Users Guide

– Save boot identity prole templates and customize the boot identity proles on the network share by editing and including the SAN
boot parameters that are used by each server.
– Prepare the servers that use initial conguration before applying their Boot Identity proles.
– Apply Boot Identity proles to each server and boot them from SAN.
• Congure one or more spare standby servers for quick recovery.
– Prepare the standby servers that use initial conguration before applying their Boot Identity proles.
• Use the workload of a failed server in a new server by performing the following tasks:
– Clear the boot identity from the non-functioning server to avoid duplicating the MAC addresses in case the server recovers.
– Apply the boot identity of a failed server to a spare standby server.
– Boot the server with the new Boot Identity settings to quickly recover the workload.
Saving Boot Identity Proles
You can save boot identity proles in the CMC network share. Number of proles that you can store depends on the availability of MAC
addresses. For more information, see Conguring Network Share Using CMC Web Interface.
For Emulex Fibre Channel (FC) cards, the Enable/Disable Boot From SAN attribute in the Option ROM is disabled by default. Enable the
attribute in the Option ROM and apply the boot identify prole to the server for booting from SAN.
To save a prole, perform the following tasks:
1 Go to the Server Proles page. In the Boot Identity Proles section, select the server that has the required settings with which you
want to generate the prole and select FQDD from the FQDD drop-down menu.
2 Click Save Identity. The Save Identity section is displayed.
NOTE
: Boot identity is saved only if the Network Share option is enabled and accessible, the details are displayed in the
Stored Proles section. 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 .
3 In the Base Prole Name and Number of Proles elds, enter the prole name and the number of proles that you want to save.
NOTE
: While saving a boot identity prole, the standard ASCII extended character set is supported. However, the following
special characters are not supported:
), “, ., *, >, <, \, /, :, |, #, ?, and ,
4 Select a MAC address for the base prole from the Virtual MAC Address drop-down and click Save Prole.
The number of templates created are based on the number of proles you specify. CMC communicates with the Lifecycle Controller to
get the available server prole settings and store them as a named prole. The format for the name le is — <base prole
name>_<prole number>_<MAC address>. For example: FC630_01_0E0000000000.
A progress indicator indicates that the save operation is in progress. After the action is complete, Operation Successful message is
displayed.
NOTE
: The process to gather the settings occurs 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 Boot Identity Proles
You can apply boot identity prole settings if the boot identity proles are available as stored proles on the network share. To initiate a boot
identity conguration operation, you can apply a stored prole to a single server.
NOTE
: If a server does not support Lifecycle Controller or the chassis is powered o, you cannot apply a prole to the server.
116 Conguring Servers