A 'Profile' is a specific instance of an existing deployment template that is customized with attributes unique to an individual device. Profiles can be created either implicitly during a template's deployment/auto-deployment or from the existing templates by the user. A Profile consists of target-specific attribute values along with the BootToISO choices, and iDRAC management IP details of the target device. It could also contain any network bandwidth and VLAN allocations for server NIC ports as applicable. Profiles are linked to the source template from which they are created.
The following details of the listed profiles are displayed on the
Configuration > Profiles page:
Table 1. Manage Profiles - Field definitionsField names and description on the Profiles page.
Field Name
Description
Modified
A 'modified' symbol
is displayed to notify any modification or change to the associated profile or template attributes after the initial assigning. If the modified profile is redeployed on the device, the symbol disappears.
Profile Name
Name of the profile
Template Name
Name of the linked source template
Target
Service tag or IP Address of the device on which the profile is assigned. If the profile is not assigned to any device, then target is blank.
Target Type
The device type (server or chassis) on which the profile is assigned
Chassis
Chassis name of the chassis if the target server is discovered as part of a chassis
Profile State
Profile State will be displayed as 'Assigned to Device' if the profile is assigned, 'Unassigned' for unassigned profiles, and 'Deployed' for the deployed profiles.
Last Action Status
Displays a profile's last action status such as Aborted, Cancelled, Completed, Failed, New, Not Run, Paused, Queued, Running, Scheduled, Starting, Stopped, Completed with Errors.
Advanced Filters can be used to customize the Profile list.
On the right side — Description, Last deployed Time, Last Modified Time, Created On, and Created By are displayed for the selected profile. Click View Identities to view the NIC configuration and virtual identities that are tagged to the profile.
Depending on the various profile states, the following actions can be performed on the
Configuration > Profiles page as mentioned below:
NOTE Create and Delete operations are not listed as part of the table.
Table 2. Profile states and possible operations Profile states and possible operations
Profile State
Edit
Assign Target
Unassign Target
Re-Deploy
Migrate
Unassigned Profile
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Assigned to device
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
Deployed
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Create profiles and pre-reserve virtual identities. See,
Create profiles