Users Guide

Creating system profile
Ensure that the following conditions are met before creating a system profile:
● The reference server is configured as per the requirement, outside of OMIVV. Modifying any values of any of the attributes
is not supported in the current version, except for the iDRAC user passwords.
● Collect System Inventory On Restart (CSIOR) is enabled on a reference server, and the reference server is rebooted, so that
the data returned from iDRAC is up-to-date.
● OpenManage Integration had performed a successful inventory on each of the vCenter managed hosts.
● Bare-metal servers have the minimum BIOS and firmware versions already installed. See OpenManage Integration for
VMware vCenter Compatibility Matrix for more information about the minimum firmware levels for iDRAC, BIOS, and
Lifecycle Controller.
You can create a system profile by using only a 14th generation reference server.
1. In OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter, on the Manage > Deployment tab, select Deployment Templates >
System Profiles.
2. Click .
3. On the Welcome page, read the instructions, and click Next.
● In the Profile Name text box, enter the profile name.
● In the Profile Description text box, type a description. The description value is optional.
4. Click Next.
The Reference Server dialog box is displayed. You can either select 14th generation reference servers from the dialog box
directly or through the browse button in the profile source page.
5. Select a 14th generation reference server by performing either of the following substeps:
NOTE:
All hosts from 11th to 14th generations are displayed in the dialog box and the select link is enabled only for 14th
generation complaint bare metal servers and hosts, whereas only 14th generation bare-metal servers are displayed and
the select link is enabled only for complaint bare-metal servers.
NOTE: Select a 14G reference server which is compliant managed host or bare-metal server. However, you cannot
select a host as a reference server which is managed through Chassis profile.
a. In the Reference Server dialog box, click the right 14th generation reference server, and click the Select link against
the reference server.
NOTE: The Select link is enabled only for complaint servers.
b. In the Reference Server page, click Browse to select a compliant 14th generation host reference server that is
managed and successfully inventoried by OMIVV, or a compliant 14th generation bare-metal 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.
The selected Server name, Reference Server Type, the iDRAC IP address, Model, and Service Tag are displayed in the
Profile Source page.
NOTE:
If Reference Server Type is a bare-metal server, only iDRAC IP is displayed whereas if Reference Server
Type is a host, both iDRAC IP and host IP/FQDN is displayed.
6. Click Next.
7. On the Profile Settings page, expand iDRAC to view the system profile attributes. You can sort the data grid columns in
ascending or descending order. Click the data filter icon to filter the data.
a. To quickly view the Set Password link in the Value column, click , type 'password' in the Value Contains, and enter
the password for enabled user.
NOTE:
Dell EMC recommends you to provide the credentials same as the credentials used during addition of bare
metal server. If you change the password in the deployment template, the changes are not displayed to the root
user. During OS deployment, if Hypervisor Profile is associated with the deployment template, deployment takes
connection profile (iDRAC and ESXi) password.
NOTE: The Set Password option is available only for the iDRAC enabled user with valid user name.
Also, you can view the profile settings for the components based on the configuration of the Dell Reference Server such
as iDRAC, BIOS, RAID, NIC, CNA, FCoE, and EvenFilters.
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