Users Guide

Removing or disabling the nonvolatile extended storage media prevents access to stored prole and disables the Server Conguration
Replication feature.
To add or save a prole:
1 Open 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 about conguring the network
share, see Conguring Network Share Using CMC Web Interface.
4 In the Prole Name and Description elds, type the prole name and description (optional), and then click Save Prole.
NOTE: When saving a Server Prole, the standard ASCII extended character set is supported. However, 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 conguration replication 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 conguration replication operation, you can apply a stored prole to one or more servers.
NOTE
: If a server does not support Dell Lifecycle Controller or the chassis is turned o, you cannot apply a prole to the server.
To apply a prole to one or more server(s):
1 Go to the Server Proles page. In the Save and Apply Proles section, select the server or servers for which you want to apply the
selected prole.
The Select Prole drop-down menu is enabled.
NOTE
: The Select Prole drop-down menu displays all available proles and sorted by type, including those that are on the
remote share and SD card.
2 From the Select Prole drop-down menu, select the prole that you want to apply.
The Apply Prole option is enabled.
3 Click Apply Prole.
A message is displayed that applying a new server prole overwrites the current settings and also restarts the selected servers. You
are prompted to conrm if you want to continue the operation.
NOTE
: To perform server cloning operations on servers, the CSIOR option must be enabled for the servers. If CSIOR option
is disabled, a warning message is displayed that CSIOR is not enabled for the servers. To complete the blade cloning
operation, make sure to enable CSIOR option on the servers.
4 Click OK to apply the prole to the selected server.
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