Users Guide

Exporting Server Configuration Profile
Module: dellemc_export_server_config_profile
Synopsis
You can export Server Configuration Profile (SCP) with various components such as iDRAC, BIOS, NIC, RAID together or
with one of these components. You can export SCP from iDRAC to a local or a network shared location. For shared location,
make sure that a network share path is established.
Options
Table 7. dellemc_export_server_config_profile
Parameter Required Default Choices Comments
export_format No XML
● JSON
● XML
The output file format
export_use No Default
● Default
● Clone
● Replace
The type of server configuration
profile (SCP) to be exported
idrac_ip Yes NA NA iDRAC IP Address
idrac_user Yes NA NA iDRAC username
idrac_pwd Yes NA NA iDRAC user password
idrac_port No NA NA iDRAC port
job_wait Yes NA
● True
● False
● If the value is True, it waits for
the SCP export job to finish and
returns the job completion status
● If the value is False, it returns
immediately with a JOB ID after
queuing the SCP export job in LC
job queue
share_name Yes NA NA
CIFS or NFS network share or a local
path
share_user No NA NA
Network share user in the format
'user@domain'
share_pwd No NA NA Network share user password
scp_components No ALL
● ALL
● IDRAC
● BIOS
● NIC
● RAID
Specify the hardware component(s)
configuration to be exported
● If ALL, the module exports all
components configurations in SCP
file
● If IDRAC, the module exports
iDRAC configuration in SCP file
● If BIOS, the module exports BIOS
configuration in SCP file
● If NIC, the module exports NIC
configuration in SCP file
● If RAID, the module exports RAID
configuration in SCP file
Table 8. Return Values
Name Description Returned Type Sample
Export SCP
Exports the SCP to the provided
network share or to the local path
Success String
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