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Server configuration profile end-to-end workflows
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3 Server configuration profile end-to-end workflows
This section covers multiple end-to-end workflows using the server configuration profile feature. Different
workflows use different iDRAC interfaces, stacking multiple configuration settings and performing operating
system installation.
NOTE: All workflows discussed here are performed on a PowerEdge C6420 server with iDRAC9 version
4.00.
3.1 Workflow using the iDRAC UI
In this workflow example using the iDRAC UI, we describe the following process:
• SCP export in XML format to an NFS share, the same share which already contains the operating
system ISO, and then query the job status to confirm that it is completed.
• Modify the SCP file to change iDRAC and NIC attributes, change LifecycleController attributes to set
up attended ESXi operating system install.
• SCP import preview, and then query the job status to confirm that it is completed.
• SCP import using the same NFS share.
• Show server reboot and explain server and job execution behavior.
• Once configuration is complete, show the server booting to the attached ESXi ISO image.
• Confirm that the operating system installation process has started.
• Confirm that the import job status is marked completed, and show the boot to network ISO job status.
1. Export the current server configuration settings to an NFS share using the iDRAC UI. This NFS share
already has the ESXi ISO image copied to it, simplifying the SCP import process. Launch the iDRAC UI
and go to Configuration>Server Configuration Profile>Export. Fill in the necessary options to perform
an export to the NFS share.
Export options
Settings
Location Type
Network Share
Filename
Any unique name but for this workflow, will be
passing in ‘C6420_scp_file.xml’
Protocol
NFS
IP Address
Pass in the NFS share IP
Share Name
Pass in NFS share name
Export Components
All
Export Type
Basic’
Export File Format
XML’
When all the fields have been filled in, click Export. A popup message is displayed stating that the job ID has
been created. Click Job Queue to validate the job status.
2. Go to the NFS share and confirm that the SCP file exists.
[root@linux nfs]# pwd
/nfs
[root@linux nfs]# ls -la *.iso
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8658944 Aug 29 2011 boot.iso