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.
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: