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Table Of Contents

1 Getting Started
- 1.1 What are Server Configuration Profiles?
- 1.2 Important Terms and Acronyms
- 1.3 CSIOR
- 1.4 SCP Export
- 1.5 SCP Import
- 1.6 SCP Import Preview
- 1.7 Jobs
- 1.8 iDRAC Lifecycle Logs
- 1.9 SCP Import / Preview Configuration Results
- 1.10 Available Interfaces
2 Template
- 2.1 Structure
- 2.2 XML Layout
- 2.3 JSON Layout
- 2.4 Golden Template (One to Many)
  - 2.4.1 Recommendations
  - 2.4.2 Active Directory Example
- 2.5 General Compatibility
3 SCP Export
- 3.1 Selective Export
- 3.2 Read Only Attributes
- 3.3 Include Password Hashes
  - 3.3.1 iDRAC User Passwords
  - 3.3.2 BIOS Password SHAs
- 3.4 Export Type - Clone and Replace
  - 3.4.1 Clone and Replace with passwords
  - 3.4.2 Clone and Replace with storage devices
- 3.5 Include Custom Telemetry
- 3.6 Available Interfaces
4 SCP Import
- 4.1 Host Reboot
  - 4.1.1 What will trigger a reboot?
- 4.2 Shutdown Type
- 4.3 End Host Power State
- 4.4 Dependencies
- 4.5 Backwards Compatibility
- 4.6 Selective Import
- 4.7 Available Interfaces
5 SCP Import Preview
- 5.1 Available Interfaces
6 iDRAC Configuration
- 6.1 Template Example
- 6.2 Creating and configuring an iDRAC User
- 6.3 Clearing an iDRAC User
- 6.4 SSHPublicKey
- 6.5 Certificates
- 6.6 Password Settings
- 6.7 AutoUpdate
7 LifecycleController
8 EventFilters
9 RAID / Storage Configuration and Operations
- 9.1 Create and initialize a virtual disk
- 9.2 RAIDresetConfig
- 9.3 RAIDdedicatedSpare
- 9.4 Cryptographic Erase
10 BIOS Configuration
- 10.1 Workload profiles
- 10.2 F1 / F2 Error Prompt
- 10.3 Changing the Boot Order
- 10.4 Enable or disable a boot order entry
- 10.5 System and setup passwords
- 10.6 PXE (Preboot Execution Environment)
11 NIC / FiberChannel / InfiniBand Configuration
- 11.1 LegacyBootProto and PXE
- 11.2 VirtualizationMode
- 11.3 InfiniBand modes
12 SupportAssist Operations
- 12.1 Registration
- 12.2 Configuration
13 RepositoryUpdates
- 13.1 Workflow
14 iDRAC Direct (SCP via USB)
- 14.1 Setup
- 14.2 Execution
15 OS Deployment
- 15.1 Attributes
- 15.2 Example
- 15.3 OS Deployment via USB
16 Telemetry Operations
- 16.1 Example
- 16.2 Custom Metric Report Definitions
- 16.3 Troubleshooting
17 Secure Enterprise Key Management Operations
- 17.1 Prerequisites
- 17.2 Example XML
- 17.3 Enabling SEKM settings on the iDRAC
- 17.4 Enable SEKM on a PERC device with a locked RAID volume
18 Auto Config – DHCP Provisioning
19 Troubleshooting
- 19.1 Configuration results and LCL
- 19.2 Known Limitations
- 19.3 Common Issues
20 Additional Resources
- 20.1 User’s Guides, Release Notes, API Guides
- 20.2 White Papers
  - 20.2.1 Using Server Configuration Profiles to Deploy Operating Systems to Dell EMC PowerEdge Servers:
  - 20.2.2 Server cloning by using Server Configuration Profiles on PowerEdge servers:
- 20.3 Default, Clone & Replace Tables

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In the XML format these attributes are marked with ReadOnly in the comment section of the node.

In the JSON format the Comment item will be set to ‘Always Read Only’.

{ "Name": "Info.1#Version",

"Value": "4.40.00.00",

"Set On Import": "False",

"Comment": "Always Read Only" },

These attributes cannot be set during an SCP Import and are only available for informational purposes.

3.3 Include Password Hashes

Password attributes fields are included in the template. However, they are commented out and obfuscated

with ‘******’. These fields can be manually supplied with a plaintext password, which can be set during SCP

Import.

SCP Export also has the optional parameter ‘Include Password Hashes’.

3.3.1 iDRAC User Passwords

This setting will modify the template to include new fields per iDRAC User, which allow the transfer of existing

iDRAC user passwords between multiple hosts.

<!-- <Attribute Name="Users.2#SHA256Password">

C91B36713D93B1555B6FEB8274A65BA2746446770AA227B6E11979EB24F18221</Attribute> -->

<!-- <Attribute Name="Users.2#SHA1v3Key">

0105AC0DCD4F022A89DCA47E9A56D340E85B7F38</Attribute> -->

<!-- <Attribute Name="Users.2#MD5v3Key">

C9D52210AC9C127F517156A626F69FDE</Attribute> -->

<!-- <Attribute Name="Users.2#SHA256PasswordSalt">

6D5F9E1B410917BEB0788E230DFCDCCE</Attribute> -->

<!-- <Attribute Name="Users.2#IPMIKey">

D722C920F0E78CB5161F01AEE7C6559005AA5A5A9E947ED38788031A43DCC99E</Attribute> -->

When wanting to transfer existing iDRAC user settings between systems, it is recommended to use the

‘Include Password Hash’ option when generating the template.

3.3.2 BIOS Password SHAs

The BIOS System and Setup passwords can also be applied via the SHA/Salt attributes that are made

available with the “Include Password Hash” optional parameter. These attributes will be empty by default.