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42 Zero-touch, bare-metal server provisioning using the Dell EMC iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller Auto Config

-rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 119340 May 5 12:25 system_config.xml

[root@sandXD nfs]#

Here is an example of the edited Profile file that will be used for this workflow. Observe that unwanted

attributes have been removed and storage-related attributes added to create a virtual drive and to place

HardDisk.List.1-1 as first device in the BIOS boot order.

<SystemConfiguration Model="PowerEdge R730" ServiceTag="69T0C42" TimeStamp="Tue

May 5 17:26:40 2015">

<Attribute Name="Telnet.1#Enable">Enabled</Attribute>

<Attribute Name="IPv6.1#Enable">Enabled</Attribute>

</Component>

<Attribute Name="RAIDaction">Create</Attribute>

7. On the Linux DHCP/NFS server, update the dhcpd.conf file for Auto Config. After editing the dhcpd.conf file, save the

changes and restart the DHCP services. The example below is the edited dhcpd.conf file.The entries highlighted in yellow are

added to enable the DHCP server and NFS share to support Auto Config:

option myname code 43 = text;

subnet 192.168.0.0 netmask 255.255.0.0 {

#default gateway

option routers 192.168.0.1;

option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;

option nis-domain "domain.org";

option domain-name "domain.org";

option domain-name-servers 192.168.1.1;

option time-offset -18000; # Eastern Standard Time

option vendor-class-identifier "iDRAC";

set vendor-string = option vendor-class-identifier;

option myname "-f system_config.xml –i 192.168.0.130 –n /nfs –s 0";

range dynamic-bootp 192.168.0.128 192.168.0.254;

default-lease-time 21600;

max-lease-time 43200;

}

Note: Below steps 8 through 11 are required only if the server was ordered from the factory without DHCP Auto Config

enabled.