Users Guide

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.
4. Click View Log link to view the results of Lclogview from the iDRAC Lifecycle Controller for the
specific server.
The results displayed for the completion or failure are similar to the information displayed in the
iDRAC Lifecycle Controller log for the specific server.
Quick Deploy of profiles
The Quick Deploy feature enables you to assign a stored profile to a server slot. Any server supporting
server configuration replication that is inserted into a slot is configured using the profile assigned to that
slot. You can perform the Quick Deploy action only if the Action When Server is Inserted option in the
Deploy iDRAC page is set to Server Profile or Quick Deploy and Server Profile. Selecting this option
allows to apply the server profile assigned when a new server is inserted in the chassis. To go to the
Deploy iDRAC page, select Server Overview → Setup → iDRAC . Profiles that can be deployed are
contained in the SD card.
NOTE: To set up the profiles for quick deploy, you must have Chassis Administrator privileges.
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