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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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18 Auto Config – DHCP Provisioning

Dell offers the ability to deploy SCP templates just by connecting a server to the network via the AutoConfig

feature. The ‘

Zero-Touch, Bare-Metal Server Provisioning Using the Dell EMC iDRAC with Lifecycle

Controller AutoConfig’ white paper contains more details on this functionality.

From the Executive Summary of the white paper;

The Auto Config feature allows IT administrators to build an environment in which servers can automatically

configure all hardware settings as part of the out-of-band network management. This eliminates the necessity

of high-touch, manual steps to configure server subsystems such as storage, networking, and BIOS.

Administrators can develop configuration profiles for classes of servers and apply those profiles without

interacting with individual systems.