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<InstructionType>Configuration XML import Host control Instruction

</InstructionType>

<Instruction>ShutdownType</Instruction>

<Value>NoReboot</Value>

<ValuePossibilities>Graceful,Forced,NoReboot</ValuePossibilities>

</InstructionRow>

<InstructionType>Configuration XML import Host control Instruction

</InstructionType>

<Instruction>TimeToWait</Instruction>

<ValuePossibilities>Minimum value is 300 -Maximum value is

3600 seconds.</ValuePossibilities>

</InstructionRow>

<InstructionType>Configuration XML import Host control Instruction

</InstructionType>

<Instruction>EndHostPowerState</Instruction>

</InstructionRow>

</InstructionTable>

You must have Server Control privilege to perform this operation.

NOTE: While importing the SCP, changing the USB management settings in the SCP file results in a failed job or job

completed with errors. You can comment out the attributes in the SCP to avoid the errors.

To import the server configuration profile from the USB device to iDRAC:

1. Configure the USB management port:

• Set USB Management Port Mode to Automatic or iDRAC.

• Set iDRAC Managed: USB XML Configuration to Enabled with default credentials or Enabled.

2. Insert the USB key (that has the configuration.xml and the control.xml file) to the iDRAC USB port.

3. The server configuration profile is discovered on the USB device in the System_Configuration_XML sub-directory under the

USB device root directory. It is discovered in the following sequence:

• <servicetag>-config.xml / <servicetag>-config.json

• <modelnum>-config.xml / <modelnum>-config.json

• config.xml / config.json

4. A server configuration profile import job starts.

If the profile is not discovered, then the operation stops.

If iDRAC Managed: USB XML Configuration was set to Enabled with default credentials and the BIOS setup password is not

null or if one of the iDRAC user accounts have been modified, an error message is displayed and the operation stops.

5. LCD panel and LED, if present, display the status that an import job has started.

6. If there is a configuration that needs to be staged and the Shut Down Type is specified as No Reboot is specified in the control file,

you must reboot the server for the settings to be configured. Else, server is rebooted and the configuration is applied. Only when the

server was already powered down, then the staged configuration is applied even if the No Reboot option is specified.

7. After the import job is complete, the LCD/LED indicates that the job is complete. If a reboot is required, LCD displays the job status as

“Paused waiting on reboot”.

8. If the USB device is left inserted on the server, the result of the import operation is recorded in the results.xml file in the USB

device.

LCD messages

If the LCD panel is available, it displays the following messages in a sequence:

1. Importing – When the server configuration profile is being copied from the USB device.

2. Applying — When the job is in-progress.

3. Completed — When the job has completed successfully.

4. Completed with errors — When the job has completed with errors.

5. Failed — When the job has failed.

For more details, see the results file on the USB device.

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