Users Guide

Table Of Contents
About this task
The following steps outline the workflow sequence:
Steps
1. Launch the System Viewer utility on the Configuration Manager console for a particular system. For
more information, see
System Viewer utility.
2. In the left pane, select FC HBA Configuration.
3. Select one of the following options:
Create a profile — to create a new FC HBA profile. For more information, see Creating an FC HBA
profile.
Edit an existing profile — to edit an existing FC HBA profile. For more information, see Editing an
FC HBA profile.
4. Add new adapter port or remove an adapter port from the profile. For more information, see steps 3
through 5 in Creating an FC HBA profile.
5. Select the adapter on the grid and configure it. For more information, see step 6 in Creating an FC
HBA profile.
6. Save the FC HBA profile.
Selecting Fibre Channel storage area network in boot
sequence
Once the SAN boot device is visible as a hard disk drive in the hard disk drive sequence, select the SAN
boot device as the first boot device in hard disk drive sequence of BIOS or UEFI boot sequence.
Prerequisites
For more information, see Common prerequisites.
Before changing the boot sequence, ensure that operating system is already installed and is present on
the logical unit number (LUN) assigned to the server.
About this task
The following steps outline the workflow sequence:
Steps
1. In the BIOS Configuration screen, change the boot sequence for SAN boot device as the first boot
device. Click Save As Profile to save the updated profile. For more information, see Changing the
BIOS or UEFI boot sequence and hard disk drive sequence.
2. From the Dell Lifecycle Controller Configuration Utility, select Hardware Configuration and
Operating System Deployment
. In BIOS Configuration page, select Configure BIOS, and click
Browse, to select the BIOS or UEFI profile updated in step 1.
3. Select Do not deploy operating system in the advertisement screen, to skip deploying the operating
system on the collection and click Reboot targeted collection.
4. Launch the Task Viewer, to view the status of the completed tasks. For more information, see Task
Viewer.
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