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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

Server Configuration Profiles: User’s Guide

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"Comment": "Read and Write" },

{ "Name": "Users.3#Password",

"Value": "password123",

"Set On Import": "True",

"Comment": "Read and Write" },

{ "Name": "Users.3#Enable",

"Value": "Enabled",

"Set On Import": "True",

"Comment": "Read and Write" },

Additional settings for the user can be applied via the same template. The example above uses a ‘plaintext’

password to configure the user instead of the password hashes. The password must either be plaintext or

hashes but cannot contain both.

NOTE: Commented attributes are ignored during SCP Import.

6.3 Clearing an iDRAC User

To remove a user and clear its settings, set the UserName to an empty value and set Enable to Disabled.

<Attribute Name="Users.3#Enable">Disabled</Attribute>

This will remove the user and clear all associated settings. All other attributes for this user will be ignored if a

reset was requested.

6.4 SSHPublicKey

Available on iDRAC9 version 4.00.00.00 and above.

An iDRAC user’s public SSH key can be set using SCP Import.

<Attribute Name="Users.4#SSHPublicKey2">ssh-rsa

AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABJQAAAQEA32CnKmqW5nHswuLrczixMxzaevolKbMsy/bNlZNvnAEQPWhYFK80ln+0U44h0Hqns

F/cVQo3RLAfehFj/Xf7AcBwNXy38oB+IbkURQVdB/t0k/74IB5RAgwa3R0svu9VW8qinBS+Yi5bzKi/TvPZrOoWaA/RLn

crI+cEI8EdSD5s+aoLic336eTltTEnAwP157GNz0IjSRWNYGL8kKAmDfjgrFOUOTfbC02VODHxN/FYRTNAJj8N+OCI/fS

uR0TLoRXhZhtyP9TL+5Nmz80wM6l+MemR+GaJSUZolTFw3opmhnHdn1WNotoR7NprCcJZBwQgK8e8Ewo62mxDFMTfAQ==

rsa-key-20190211</Attribute>

To remove the public SSH key from an iDRAC user leave the attribute’s value empty and run an SCP Import

operation.

6.5 Certificates

Available on iDRAC9 version 4.00.00.00 and above.

Import of certificates is enabled via the CertType and CertData attributes under the iDRAC component. The

header and footer tags are required for import.