Users Guide

• Save the current chassis conguration settings to an XML le on the network share or local management station.

• Restore the chassis conguration.

• Import chassis proles (XML les) to the network share from a local management station.

• Export chassis proles (XML les) from the network share to a local management station.

• Apply, edit, delete, or export a copy of the proles stored on the network share.

Saving Chassis Conguration

You can save the current chassis conguration to an XML le on a network share or local management station. The congurations

include all the chassis properties that can be modied using the CMC web interface and RACADM commands. You can also use the

XML le that is saved to restore the conguration on the same chassis or to congure other chassis.

NOTE: Server and iDRAC settings are not saved or restored with the chassis conguration.

To save the current chassis conguration, perform the following tasks:

1. Go to the Chassis Conguration Proles page. In the Save and Backup → Save Current Conguration section, enter a name

for the prole in the Prole Name eld.

NOTE: While saving the current chassis conguration, the standard ASCII extended character set is supported.

However, the following special characters are not supported:

“, ., *, >, <, \, /, :, and |

2. Select one of the following prole types from the Prole Type option:

• Replace — Includes attributes of the entire CMC conguration except write-only attributes such as user passwords and

service tags. This prole type is used as a backup conguration le to restore the complete chassis conguration including

identity information such as IP addresses.

• Clone — Includes all the Replace type prole attributes. The Identity attributes such as MAC address and IP address are

commented out for safety reasons. This prole type is used to clone a new chassis.

3. Select one of the following locations from the Prole Location drop-down menu to store the prole:

• Local — To save the prole in the local management station.

• Network Share — To save the prole in a shared location.

4. Click Save to save the prole to the selected location.

After the action is complete, the Operation Successful message is displayed:

NOTE: To view the settings that are saved to the XML le, in the Stored Proles section, select the saved prole and

click View in the View Proles column.

Restoring Chassis Conguration Prole

You can restore the conguration of a chassis by importing the backup le (.xml or .bak) on the local management station or the

network share to which the chassis congurations were saved. The congurations include all the properties available through the

CMC web interface, RACADM commands, and settings.

To restore the chassis conguration, perform the following tasks:

1. Go to the Chassis Conguration Proles page. In the Restore Conguration → Restore Chassis Conguration section, click

Browse and select the backup le to import the saved chassis conguration.

2. Click Restore Conguration to upload an encrypted backup le (.bak) or a .xml stored prole le to the CMC.

The CMC web interface returns to the login page after a successful restore operation.

NOTE: If the backup les (.bak) of the earlier versions of CMC, are loaded on the latest version of CMC where FIPS is

enabled, recongure all the 16 CMC local user passwords. However, the password of the rst user is reset to "calvin".

NOTE: When a chassis conguration prole is imported from a CMC, which does not support the FIPS feature, to a CMC

where FIPS is enabled, the FIPS remains enabled in the CMC.