Users Guide

Customizing reference server for creating hardware profile
1. In OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter, on the Manage > Deployment tab, select Deployment Templates >
Hardware Profiles.
2. Click the
icon.
3. In the Hardware Profile Wizard, click Next on the Welcome page and do the following:
● In the Profile Name text box, enter the profile name.
● In the Description text box, type a description. The description is optional.
4. Click Next.
The Reference Server dialog box is displayed. You can either select reference servers from the dialog box directly or
through the browse button in the reference server window.
5. Select a reference server by performing either of the following substeps:
● In the Reference Server dialog box, choose the right reference server, and click the Select link against the reference
server.
The Extract Confirmation dialog box that states extracting the settings is displayed. To extract the hardware
configuration from reference server, in the Extract Confirmation dialog box, click Yes, and the extracting is completed
in few minutes.
● 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, 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
● UEFI Boot Settings
● One-Time Boot
● Integrated Devices
● Slot Disablement
● Serial Communication
● System Profile Settings
● System Security
● Miscellaneous Settings
Once all updates are made for a category, to save the changes, click Next, or to cancel the changes, click Cancel.
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