Users Guide

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.
To apply a prole to a server, perform the following tasks:
1 Go to the Server Proles page. In the Boot Identity proles section, select the server on which you want to apply the selected
prole.
The Select Prole drop-down menu gets enabled.
NOTE
: The Select Prole drop-down menu displays all available proles that are sorted by type from the network share.
2 From the Select Prole drop-down menu, select the prole that you want to apply.
The Apply Identity option is enabled.
3 Click Apply Identity.
A warning message is displayed that applying a new identity overwrites the current settings and also reboots the selected server. You
are prompted to conrm if you want to continue the operation.
NOTE
: To perform server conguration replication operations on the server, 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 server. To complete
the server conguration replication operation, enable the CSIOR option on the server.
4 Click OK to apply the boot identity prole to the selected server.
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.
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