Administrator Guide

Server configuration profile end-to-end workflows

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<Attribute Name="Users.7#Enable">Enabled</Attribute>

</Component>

<Attribute Name="OSD.1#OSMediaShareType">local</Attribute>

</Component>

</SystemConfiguration>

4. After editing the SCP file, execute the import preview to make sure the SCP file is correct and has no

errors before importing. Go to iDRAC GUI> Configuration>Server Configuration Profile and click

Import. Fill in these fields:

- Location Type: Select “Network Share”

- File Name: Pass in “C6420_scp_file.xml” for this workflow

- Protocol: Select “NFS”

- Ip Address: “Pass in NFS share IP”

- Share Name: “Pass in NFS share name”

- Import Components: Select “All”

5. Once all fields have been populated, click Preview. A popup message is displayed stating that a job ID

has been created. Click Job Queue and validate the new entry, expand the Import Preview job ID, and

confirm that a success message is displayed.

6. Go to iDRAC GUI> Configuration>Server Configuration Profile and click Import. Fill in the fields for

Import Preview:

- Location Type: Select “Network Share”

- File Name: Pass in “C6420_scp_file.xml” for this workflow

- Protocol: Select “NFS”

- Ip Address: “Pass in NFS share IP”

- Share Name: “Pass in NFS share name”

- Import Components: Select “All”

7. When all fields have been populated, click Import. A popup message is displayed asking you to confirm

initiation of the import operation. Click OK. Another popup message is displayed confirming that a job ID

has been created. Click Job Queue, and verify that the status of your import job ID is Running.

The server should automatically reboot. During POST, you will see a flag set stating, Server

Configuration Requested by Lifecycle Controller. Once POST completes, the server will enter LC

Automated Task Application to apply configuration changes. Once this process is complete, the server

will reboot.

After all configuration changes are applied and the server reboots, a flag will be set in POST to boot to

the Service Partition or the attached ISO image. Once POST completes, you should see the operating

system installation start.

NOTE: Since we selected an attended install, we will have to interact with the operating system to

complete the process.

Once the server has booted to the attached ISO and started the installation process, the SCP import job

is marked completed. Go back to the iDRAC GUI> Maintenance> Job Queue page and verify that the

import job ID is marked completed.

You will also notice that a Boot To Network ISO job ID was created and marked successfully completed.

This job ID is created during the SCP import job ID process to validate that the boot to network ISO

process is ether successful or failed.