Users Guide

NOTE:
● While using the system profile, exporting a system profile with Enterprise license and importing the same system profile
on servers with Express license fails.
● You cannot import system profile by using the Express license of iDRAC9 firmware 3.00.00.00. You must have an
Enterprise license.
Create system profile
Prerequisites
It is recommended that you use Google Chrome to create or edit System Profile.
The PowerEdge R6515, R7515, R65125, R7525, and C6515 servers which has HBA, BOSS, and PERC connected using slimline
cable. System Profile created in OMIVV with iDRAC version earlier than 4.30.30.30 cannot be used for iDRAC 4.30.30.30 and
later versions. Create new system profile with iDRAC 4.30.30.30 or later and use it when required.
Steps
1. On the OMIVV home page, click Compliance & Deployment > Profiles > System Profile > CREATE NEW PROFILE.
2. On the Create System Profile page of the wizard, read the instructions, and then click GET STARTED.
3. On the Name and Description page, do the following:
a. Enter profile name and description. The description field is an optional field.
b. Select any of the following system profile types:
● Basic—Displays the minimal set of attributes for iDRAC, BIOS, RAID, NIC, and FC.
● Advanced—Displays all the attributes for iDRAC, BIOS, RAID, NIC, FC, and EventFilters.
4. On the Reference Server page, to select a reference server that is either a host or a bare-metal, click SELECT.
The server selection might be disabled because of any of the following reasons:
● The server is either a noncompliant host or noncompliant bare-metal server.
● A deployment job is either scheduled or running on the server.
● The server is managed using the chassis credential profile.
The Extract Confirmation dialog box is displayed.
5. To extract the system configuration from the reference server, click OK.
Extracting the system configuration from the reference server might take few minutes.
6. Review the reference server details, and click NEXT.
● To change the reference server on the Select Reference Server page, click BROWSE.
If the reference server is of bare-metal type, only its iDRAC IP is displayed. If the reference server itself is a host server,
both the iDRAC and host (FQDN) IPs are displayed.
The Profile Settings page is displayed.
7. On the Profile Settings page, you can view or modify the profile settings for the components such as iDRAC, BIOS, RAID,
NIC, CNA, FCoE, and EvenFilters based on the configuration of the reference server.
By default, platform-specific and read-only attributes are not listed. For more information about platform-specific attributes,
see System specific attributes on page 177.
Pseudo attributes are not displayed in system profile. For more information, see the Server Configuration XML File
document.
Before selecting the attributes other than the attributes that are selected by default, check the nature of attribute,
dependency, and other details.
If you select the attributes other than the attributes that are selected by default, the following message is displayed:
These attributes may affect other dependent attributes, or are destructive in nature, or dissolve server identity, or affect
security of the target servers.
NOTE:
For 12G and 13G PowerEdge servers, some of the attributes may not map dependency properly in OMIVV. For
example, Memory Operating Voltage component of BIOS is Read-only unless the system profile is set to Custom in
System BIOS Settings.
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