Users Guide

● Power Management
● System Security
● Miscellaneous Settings
Once all updates are made for a category, click Apply to save the changes or click Cancel to cancel the changes.
NOTE: For detailed BIOS information, including setting options and explanations, refer to the Hardware Owner’s Manual
for the selected server.
15. In the left pane, select iDRAC Settings and then select Network.
16. To include network setting information in the profile, select the Include Network Settings in this Hardware Profile
check box. Expand a category to display the setting options, and click Edit to make updates to one of the following:
● Network
● Network Settings
● Virtual Media
Once all updates are made for a category, click Apply to save the changes or click Cancel to cancel the changes.
NOTE: For detailed iDRAC information, including setting options and explanations, refer to the iDRAC User’s Guide for
the selected server.
17. In the left pane, select iDRAC Settings > User List. To include user list information in the profile, select the Include User
List in this Hardware Profile check box. Under iDRAC Local User List, do one of the following:
a. Add User: Manually enter an iDRAC user and the required information. When finished, click Save to save your changes
or Cancel to cancel.
b. Delete User: Delete the selected user. Select the check box for the user and click Delete, or click Cancel to cancel.
c. Edit User: Manually edit an iDRAC user’s information. When finished, click Save to save your changes or Cancel to
cancel.
NOTE:
For detailed iDRAC information, including setting options and explanations, refer to the iDRAC User’s Guide for
the selected server.
18. In the left pane, select RAID Configuration. To include RAID configuration information in the profile, select the Include
RAID Configuration in this Hardware Profilecheck box. Then select one of the following:
● Apply RAID1 + create a dedicated hot spare, 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. Additionally, a dedicated
hot-spare for the RAID1 array is created if a candidate drive meeting the criteria exists.
● Clone RAID configuration from the reference Server .
Use this option if you want to clone the reference server setting.
The profile is automatically saved, and displays in the Hardware Profiles window under Available Profiles
Enabling CSIOR On A Reference Server
Before creating a hardware profile using a reference server, enable the Collect System Inventory On Reboot (CSIOR) setting
and reboot the server to provide accurate inventory and configuration information. There are two methods for enabling CSIOR:
Locally
This uses an individual host using the Dell Lifecycle Controller United Server Configurator (USC) user
interface.
Remotely This uses a WS-Man script. For more information on scripting this functionality, see the Dell Tech Center
and the DCIM Lifecycle Controller Management Profile.
To enable CSIOR locally on a reference server:
1. Power on the system, and during POST press <F10> to launch USC.
2. Select Hardware Congfiguration > Part Replacement Configuration.
3. Enable the Collect System Inventory on Reboot setting, and exit USC.
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