Users Guide

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Hardware Configuration and Operating
System Deployment
Hardware configurations are gathered in a hardware profile and the hardware configuration includes
BIOS, boot order, RAID, and other information.
Ensure that the server with golden configuration and the servers that you want to manage are identical in
these aspects:
• Server model
• Number of disks
• Size of disks
• Type of disks
• RAID controller
About Credential Profile
DLCI for SC2012 VMM uses a credential profile to connect to iDRAC of the target server.
In data centers, different collection of servers can have different iDRAC credentials associated with the
collection. To manage such a scenario, create a credential profile that specifies the credential for a
collection of servers.
Creating Credential Profiles
You can set a credential profile as default.
To create a credential profile:
1. In DLCI Console Add-in for SC2012 VMM, do any of the following:
• In the dashboard, click Create Credential Profile.
• In the navigation pane, click Profiles and Templates → Credential Profile, and then click Create.
2. In Credential Profile, provide a unique profile name and description, and iDRAC credentials
information, if required make this profile as default and then click
Finish.
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