Administrator Guide

Server configuration profile end-to-end workflows

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• SCP import using the same HTTP share.

• Query import job status until marked completed.

• Workflow complete

Note: If needed, refer to the GUI workflow section which shows screenshots of server behavior once the

import job has been created and the server reboots.

1. Perform selective export in XML format, exporting only Lifecycle Controller attributes to an HTTP share using

Redfish.

Note: For this Redfish workflow, use Postman to make Redfish calls to the iDRAC.

SCP export executes a POST action which requires:

POST action settings

Setting

Value

Action

“Oem/EID_674_Manager.ExportSystemConfiguration”

Header

“Content_type application/json”

Body Parameters

“ExportFormat” and “SharedParameters”

Authorization

“Basic Auth” (passing in iDRAC username / password)

In the response output, you get a status code of 202 for success. For the “Location” value, this is a URI which

contains the job ID.

2. Take the location URI and execute a GET to check the job status. You should get back a status code of 200. In

the output, you should see a message string stating that the export was successful.

3. Next, modify the SCP file on the HTTP share. In the SCP file, only Lifecycle Controller attributes are available

since we performed selective export. Because the operating system ISO is located on a different network share,

you must modify additional Lifecycle Controller attributes to inform the iDRAC where the ISO is located. The

following example shows the SCP file modified where the location of the operating system ISO is passed in on the

CIFS share.

<!-- <Attribute Name="OSD.1#SupportedOSList">Microsoft Windows Server 2016,

Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2, Microsoft Windows Server 2019, Red Hat

Enterprise Linux 8.0 x64, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 x64, SuSE Enterprise

Linux 15 x64</Attribute> -->

<Attribute Name="OSD.1#OSName">Microsoft Windows Server 2019</Attribute>

<Attribute Name="OSD.1#OSMediaShareName">cifs_share_vm</Attribute>

<Attribute Name="OSD.1#OSMediaShareUsername">administrator</Attribute>

<Attribute Name="OSD.1#OSMediaName">Windows Svrs 2019 English

Std.iso</Attribute>

</Component>

</SystemConfiguration>

4. After the SCP file has been edited, execute the import preview using action

“EID_674_Manager.ImportSystemConfigurationPreview”.

SCP import preview will be executing POST action which requires: