Users Guide
Chapter 7: Capture baseline configuration using cluster profile...................................................49
Cluster profile.....................................................................................................................................................................49
Create cluster profile........................................................................................................................................................49
Edit cluster profile.............................................................................................................................................................50
View cluster profile........................................................................................................................................................... 50
Update cluster profile.......................................................................................................................................................50
Delete cluster profile.........................................................................................................................................................51
Chapter 8: Manage bare-metal servers........................................................................................ 52
View bare-metal servers..................................................................................................................................................52
Device discovery............................................................................................................................................................... 52
Auto discovery .................................................................................................................................................................. 53
Auto discovery prerequisites.................................................................................................................................... 53
Enable or disable administrative accounts in iDRAC.................................................................................................53
Manually configure PowerEdge servers for auto discovery................................................................................... 54
Manual discovery of bare-metal servers .................................................................................................................... 54
Remove bare-metal servers........................................................................................................................................... 55
Refresh bare-metal servers............................................................................................................................................ 55
Purchase or renew iDRAC license.................................................................................................................................55
Chapter 9: Manage deployment profiles...................................................................................... 57
System profile.................................................................................................................................................................... 57
Create system profile....................................................................................................................................................... 57
Edit system profile............................................................................................................................................................ 59
View system profile.......................................................................................................................................................... 59
Delete system profile........................................................................................................................................................60
ISO profile........................................................................................................................................................................... 60
Create an ISO profile........................................................................................................................................................60
Edit an ISO profile............................................................................................................................................................. 60
View an ISO profile............................................................................................................................................................ 61
Delete an ISO profile......................................................................................................................................................... 61
Download custom Dell EMC ISO images...................................................................................................................... 61
Chapter 10: System profile and ISO profile deployment............................................................... 62
Deployment checklist....................................................................................................................................................... 62
Deploy system profile (configuration of the hardware)...........................................................................................63
Deploy ISO profile (ESXi installation) ..........................................................................................................................64
Deploy system profile and ISO profile.......................................................................................................................... 65
VLAN support.....................................................................................................................................................................66
Deployment job timing..................................................................................................................................................... 66
Chapter 11: Compliance............................................................................................................... 68
Management Compliance................................................................................................................................................68
View non-compliant hosts.........................................................................................................................................68
Fix a non-compliant host........................................................................................................................................... 69
Configuration Compliance................................................................................................................................................ 71
View configuration compliance................................................................................................................................. 71
View drift report........................................................................................................................................................... 71
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