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Table Of Contents

1 Getting Started
- 1.1 What are Server Configuration Profiles?
- 1.2 Important Terms and Acronyms
- 1.3 CSIOR
- 1.4 SCP Export
- 1.5 SCP Import
- 1.6 SCP Import Preview
- 1.7 Jobs
- 1.8 iDRAC Lifecycle Logs
- 1.9 SCP Import / Preview Configuration Results
- 1.10 Available Interfaces
2 Template
- 2.1 Structure
- 2.2 XML Layout
- 2.3 JSON Layout
- 2.4 Golden Template (One to Many)
  - 2.4.1 Recommendations
  - 2.4.2 Active Directory Example
- 2.5 General Compatibility
3 SCP Export
- 3.1 Selective Export
- 3.2 Read Only Attributes
- 3.3 Include Password Hashes
  - 3.3.1 iDRAC User Passwords
  - 3.3.2 BIOS Password SHAs
- 3.4 Export Type - Clone and Replace
  - 3.4.1 Clone and Replace with passwords
  - 3.4.2 Clone and Replace with storage devices
- 3.5 Include Custom Telemetry
- 3.6 Available Interfaces
4 SCP Import
- 4.1 Host Reboot
  - 4.1.1 What will trigger a reboot?
- 4.2 Shutdown Type
- 4.3 End Host Power State
- 4.4 Dependencies
- 4.5 Backwards Compatibility
- 4.6 Selective Import
- 4.7 Available Interfaces
5 SCP Import Preview
- 5.1 Available Interfaces
6 iDRAC Configuration
- 6.1 Template Example
- 6.2 Creating and configuring an iDRAC User
- 6.3 Clearing an iDRAC User
- 6.4 SSHPublicKey
- 6.5 Certificates
- 6.6 Password Settings
- 6.7 AutoUpdate
7 LifecycleController
8 EventFilters
9 RAID / Storage Configuration and Operations
- 9.1 Create and initialize a virtual disk
- 9.2 RAIDresetConfig
- 9.3 RAIDdedicatedSpare
- 9.4 Cryptographic Erase
10 BIOS Configuration
- 10.1 Workload profiles
- 10.2 F1 / F2 Error Prompt
- 10.3 Changing the Boot Order
- 10.4 Enable or disable a boot order entry
- 10.5 System and setup passwords
- 10.6 PXE (Preboot Execution Environment)
11 NIC / FiberChannel / InfiniBand Configuration
- 11.1 LegacyBootProto and PXE
- 11.2 VirtualizationMode
- 11.3 InfiniBand modes
12 SupportAssist Operations
- 12.1 Registration
- 12.2 Configuration
13 RepositoryUpdates
- 13.1 Workflow
14 iDRAC Direct (SCP via USB)
- 14.1 Setup
- 14.2 Execution
15 OS Deployment
- 15.1 Attributes
- 15.2 Example
- 15.3 OS Deployment via USB
16 Telemetry Operations
- 16.1 Example
- 16.2 Custom Metric Report Definitions
- 16.3 Troubleshooting
17 Secure Enterprise Key Management Operations
- 17.1 Prerequisites
- 17.2 Example XML
- 17.3 Enabling SEKM settings on the iDRAC
- 17.4 Enable SEKM on a PERC device with a locked RAID volume
18 Auto Config – DHCP Provisioning
19 Troubleshooting
- 19.1 Configuration results and LCL
- 19.2 Known Limitations
- 19.3 Common Issues
20 Additional Resources
- 20.1 User’s Guides, Release Notes, API Guides
- 20.2 White Papers
  - 20.2.1 Using Server Configuration Profiles to Deploy Operating Systems to Dell EMC PowerEdge Servers:
  - 20.2.2 Server cloning by using Server Configuration Profiles on PowerEdge servers:
- 20.3 Default, Clone & Replace Tables

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7 LifecycleController

The LifecycleController component contains a variety of LifecycleController settings and the attribute template

for OS deployment operations. The OS deployment

operations are covered in more detail below. This section

will focus on the LifecycleController specific settings.

<Attribute Name="LCAttributes.1#CollectSystemInventoryOnRestart">Enabled</Attribute>

<Attribute Name="LCAttributes.1#PartConfigurationUpdate">Apply Always</Attribute>

<Attribute Name="LCAttributes.1#PartFirmwareUpdate">Match firmware of replaced

part</Attribute>

<Attribute Name="LCAttributes.1#BIOSRTDRequested">False</Attribute>

<Attribute Name="LCAttributes.1#AutoUpdate">Disabled</Attribute>

</Component>

CollectSystemInventoryOnRestart – This is the inventory collection process that was cover in the CSIOR

section above. It’s recommended to keep this feature Enabled so that the inventory data stored on the

iDRAC is up to date.

PartConfigurationUpdate – The Part Replacement feature can automatically restore the last known

configuration of a device if it’s replaced with a similar device. The available options for this setting are:

• Disabled

• Apply Always

• Apply only if Firmware Match.

PartFirmwareUpdate – The Part Replacement feature can automatically update to the last installed firmware if

a device is replaced with a similar device. The available options for this setting are:

• Disable

• Allow version upgrade only

• Match firmware of replaced part

BIOSRTDRequested – This BIOS Reset to Defaults attribute will trigger a full reset to default settings for the

BIOS. Any attributes configured in the BIOS.Setup.1-1 component will be applied after the reset to defaults

has occurred. This is the only LifecycleController attribute that will require a host reboot to apply. This value

does not persist and will reset to False after the host has been rebooted.

AutoUpdate – The AutoUpdate feature can be enabled or disabled under the LifecycleController component.

The associated scheduling attributes are located at the end of the iDRAC component. This feature is detailed

in the AutoUpdate

section of this document.