Users Guide

2 On the Proles page, in the Apply Prole section, click Manage Proles. The Manage BIOS Proles page is displayed.
• To edit a prole, click Edit.
• To view BIOS settings, click View.
• To delete a prole, click Delete. For more information about the eld descriptions, see the CMC for Dell PowerEdge FX2/FX2s Online
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Adding or saving prole
Before copying the properties of a server, rst capture the properties to a stored prole. Create a stored prole and provide a name and
optional description for each prole. You can save a maximum of 16 stored proles on the CMC nonvolatile extended storage media.
NOTE: If a remote share is available, you can store a maximum of 100 proles using the CMC extended storage and remote share.
For more information, see Conguring Network Share Using CMC web Interface
Removing or disabling the non-volatile extended storage media prevents access to Stored Proles, and disables the Server Cloning feature.
To add a prole:
1 Go to the Server Proles page. In the Server Proles section, click Apply and Save Proles.
2 Select the server from whose settings you want to generate the prole, and then click Save Prole. The Save Prole section is
displayed.
3 Select Extended Storage or Network Share as the location to save the prole.
NOTE
: The Network Share option is enabled and the details are displayed in the Stored Proles section only if the network
share is mounted and is accessible. If the Network Share is not connected, congure the Network Share for the chassis. To
congure the Network Share, click Edit in the Stored Proles section. For more information, see Conguring Network Share
Using CMC web Interface
4 In the Prole Name and Description elds, enter the prole name and description (optional), and click Save Prole.
NOTE
:
When saving a Server Prole the list of characters that are not supported for the Prole Name include the character hash (#),
comma (,) and question mark (?).
The standard ASCII extended character set is supported. The following special characters are not supported:
), “, ., *, >, <, \, /, :, and |
CMC communicates with the LC to get the available server prole settings and store them as a named prole.
A progress indicator indicates that the Save operation is in progress. After the action is complete, a message, "Operation Successful" is
displayed.
NOTE
: The process to gather the settings runs in the background. Hence, it may take some time before the new prole is
displayed. If the new prole is not displayed, check the prole log for errors.
Applying prole
Server cloning is possible only when server proles are available as stored proles in the nonvolatile media on the CMC or stored on the
remote share. To initiate a server cloning operation, you can apply a stored prole to one or more servers.
The operation status, slot number, slot name, and model name is displayed for each server in the Apply Prole table.
NOTE
: If a server does not support Lifecycle Controller or the chassis is turned o, you cannot apply a prole to the server.
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