Creating A New Hardware Profile

To create a new hardware profile:
  1. In the Dell Management Center, select Deployment > Deployment Templates > Hardware Profiles.

  2. Click Create New.

  3. In the New Hardware Profile page, do the following:

    • In the Profile Name text box, enter the profile name.
    • In the Description text box, type an optional description.
  4. Click Save.

  5. To continue, in the left pane, click Reference Server.

  6. In the Reference Server window, click Edit.

  7. To find a reference server that is compliant, managed by vCenter, and successfully inventoried by the Dell Management Plug-in, click Browse.

  8. In the Servers dialog box, scroll down the list to find the right reference server, and click Select.

  9. To customize the reference server settings as defaults, click Customize Settings from Reference Server , and then click Save.

  10. A dialog box that states extracting the settings takes several minutes is displayed. To populate settings, click Continue. The selected server’s name, iDRAC IP address, and service tag are displayed in the Reference Server window.

  11. In the left pane, select Boot Order. To include boot order information in the profile, select the Include Boot Order in this Hardware Profile check box.

  12. To display the boot order options, expand Boot Order, and then click Edit to make updates:

    1. In the Boot Mode drop-down list to select either BIOS or UEFI.
    2. In the View/Configure drop-down list, under Boot Device Sequence, to make changes to the boot device sequence displayed, select the device and click either Move Up or Move Down.
    3. In the Boot Retry Sequence drop-down list, select Enabled so that the server automatically retries the boot sequence, or select Disabled to not retry the sequence.
    4. Click Save to save the changes, or Cancel to cancel the changes.
  13. If the BIOS boot mode was selected, you can expand Hard Drive Sequence to display the hard drive sequence options, and click Edit to make updates:

    • To make changes to the hard drive sequence displayed, select the device and click either Move Up or Move Down.
    • Click Save to save the changes, or Cancel to cancel the changes.
  14. In the left pane, select BIOS Settings. To include BIOS setting information in the profile, select the Include BIOS Settings in this Hardware Profile check box. Expand a category to display the setting options, and click Edit to make updates to one of the following:

    • Memory Settings
    • Processor Settings
    • SATA Settings
    • Integrated Devices
    • Serial Communication
    • Embedded Server Management
    • Power Management
    • System Security
    • Miscellaneous Settings

    Once all updates are made for a category, click Apply to save the changes or click Cancel to cancel the changes.

  15. In the left pane, select iDRAC Settings and then select Network.

  16. To include network setting information in the profile, select the Include Network Settings in this Hardware Profile check box. Expand a category to display the setting options, and click Edit to make updates to one of the following:

    • Network
    • Network Settings
    • Virtual Media

    Once all updates are made for a category, click Apply to save the changes or click Cancel to cancel the changes.

  17. In the left pane, select iDRAC Settings > User List. To include user list information in the profile, select the Include User List in this Hardware Profile check box. Under iDRAC Local User List, do one of the following:

    1. Add User: Manually enter an iDRAC user and the required information. When finished, click Save to save your changes or Cancel to cancel.

    2. Delete User: Delete the selected user. Select the check box for the user and click Delete, or click Cancel to cancel.

    3. Edit User: Manually edit an iDRAC user’s information. When finished, click Save to save your changes or Cancel to cancel.

  18. In the left pane, select RAID Configuration. To include RAID configuration information in the profile, select the Include RAID Configuration in this Hardware Profilecheck box. Then select one of the following:

    • Apply RAID1 + create a dedicated hot spare, applicable.

      Use this option if you want to apply default RAID configuration settings to the target server. The RAID configuration task defaults to RAID1 on the first two drives of the integrated controller that are RAID1 capable. Additionally, a dedicated hot-spare for the RAID1 array is created if a candidate drive meeting the criteria exists.

    • Clone RAID configuration from the reference Server .

      Use this option if you want to clone the reference server setting.

    The profile is automatically saved, and displays in the Hardware Profiles window under Available Profiles