Hardware Profiles

Hardware profiles define a server's hardware configuration using a reference server. The Hardware Profile window allows you to:
  • Display a list of current hardware profiles
  • Duplicate an existing hardware profile to customize hardware elements
  • Delete a profile
  • Rename a profile

Tasks

To view or edit an existing hardware profile:
  1. Select a profile and click Edit/View. The Hardware Profile: Profile Name pop-up displays.
  2. Select the profile section you want to display or change using the left pane names. Use the (+) Expand and (-) Collapse controls to display individual sections. Click Edit to change the settings:
    • Profile Name and Description: Rename the profile or change the description.


    • NOTE: If using the Clone mode, the reference server settings can not be edited.

    • Reference Server: Select a reference server.
      • Boot Order - Boot device and hard drive sequence which can be edited only if the boot mode is set to BIOS
      • BIOS Settings - Memory, processors, SATA, integrated devices, serial communications, embedded server management, power management, system security, and miscellaneous settings
      • iDRAC settings - Network, user list, and user configuration (IPMI/iDRAC privileges)
      • RAID configuration - defaults to creating RAID1 on the integrated controller’s first two drives that can be used in a RAID1 configuration, and a dedicated hot-spare if a candidate drive meeting the criteria exists.
  3. Click Save to apply changes, or click Cancel to eliminate changes.
  4. Click X (upper-right corner) to close the Hardware Profile: Profile Name pop-up.
To duplicate a hardware profile:
  1. Select a profile, and click Duplicate. The Duplicate pop-up displays.
  2. Enter a unique hardware profile name.
  3. Click Apply to create a copy of the profile with the new name, or click Cancel to cancel the action.
To rename a hardware profile:
  1. Select a profile and click Rename. The Rename Profile pop-up displays.
  2. Enter a unique hardware profile name.
  3. Click Apply to use the new name, or click Cancel retain the old name.
To delete a hardware profile:
  1. Select a profile and click Delete; a message displays.
  2. Click Delete on the message box to remove the profile, or click Cancel to cancel the delete action.

To display updated hardware profile information:

  1. Click Refresh.

Related Topics

View or download Dell virtualization documentation at: http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/software/eslvmwre/
View or download Dell hardware documentation for PowerEdge™ Servers