Users Guide

The selected prole is applied to the server and the server is rebooted immediately. For more information, see the CMC Online Help.

NOTE: You can apply a boot identity prole to only one NIC FQDD partition in a server at a time. To apply the same boot

identity prole to a NIC FQDD partition in another server, you must clear it from the server where it is rst applied.

Clearing Boot Identity Proles

Before applying a new boot identity prole to a standby server, you can clear the existing boot identity congurations of a selected server

by using the

Clear Identity option available in the CMC web interface.

To clear boot identity proles:

1 Go to the Server Proles page. In the Boot Identity proles section, select the server from which you want to clear the boot identity

prole.

NOTE: This option is enabled only if any of the servers are selected and boot identity proles are applied to the selected

servers.

2 Click Clear Identity.

3 Click OK to clear the boot identity prole from the selected server.

The clear operation disables the IO Identity and persistence policy of the server. On completion of the clear operation, the server is

powered o.

Viewing Stored Boot Identity Proles

To view the boot identity proles stored on the network share, go to the Server Proles page. In the Boot Identity Proles > Stored

Proles section, select the prole and click View in the View Prole column. The View Settings page is displayed. For more information on

the displayed settings, see the CMC Online Help.

Importing Boot Identity Proles

You can import boot identity proles that are stored on the management station to the network share.

To import a stored prole on to the network share from the management station, perform the following tasks:

1 Go to the Server Proles page. In the Boot Identity Proles > Stored Proles section, click Import Prole.

The Import Prole section is displayed.

2 Click Browse to access the prole from the required location and then click Import Prole.

For more information, see the CMC Online Help.

Exporting Boot Identity Proles

You can export a boot identity proles that are saved on the network share to a specied path on a management station.

To export a stored prole, perform the following tasks:

1 Go to the Server Proles page. In the Boot Identity Proles > Stored Proles section, select the required prole and then click