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Dell Chassis Management Controller Version 3.10 for Dell EMC PowerEdge VRTX User's Guide

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Saving Boot Identity Profiles

You can save boot identity profiles in the CMC network share. Number of profiles that you can store depends on the availability of MAC addresses. For more information, see Configuring Network Share Using CMC Web Interface .

For Emulex Fibre Channel (FC) cards, the Enable/Disable Boot From SAN attribute in the Option ROM is disabled by default. Enable the attribute in the Option ROM and apply the boot identify profile to the server for booting from SAN.

To save a profile, perform the following tasks:

  1. Go to the Server Profiles page. In the Boot Identity Profiles section, select the server that has the required settings with which you want to generate the profile and select FQDD from the FQDD drop-down menu.
  2. Click Save Identity. The Save Identity section is displayed.
    • NOTE: Boot identity is saved only if the Network Share option is enabled and accessible, the details are displayed in the Stored Profiles section. If the Network Share is not connected, configure the network share for the chassis. To configure the network share, click Edit in the Stored Profiles section. For more information, see Configuring Network Share Using CMC Web Interface.
  3. In the Base Profile Name and Number of Profiles fields, enter the profile name and the number of profiles that you want to save.
    • NOTE: While saving a boot identity profile, the standard ASCII extended character set is supported. However, the following special characters are not supported:

      ), “, ., *, >, <, \, /, :, |, #, ?, and ,

  4. Select a MAC address for the base profile from the Virtual MAC Address drop-down and click Save Profile. The number of templates created are based on the number of profiles you specify. CMC communicates with the Lifecycle Controller to get the available server profile settings and store them as a named profile. The format for the name file is — <base profile name>_<profile number>_<MAC address>. For example: FC630_01_0E0000000000. A progress indicator indicates that the save operation is in progress. After the action is complete, Operation Successful message is displayed.
    • NOTE: The process to gather the settings occurs in the background. Hence, it may take some time before the new profile is displayed. If the new profile is not displayed, check the profile log for errors.

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