profiles page. In the Server Profiles

section, click View in the Server Profile column for the required server. The View Settings page is

displayed.

For more information on the displayed settings, see the Online Help.

NOTE: The CMC Server Configuration Replication feature retrieves and displays the settings for a

specific server, only if the Collect System Inventory on Restart (CSIOR) option is enabled.

To enable CSIOR, after rebooting the server, from the F2 setup, select iDRAC Settings → Lifecycle

Controller, enable CSIOR and save the changes.

To enable CSIOR on:

1. 12th generation servers — After rebooting the server, from the F2 setup, select iDRAC Settings →

Lifecycle Controller, enable CSIOR and save the changes.

2. 13th generation servers —After rebooting the server, when prompted, press F10 to access Lifecycle

Controller. Go to the Hardware Inventory page by selecting Hardware Configuration → Hardware

Inventory. On the Hardware Inventory page, click Collect System Inventory on Restart.

Viewing Stored Profile Settings

To view profile settings of the stored server profiles, go to the Server Profiles page. In the Server Profiles

section, click View in the View Profile column for the required server. The View Settings page is

displayed. For more information on the displayed settings, see the CMC for Dell PowerEdge FX2/FX2s

Online Help.

Viewing Profile Log

To view the profile log, in the Server Profiles page, see the Recent Profile Log section. This section lists

the 10 latest profile log entries directly from server cloning operations. Each log entry displays the

severity, the time and date of submission of the server configuration replication operation, and the

replication log message description. The log entries are also available in the RAC log. To view the other

available entries, click Go to Profile Log. The Profile Log page is displayed. For more information, see the

Online Help.

Completion Status And Troubleshooting

To check the completion status of an applied BIOS profile:

1. In the left pane, click Chassis Overview → Server Overview → Setup → Profiles.

2. On the Server Profiles page, note down the Job ID (JID) of the submitted job from the Recent

Profile Log section.

3. In the left pane, click Server Overview → Troubleshooting → Lifecycle Controller Jobs. Search for

the same JID in the Jobs table. For more information about performing Lifecycle Controller jobs

using CMC, see Lifecycle Controller Job Operations.