Users Guide

System Inventory On Reboot (CSIOR) setting enabled and be rebooted to provide accurate inventory
and configuration information.
The tasks for creating hardware profiles include:
● Enabling CSIOR On A Reference Server
● Creating A New Hardware Profile
● Cloning A Hardware Profile on page 52
● About Managing Hardware Profiles
Creating A New Hardware Profile
To create a new hardware profile:
1. In the Dell Management Center, select Deployment > Deployment Templates > Hardware Profiles.
2. Click Create New.
3. In the New Hardware Profile page, do the following:
● In the Profile Name text box, enter the profile name.
● In the Description text box, type an optional description.
4. Click Save.
5. To continue, in the left pane, click Reference Server.
6. In the Reference Server window, click Edit.
7. To find a reference server that is compliant, managed by vCenter, and successfully inventoried by the OpenManage
Integration for VMware vCenter, click Browse.
8. In the Servers dialog box, scroll down the list to find the right reference server, and click Select.
9. To customize the reference server settings as defaults, click Customize Settings from Reference Server , and then click
Save.
10. A dialog box that states extracting the settings takes several minutes is displayed. To populate settings, click Continue. The
selected server’s name, iDRAC IP address, and service tag are displayed in the Reference Server window.
11. In the left pane, select Boot Order. To include boot order information in the profile, select the Include Boot Order in this
Hardware Profile check box.
12. To display the boot order options, expand Boot Order, and then click Edit to make updates:
NOTE:
For Dell 13th generation PowerEdge Servers, only the current boot mode details are displayed for the hardware
profiles.
NOTE: Operating system deployment from OpenManage Integration for VMware and vCenter fails if the BOOT mode in
the target machine is set to UEFI
a. In the Boot Mode drop-down list to select either BIOS or UEFI.
b. In the View/Configure drop-down list, under Boot Device Sequence, to make changes to the boot device sequence
displayed, select the device and click either Move Up or Move Down.
c. In the Boot Retry Sequence drop-down list, select Enabled so that the server automatically retries the boot sequence,
or select Disabled to not retry the sequence.
d. Click Save to save the changes, or Cancel to cancel the changes.
13. If the BIOS boot mode was selected, you can expand Hard Drive Sequence to display the hard drive sequence options,
and click Edit to make updates:
● To make changes to the hard drive sequence displayed, select the device and click either Move Up or Move Down.
● Click Save to save the changes, or Cancel to cancel the changes.
14. In the left pane, select BIOS Settings. To include BIOS setting information in the profile, select the Include BIOS 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:
● Memory Settings
● Processor Settings
● SATA Settings
● Integrated Devices
● Serial Communication
● Embedded Server Management
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