Users Guide

Manage Profiles
A 'Profile' is a specific instance of an existing deployment template that is customized with attributes unique to an individual
device. Profiles can be created either implicitly during a template's deployment/auto-deployment or from the existing templates
by the user. A Profile consists of target-specific attribute values along with the BootToISO choices, and iDRAC management
IP details of the target device. It could also contain any network bandwidth and VLAN allocations for server NIC ports as
applicable. Profiles are linked to the source template from which they are created.
On the Configuration > Profiles page all the profiles that are in the logged in user's scope are displayed. For example, an
administrator can see and manage all profiles, however, a device manager with limited scope can see and use only the profiles
that they create and own.
The following details of the listed profiles are displayed:
Table 18. Manage Profiles - Field definitions
Field Name Description
Modified
A 'modified' symbol is displayed to notify any modification
or change to the associated profile or template attributes
after the initial assigning. If the modified profile is redeployed
on the device, the symbol disappears.
Profile Name Name of the profile
Template Name Name of the linked source template
Target Service tag or IP Address of the device on which the profile
is assigned. If the profile is not assigned to any device, then
target is blank.
Target Type The device type (server or chassis) on which the profile is
assigned
Chassis Chassis name of the chassis if the target server is discovered
as part of a chassis
Profile State Profile State will be displayed as 'Assigned to Device' if the
profile is assigned, 'Unassigned' for unassigned profiles, and
'Deployed' for the deployed profiles.
Last Action Status Displays a profile's last action status such as Aborted,
Cancelled, Completed, Failed, New, Not Run, Paused, Queued,
Running, Scheduled, Starting, Stopped, Completed with
Errors.
Advanced Filters can be used to customize the Profile list.
On the right side — Description, Last deployed Time, Last Modified Time, Created On, and Created By are displayed for the
selected profile. Click View Identities to view the NIC configuration and virtual identities that are tagged to the profile.
Depending on the various profile states, the following actions can be performed on the Configuration > Profiles page as
mentioned below:
NOTE: Create and Delete operations are not listed as part of the table.
Table 19. Profile states and possible operations
Profile State Edit Assign Target Unassign Target Re-Deploy Migrate
Unassigned Profile Yes Yes No No No
Assigned to device Yes No Yes No No
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