Users Guide

Profiles — view network

To view the network bandwidth and VLAN allocations for the NIC ports associated to a profile:

1. Select a profile on the Configuration > Profiles page.

2. Click View > View Network to activate the View Network wizard.

3. The Bandwidth section displays the following bandwidth settings of the partitioned NICs: NIC identifier, Port, Partition, Min

Bandwidth (%), and Max Bandwidth (%). Click Next

4. The VLANs section displays the following VLAN details of the profiles: NIC teaming, NIC identifier, Port, Team, Untagged

Network, and Tagged Network.

5. Click Finish to close the View Network wizard.

Edit a profile

An existing profile can be edited on the Configurations > Profiles page. The changes in the profile do not affect the

associated target system automatically. For the changes to take effect, the modified profile must be redeployed on the target

device.

NOTE: Only users with OpenManage Enterprise Administrator privileges are allowed to perform these tasks.

To rename, edit network, or edit the attributes of an existing profile, select the profile on the Profiles page and click Edit. The

following edit options can be selected:

1. Select Rename and in the Rename Profile wizard edit the profile name in the Name box.

2. Select Edit Profile to activate the Edit Profile wizard and edit the following:

a. On the Details page, you can edit the Name and Description. Click Next.

b. On the Boot to Network ISO page, select the Boot to Network ISO check box to specify the full ISO path and the share

location and do the following:

● Select Share Type as either CIFS or NFS.

● In the ISO Path box, enter the full ISO path.

● Provide details in the Share IP Address, Username, and Password boxes.

● Select the Time to Attach ISO dropdown menu options to set the number of hours the network ISO file will remain

mapped to the target device. By default, this value is set as four hours.

● Click Next.

c. On the iDRAC Management IP page, select from one of the following :

● Don't change IP settings.

● Set as DHCP

● Set static IP and provide the relevant Management IP, Subnet Mask, and Gateway details.

d. On the Target Attributes page, you can select and edit the BIOS, System, NIC, iDRAC, and virtual identity attributes of

the profile.

e. Click Finish to save the changes.

Assign a Profile

From the Configuration > Profiles page, an unassigned profile can be either deployed on an existing server or can be reserved

for auto deployment on a yet-to-be discovered server.

NOTE:

● Only OpenManage Enterprise users with Administrator or Device Manager privileges can perform this task.

● The existing attributes, if any, of the target server would be overwritten when a profile is deployed on it.

● Only the devices that are not associated with any profiles are available for deployment or auto deployment.

1. To Deploy a profile:

a. Select an unassigned profile on the Configuration > Profiles page, click Assign > Deploy to activate the Deploy Profile

wizard.

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