OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter Version 4.0 Web Client User's Guide

Customizing reference server for creating hardware profile

1. In OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter, on the Manage > Deployment tab, select Deployment Templates > Hardware Profiles.
2. Click the icon.
3. In the Hardware Profile Wizard, click Next on the Welcome page and do the following:
   • In the Profile Name text box, enter the profile name.
   • In the Description text box, type a description. The description is optional.
4. Click Next.
   The Reference Server dialog box is displayed. You can either select reference servers from the dialog box directly or through the browse button in the reference server window.
5. Select a reference server by performing either of the following substeps:
   • In the Reference Server dialog box, choose the right reference server, and click the Select link against the reference server.

     The Extract Confirmation dialog box that states extracting the settings is displayed. To extract the hardware configuration from reference server, in the Extract Confirmation dialog box, click Yes, and the extracting is completed in few minutes.

   • In the Reference Server page, click Browse to select a compliant reference server that is managed and successfully inventoried by OMIVV, or a compliant bare-metal server.

     To extract the hardware configuration from reference server, in the Extract Confirmation dialog box, click Yes.

   The selected Server name, iDRAC IP address, model, and Service Tag are displayed in the Reference Server page.
6. In the Reference Server page, to customize the reference server settings, click Customize Reference Server Settings, and choose the following settings that can be optionally included and customized:
   • RAID Settings
   • BIOS Settings
   • Boot Order
   • iDRAC Settings
     • Network Settings
     • User List
7. In the RAID Configuration window, select one of the following, and click Next:
   • Apply RAID1 + create a dedicated hot spare, if applicable—use this option, if you want to apply default RAID configuration settings to the target server. The RAID configuration task defaults to RAID1 on the first two drives of the integrated controller that are RAID1 capable. Also, a dedicated hot-spare for the RAID1 array is created, if a candidate drive that meets the RAID criteria exists.
   • Clone RAID configuration from the reference server as shown below—use this option, if you want to clone the reference server setting.
8. In the BIOS Settings page, to include BIOS setting information in the profile, expand a category to display the setting options, and click Edit to update one of the following:
   • System Information
   • Memory Settings
   • Processor Settings
   • SATA Settings
   • UEFI Boot Settings
   • One-Time Boot
   • Integrated Devices
   • Slot Disablement
   • Serial Communication
   • System Profile Settings
   • System Security
   • Miscellaneous Settings

   Once all updates are made for a category, to save the changes, click Next, or to cancel the changes, click Cancel.

   NOTE: For detailed BIOS information, including setting options and explanations, see the Hardware Owner’s Manual for the selected server.
9. In the Boot Order page, do the following and click Next:
   1. To display boot order options, expand Boot Order, and then click Edit to make the following updates:
      1. In the Boot Mode list, select BIOS or UEFI.
      2. In the View list, under Boot Device Sequence, to change the displayed boot device sequence, select the device, and click either Move Up or Move Down.
      3. Select Enable Boot Sequence Retry so that the server automatically retries the boot sequence.
      4. To apply the changes, click OK, or to cancel the changes, click Cancel.
   2. To display the hard drive sequence options, Expand Hard Drive Sequence, and click Edit. Update the following:
      1. To change the displayed hard drive sequence, select the device and click either Move Up or Move Down.
      2. To apply the changes, click OK, or to cancel the changes, click Cancel.
   NOTE: For Dell 13th generation PowerEdge servers, only the current boot mode details are displayed for the hardware profiles.

   NOTE: The operating system deployment from OMIVV fails, if the BOOT mode in the target machine is set to UEFI.
10. In the iDRAC Settings page, do the following:
    1. Expand a category to display the setting options, and click Edit:
       Update one of the following:

       • Network Settings
       • Network
       • Virtual Media
    2. Under iDRAC local User List, do one of the following:
       • Add User—manually enter an iDRAC user and the required information. When finished, to apply the changes, click Apply, or to cancel, click Cancel
       • Delete User—delete the selected user. To select a user, use the mouse, and click Delete. To confirm the deletion, click Yes.
       • Edit User—manually edit an iDRAC user’s information. When finished, to apply the settings, click Apply, or to cancel, click Cancel.

    Once all updates are made for a category, to save the changes, click Next, or to cancel the changes, click Cancel.

    NOTE: For detailed iDRAC information, including setting options and explanations, see the iDRAC User’s Guide for the selected server.
11. Click Next.
12. In the Summary page, click Finish.