Users Guide

● In the Reference Server page, click Browse to select a compliant reference server that is managed and successfully
inventoried by OMIVV, or a compliant bare-metal server.
To extract the hardware configuration from reference server, in the Extract Confirmation dialog box, click Yes.
The selected Server name, the iDRAC IP address, model, and Service Tag are displayed in the Reference Server page.
6. In the Reference Server page, to customize the reference server settings, click Customize Reference Server Settings,
and choose the following settings that can be optionally included and customized:
● RAID Settings
● BIOS Settings
● Boot Order
● iDRAC Settings
○ Network Settings
○ User List
7. In the RAID Configuration window, select one of the following, and click Next:
● Apply RAID1 + create a dedicated hot spare, if applicable—use this option, if you want to apply default RAID
configuration settings to the target server. The RAID configuration task defaults to RAID1 on the first two drives of the
integrated controller that are RAID1 capable. Also, a dedicated hot-spare for the RAID1 array is created, if a candidate
drive that meets the RAID criteria exists.
● Clone RAID configuration from the reference server as shown below—use this option, if you want to clone the
reference server setting.
8. In the BIOS Settings page, to include BIOS setting information in the profile, expand a category to display the setting
options, and click Edit to update one of the following:
● System Information
● Memory Settings
● Processor Settings
● SATA Settings
● Boot Settings
● One-Time Boot
● Integrated Devices
● Slot Disablement
● Serial Communication
● System Profile Settings
● System Security
● Miscellaneous Settings
After all updates are made for a category, to save the changes, click Next, or to cancel the changes, click Cancel.
NOTE:
For detailed BIOS information, including setting options and explanations, see the Hardware Owner’s Manual for
the selected server.
9. In the Boot Order page, do the following and click Next:
a. To display boot order options, expand Boot Order, and then click Edit to make the following updates:
i. In the Boot Mode list, select BIOS or UEFI.
ii. In the View list, under Boot Device Sequence, to change the displayed boot device sequence, select the device, and
click either Move Up or Move Down.
iii. Select Enable Boot Sequence Retry so that the server automatically retries the boot sequence.
iv. To apply the changes, click OK, or to cancel the changes, click Cancel.
b. To display the hard drive sequence options, Expand Hard Drive Sequence, and click Edit. Update the following:
i. To change the displayed hard drive sequence, select the device and click either Move Up or Move Down.
ii. To apply the changes, click OK, or to cancel the changes, click Cancel.
NOTE:
For servers earlier than 13th generation, both UEFI and BIOS modes are displayed; whereas for 13th or later
generation servers, either BIOS, or UEFI mode is displayed.
10. In the iDRAC Settings page, do the following:
a. Expand a category to display the setting options, and click Edit:
Update one of the following:
● Network Settings
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