Users Guide

The Add Server dialog box is displayed.

2. In the Add Server dialog box, do the following:

a) In the iDRAC IP Address box, enter an iDRAC IPv4.

b) Enter the iDRAC credentials.

3. Click OK.

Adding server may take a few minutes.

When the discovery operation is in progress, you can close the Add Server page. Discovery process proceeds in the background. The

discovered server is displayed on the Bare-metal Servers page. The time out value for the manual discovery is set to 15 minutes.

To view more information about the bare-metal server, select a server. The information such as license expiry, BIOS version, and

system lockdown mode are displayed in the lower-most horizontal pane of the page.

Remove bare-metal servers

You can manually remove a server that has been auto that is discovered or manually added.

1. On the OMIVV home page, click Compliance & Deployment > Deployment > DELETE.

2. Select a bare-metal server, and then click OK.

Refresh bare-metal servers

The refresh operation rediscovers the bare-metal servers by connecting to iDRAC and collecting the basic inventory.

NOTE:

If you perform the refresh operation on the "Configured" bare-metal servers, the server status changes to the

"Non-configured" state because the refresh operation rediscovers the server.

1. On the OMIVV home page, click Compliance & Deployment > Deployment > REFRESH.

2. On the Refresh Bare-metal Servers page, select a server, and click OK.

Refreshing bare-metal servers data may take few minutes. While the operation is in progress, you can close the Refresh Bare-metal

Servers page, rediscover process proceeds in background. The rediscovered server is displayed on the Bare-metal Servers page.

Purchase or renew iDRAC license

The status of the bare-metal servers shows non-compliant when they do not have a compatible iDRAC license. A table displays the status

of the iDRAC license. Select a noncomplaint bare-metal server to view more information about the iDRAC license.

1. To renew iDRAC license, on the OMIVV home page, click Compliance & Deployment > Deployment.

2. Select a bare-metal server for which iDRAC license is noncompliant, and click PURCHASE/RENEW IDRAC LICENSE.

3. Log in to the Dell Digital Locker and update or purchase a new iDRAC license.

4. After you install an iDRAC license, click REFRESH.

Deployment

Before deploying system profile and ISO profile, ensure that the following are available:

• Host Credential Profile

To create a host credential profile, click CREATE. For more information about creating Host Credential Profile, see Create host

credential profile.

• Bare-metal server

To discover a bare-metal server, click DISCOVER. For more information about discovering bare-metal servers, see Manual discovery

of bare-metal servers .

• System Profile

To create a system profile, click CREATE. For more information about creating system profile, see Create system profile.

• ISO Profile

To create an ISO profile, click CREATE. For more information about creating ISO profile, see Create an ISO profile.

By using the System Profile and ISO Profile Deployment wizard, you can perform:

Deployment