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Applying Profile, Viewing BIOS Settings, Viewing Profile Log

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1. In the left pane, click Chassis Overview → Server Overview → Setup → Profiles. 2. On the BIOS Profiles page, in the Apply Profile section, click Manage Profiles. The Manage BIOS Profiles page is displayed. • To edit a profile, click Edit. • To view BIOS settings, click View. • To delete a profile, click Delete. For more information about the field descriptions, see the Online Help. Applying Profile When stored profiles are available in the non-volatile media on the CMC, to initiate a server cloning operation, you can apply a stored profile to one or more servers. The operation status, slot number, slot name, and model name is displayed for each server in the Apply Profile table. NOTE: If a server does not support Lifecycle Controller or the chassis is turned off, you cannot apply a profile to the server. To apply a profile to one or more servers: 1. In the left pane, click Chassis Overview → Server Overview → Setup → Profiles. 2. On the BIOS Profiles page, in the Apply Profile section, from the Select a Profile drop-down menu, select the profile that you want to apply. 3. From the Select the Target Server(s) section, select the option corresponding to the servers for which you want to apply a profile. For more information about the field descriptions on this page, see the Online Help. 4. Click Apply. The selected profile is applied to the servers and the server is automatically restarted. Viewing BIOS Settings To view BIOS settings for a selected server, in the BIOS Profiles page, in the Apply Profile section, click View in the BIOS settings column. The View Settings page is displayed. Only BIOS settings on the server which may be modified by applying a profile (cloneable settings) are displayed. The settings are partitioned into groups in the same way they are displayed on the iDRAC BIOS Setup page. NOTE: The CMC Server Cloning application retrieves and displays the correct BIOS and Boot settings for a specific server, only if the Control System Inventory on Restart (CSIOR) option is enabled. To enable CSIOR on: • 12th generation servers - After restarting the server, press F2, select iDRAC Settings → Lifecycle Controller, enable CSIOR and save the changes. Viewing Profile Log To view the profile log, in the BIOS Profiles page, see the Recent Profile Log section that lists the 10 latest profile log entries directly from server cloning operations. Each recent profile log displays the severity, the time and date when server cloning operation was submitted, and the description of the cloning log message. The log entries are also available in the RAC log. To view the other available entries, click Go to Profile Log. The Profile Log page is displayed. 87

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1. In the left pane, click
Chassis Overview
→
Server Overview
→
Setup
→
Profiles
.
2. On the
BIOS Profiles
page, in the
Apply Profile
section, click
Manage Profiles
. The
Manage BIOS Profiles
page is
displayed.
•
To edit a profile, click
Edit
.
•
To view BIOS settings, click
View
.
•
To delete a profile, click
Delete
. For more information about the field descriptions, see the
Online Help
.
Applying Profile
When stored profiles are available in the non-volatile media on the CMC, to initiate a server cloning operation, you can
apply a stored profile to one or more servers.
The operation status, slot number, slot name, and model name is displayed for each server in the
Apply Profile
table.
NOTE:
If a server does not support Lifecycle Controller or the chassis is turned off, you cannot apply a profile to the
server.
To apply a profile to one or more servers:
1.
In the left pane, click
Chassis Overview
→
Server Overview
→
Setup
→
Profiles
.
2.
On the
BIOS Profiles
page, in the
Apply Profile
section, from the
Select a Profile
drop-down menu, select the profile
that you want to apply.
3.
From the
Select the Target Server(s)
section, select the option corresponding to the servers for which you want to
apply a profile. For more information about the field descriptions on this page, see the
Online Help
.
4.
Click
Apply
. The selected profile is applied to the servers and the server is automatically restarted.
Viewing BIOS Settings
To view BIOS settings for a selected server, in the
BIOS Profiles
page, in the
Apply Profile
section, click
View
in the
BIOS settings column. The
View Settings
page is displayed.
Only BIOS settings on the server which may be modified by applying a profile (cloneable settings) are displayed. The
settings are partitioned into groups in the same way they are displayed on the
iDRAC BIOS Setup
page.
NOTE:
The CMC Server Cloning application retrieves and displays the correct BIOS and Boot settings for a specific
server, only if the Control System Inventory on Restart (CSIOR) option is enabled.
To enable CSIOR on:
•
12th generation servers — After restarting the server, press
F2
, select
iDRAC Settings
→
Lifecycle Controller
,
enable
CSIOR
and save the changes.
Viewing Profile Log
To view the profile log, in the
BIOS Profiles
page, see the
Recent Profile Log
section that lists the 10 latest profile log
entries directly from server cloning operations. Each recent profile log displays the severity, the time and date when
server cloning operation was submitted, and the description of the cloning log message. The log entries are also
available in the RAC log. To view the other available entries, click
Go to Profile Log
. The
Profile Log
page is displayed.
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