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changes gated behind a power cycle, no other configuration operations are permitted. Only once the host
has been rebooted and the SCP operation completes will other configuration operations be permitted.
4.3 End Host Power State
The ‘End Host Power State’ optional flag can tell the host to power down after the SCP Import operation has
completed. The default power state will be On.
NOTE: This flag is forced to On when SCP Import contains an OS Deployment operation that boots to a
networked ISO.
4.4 Dependencies
Some device settings are dependent on one another and cannot be set until their dependency has been
resolved. SCP Import will automatically attempt to resolve all dependencies detected within the template.
If a dependency is unable to be resolved, then an event will be logged to the LCL. The associated
configuration results entry for the failing attribute will contain a message indicating the reason for the failure.
A common example would be that most iDRAC user settings cannot be set unless both a username and
password have been set and the user is enabled. If the template addresses all those criteria, then all settings
will be applied, and no errors will be seen.
Dependency data for individual attributes can be located in the Attribute Registry available at Dell Support
site.
4.5 Backwards Compatibility
The SCP schema has been expanded in iDRAC9 version 4.40.00.00 to add support for Telemetry Custom
Metric Report definitions. This was covered previously in the SCP Export section and will be detailed further
later in the document. It’s important to note that if this optional flag was used to generate the template, then
the template will not be compatible on older versions of the iDRAC.
In all other scenarios, the SCP template will be compatible across all supported versions of the iDRAC.
However, differences in configurations between iDRAC or component versions may result in errors being
logged during the Import. SCP Import is a ‘continue on error’ operation so it will attempt to apply all settings
even if failures are detected along the way. It’s recommended to review the LCL or configuration results if a
SCP Import job completes with Completed with Errors or Failed.
4.6 Selective Import
By default, all components contained within the SCP template will be processed and all detected changes will
be applied. SCP Import offers the option to ‘selectively import’ only the desired components from a full
template. The same options detailed in the Selective Export
section is also available for Import.
Example: racadm set -t xml -f export.xml -u username -p password -l //ip/share/ -c
iDRAC,NIC.Integrated.1-1-1
racadm provides the ‘-c’ option for selective import. In the example above, export.xml will be imported from a
network share and only process the iDRAC.Embedded.1 and NIC.Integrated.1-1-1 components.