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Importing Server Profile from a vFlash SD Card Network Share or USB Drive

Importing Server Profile After Motherboard Replacement

Before importing the server profile after motherboard replacement, make sure that the following

prerequisites are met:

• A backup image of the server with the old motherboard is present.

• If you are restoring from a vFlash SD card, it must be installed, and contain the backup image in a

folder labeled SRVCNF. This image must be from the same server that you are trying to restore.

• If you are restoring from a network share, make sure that the network share where the backup image

file is stored is accessible.

After replacing the motherboard, import the server profile from a vFlash SD card, Network Share, or a USB

device.

• See Post-import Scenario

• The Service tag is restored on the new motherboard from the backup file.

Related Links

Import Server Profile

vFlash SD Card

Network Share

USB Drive

Import Server License

Use this feature to import an iDRAC license from the Lifecycle Controller GUI. The scenarios in which you

may want to import a license are when you set up a new server shipped from the factory, while

upgrading an Express license to an Enterprise license, and so on. You can import the license that is stored

on a USB drive or on the network share such as CIFS or NFS. You can perform the following operations

only if you have an evaluation license of Lifecycle Controller:

• Back up a server profile

• Export a server profile

• Configure a vFlash SD Card

NOTE: You can import license on servers that belong to 12th generation and later. For more

information about importing server license, see the Importing iDRAC License Using Lifecycle

Controller white paper available at delltechcenter.com/lc.

Importing Server License from a Network Share or USB Drive

Before importing a server license, make sure that the following prerequisites are met:

• The number of licenses already installed on the server must not be more than 16.

• The license being imported is not expired.

• The license being imported is not of perpetual type, which will have an unique identifier or service tag

associated with another server.

• The license being imported is a proper zipped file and not corrupted file.

• The license being imported must not be already installed on the same server.