Users Guide

3. Host system turns on.
4. Firmware and configuration restore process for the devices is completed.
5. Host system shuts down.
6. iDRAC firmware and configuration restore process is completed.
7. iDRAC restarts.
8. Restored host system turns on to resume normal operation.
Monitoring iDRAC using other Systems
Management tools
You can discover and monitor iDRAC using Dell Management Console or Dell OpenManage Essentials. You can also use Dell Remote
Access Configuration Tool (DRACT) to discover iDRACs, update firmware, and set up Active Directory. For more information, see the
respective user’s guides.
Support Server Configuration Profile — Import
and Export
Server Configuration Profile (SCP) allows you to import and export server configuration files.
User can import and export from local management station, and from a Network Share via CIFS, NFS, HTTP or HTTPS. Using SCP, you
can select and import or export component level configurations for BIOS, NIC and RAID. You can import and export SCP to the local
management station or to a CIFS, NFS, HTTP, or HTTPS network share. You can either import and export individual profiles of iDRAC,
BIOS, NIC, and RAID, or all of them together as a single file.
User can specify preview import or export of the SCP where the job is running and configuration result is generated but none of the
configuration has applied.
A job is created once the import or export is initiated through the GUI. The status of the jobs can be viewed on the Job Queue page.
NOTE: Only Host Name or IP Address are accepted for destination address.
NOTE: You can browse to a specific location to import the server configuration files. You need to select the correct
server configuration file that you want to import. For example, import.xml.
NOTE: Depending on the exported file format (that you selected), the extension is added automatically. For example,
export_system_config.xml.
NOTE: SCP applies the full configuration in a single job with minimal number of reboots. However, in a few system
configurations some attributes change the operation mode of a device or may create subdevices with new attributes.
When this occurs, SCP may be unable to apply all settings during a single job. Review the ConfigResult entries for the
job to resolve any pending configuration settings.
Importing server configuration profile using iDRAC web
interface
To import the server configuration profile:
1. Go to Configuration > Server Configuration Profile
The Server Configuration Profile page is displayed.
2. Select one of the following to specify the location type:
• Local to import the configuration file saved in a local drive.
• Network Share to import the configuration file from CIFS or NFS share.
• HTTP or HTTPS to import the configuration file from a local file using HTTP/HTTPS file transfer.
NOTE:
Depending on the location type, you must enter the Network Settings or HTTP/HTTPS settings. If proxy is
configured for HTTP/HTTPS, proxy settings are also required.
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