Users Guide
Platform restore for a collection........................................................................................................ 45
Exporting the system profiles in a collection...............................................................................45
Importing the system profiles in a collection.............................................................................. 46
Configuring Part Replacement properties for a collection.........................................................46
Comparing NIC or CNA profiles against systems in a collection..................................................... 46
5 Using the Import Server Utility........................................................................ 48
Importing Dell servers.........................................................................................................................48
Acquiring licenses............................................................................................................................... 49
Importing system variables.................................................................................................................50
6 Using the System Viewer Utility.......................................................................52
Viewing and editing BIOS configuration............................................................................................ 52
Creating a new profile...................................................................................................................53
Editing an existing profile..............................................................................................................53
Adding a new attribute..................................................................................................................53
Editing an existing BIOS attribute................................................................................................. 54
Changing the BIOS boot sequence and hard disk drive sequence.............................................54
Viewing and configuring RAID............................................................................................................54
Configuring iDRAC profiles for a system........................................................................................... 54
Creating an integrated Dell Remote Access Controller profile...................................................54
Editing an integrated Dell Remote Access Controller profile......................................................55
Configuring NICs and CNAs for a system..........................................................................................56
Creating a NIC or CNA profile...................................................................................................... 56
Scanning a collection....................................................................................................................57
Configuring adapters.....................................................................................................................57
Configuring NIC and iSCSI parameters........................................................................................58
Editing a NIC or CNA profile.........................................................................................................59
Comparing and updating firmware inventory................................................................................... 59
Comparing hardware configuration profile.......................................................................................60
Viewing Lifecycle Controller logs...................................................................................................... 60
Downloading and updating the 11th and 12th generation message registry.............................62
Downloading and updating the 13th generation message registry............................................62
Viewing the hardware inventory for the system................................................................................63
Platform restore for a system............................................................................................................. 63
Prerequisites to export or import a system profile...................................................................... 63
Exporting the system profile.........................................................................................................64
Importing the system profile........................................................................................................ 65
Configuring part replacement properties for a system...............................................................66
7 Troubleshooting................................................................................................. 68
Configuring Dell provisioning web services on IIS............................................................................68