Understanding How To Configure A Hardware Profile
To configure server hardware settings, you must create a hardware profile. A hardware profile is a configuration template you can apply to newly-discovered infrastructure components and it requires the following information:
Boot Order | The boot order is the boot device sequence and hard drive sequence, which you can edit only if the boot mode is set to BIOS. |
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BIOS Settings | The BIOS settings include: memory, processor, SATA, integrated devices, serial communications, embedded server management, power management, system security, and miscellaneous settings. |
iDRAC Settings | iDRAC settings include: Network, user list, and user configuration (IPMI/iDRAC privileges). |
RAID Configuration | The RAID configuration displays the current RAID topology on the reference server at the time the hardware profile was extracted. |
The tasks for creating hardware profiles include: