Administrator Guide

Server configuration profile end-to-end workflows
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NOTE: The overall SCP import job will is not marked completed until the boot to network ISO job ID is
marked completed or failed first.
8. Once the operating system installation is complete, if you need to detach the operating system drivers
before the attach timeout has been reached, you can manually detach them using the iDRAC UI. Go to
Configuration> Virtual Media and select the Unmount Drivers option to manually detach the operating
system driver pack.
3.2 Workflow using the remote RACADM CLI
In this workflow using remote RACADM CLI, the following actions are performed:
• SCP export in JSON format to the CIFS share, the same share which already contains the operating
system ISO and the kickstart file, and then query the job status to show completed.
• Modify the SCP file to change the BIOS settings:
o Set the HD placeholder as the first device in the UEFI boot order.
o Set the local key management (LKM) on the storage controller.
o Create a RAID1 locked volume on which the operating systems is installed because of kickstart file
settings.
o Change Lifecycle Controller attributes to set up unattended RedHat (RHEL) 7.6 operating system
install.
o Unpack the driver pack.
NOTE: Setting HD placeholder as first device in the boot order, after the operating system installation is
complete, the boot entry that UEFI creates for the operating system installation, this will now be the first
device in the boot order.
• SCP preview, validate no issues with the SCP file.
• Show example of SCP import preview failure with viewing the job ID config results explaining the failure.
• SCP import using the same CIFS share.
• Query import job status until marked completed.
• Workflow complete.
NOTE: If needed, refer to the UI workflow section which shows screenshots of server behavior once the
import job has been created and the server reboots.
1. Export the current server configuration settings to a CIFS share using remote RACADM get command.
This CIFS share already contains the RHEL 7.6 ISO and kickstart file.
If the get command is successful, a job ID is returned. Query the job ID using a racadm jobqueue
view command to confirm that it is marked completed successfully.
Note: For more details on supported parameters and examples for get command, execute racadm help
get.
C:\>racadm -r 100.65.84.70 -u root -p calvin --nocertwarn get -f
C6420_scp_file.json -t json -u administrator -p P@ssw0rd -l
//100.65.84.72/cifs_share_vm
RAC976: Export configuration XML file operation initiated.
Use the "racadm jobqueue view -i JID_768692922198" command to view the status
of the operation.