Users Guide

NOTE: The First boot disk installation target is not equivalent to the first entry in the BIOS Hard-Disk Drive
Sequence or UEFI Boot sequence. This option deploys the OS on to the first disk identified by the ESXi pre-OS
environment. Therefore, ensure that the Hard-Disk FailOver or Boot sequence retry option is enabled when the First
Boot Disk option is selected.
● BOSS—deploys an OS on the BOSS card. If BOSS is available on at least one of the selected servers, the BOSS option
is enabled. If not, only the First boot Disk option is available.
If you are using OMIVV to deploy an OS on the BOSS controller, ensure that system profile is captured from the
reference server along with the BOSS VD configuration and target server must have a BOSS with similar configuration.
For more information about creating VD, see Dell EMC Boot Optimized Server Storage-S1 User's Guide at www.dell.com/
support.
8. On the Select Host Credential Profile page, perform the following tasks:
a. To use the same host credential profile for all hosts, click YES, and then select the host credential profile from the
drop-down menu.
b. To select the individual host credential profile for each server, click NO, and then select the host credential profile from
the drop-down menu.
NOTE: In host credential profile, Dell EMC recommends associating the user which is used to discover the bare-metal,
else the discovered user gets disabled in iDRAC after OS deployment.
9. On the Configure Network Settings page, perform the following tasks:
a. Enter a Fully Qualified Host Name (FQDN) for the server. A fully qualified domain name for the hostname is mandatory.
The use of localhost for the FQDN is not supported. The FQDN is used when adding the host to vCenter. Create a DNS
record that resolves the IP address with the FQDN. Configure the DNS server to support reverse lookup requests. The
DHCP reservations and DNS host names must be in place and verified before the deployment job is scheduled to run.
NOTE:
If vCenter is registered with OMIVV using FQDN, ensure that the ESXi host could resolve the FQDN using
DNS resolution .
b. Select the NIC for managing the server. Select the appropriate NIC which is connected to server.
NOTE:
Ensure that you select the management NICs based on the network connectivity to the OMIVV. The APPLY
SETTINGS TO ALL SERVERS option is not applicable for management NIC selection.
c. Select the OMIVV appliance NIC connected to host. For more information, see Prerequisites to deploy host with two
network adapters on page 57.
d. Select any one of the following networking options:
● For static, enter the preferred DNS server, alternate DNS server, IP address, subnet mask, and default gateway.
● Use VLAN—When a VLAN ID is provided, it is applied to the management interface of an OS during deployment
and tags all traffic with the VLAN ID. Server Identification assigns new names and network identification to deployed
servers. For more information, see VLAN support on page 57.
● Use DHCP—The DHCP assigned IP address is used when adding the host to vCenter. When using DHCP, Dell EMC
recommends that an IP reservation for selected NIC MAC addresses is used.
10. On the Schedule Deployment Job page, do the following:
a. Enter the deployment job name and description.
b. To run the deployment job immediately, click Run Now.
c. To schedule the job to run later, click Schedule later, and then select the date and time.
d. Select the Go to the Jobs page after the job is submitted check box.
You can track the status of the job on the Jobs page. For more information, see Deployment jobs on page 69.
11. Click FINISH.
NOTE: After performing OS deployment on bare-metal servers, OMIVV clears all the iDRAC jobs.
Deploy system profile and ISO profile
You can perform the deployment only on the compliant bare-metal servers. For more information, see View bare-metal servers
on page 50.
1. On the System Profile and ISO Profile Deployment Checklist page of the deployment wizard, verify the deployment
checklist, and then click GET STARTED.
2. On the Select Server (s) page, select one or more servers.
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