Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration for SCVMM Help

Hardware profile creation

Select the following settings that you want to include in the hardware profile. All information is gathered during hardware profile creation, irrespective of your selection preferences. However, only your preferences are applied during deployment.

Welcome
WelcomeThe operating system deployment workflow includes creation of a hardware configuration profile.

View, and modify the following hardware settings:

  • BIOS configuration
  • Boot order configuration
  • RAID configuration
Profile
Hardware Profile NameType a unique name for the hardware profile you are creating.
Hardware Profile DescriptionType a description for the hardware profile.
Reference Server (iDRAC IP)Type the iDRAC IP address of the reference server whose settings you are using for creating the hardware profile.

As a prerequisite, discover the reference server before creating a hardware profile based on the reference server configuration.

Profile Details
Profile DetailsSelect the settings that you want to include while applying the hardware profile, such as selecting the number of DHS per virtual disk, BIOS, boot, and RAID settings.

If you have selected default, you cannot apply the BIOS, boot, and RAID settings.

Reference Server View the iDRAC IP address of the reference server.
Dedicated Hot Spare
Dedicated Hot SpareSelect the default option or you can customize the DHS-related information for server included in the hardware profile.
DefaultBased on the server generation, the dedicated hot spares information is included in the hardware profile.
Create required hot spare per virtual diskSpecify the required number of DHS per virtual disk. 
Number of DHS per virtual diskSelect the number of DHS required from the drop-down list.
Include these settings in the Hardware Profile.
Include these settings in the Hardware Profile.Select the settings listed in the section to be included in the hardware profile.
BIOS SettingsInclude the BIOS settings when applying the hardware profile.
Continue on errorWhen applying the BIOS attributes, if you want to continue with applying the hardware profile even if some BIOS attributes fail to apply, select this check box. This option is available only for BIOS settings.
Boot SettingsInclude the boot settings from the reference server in the hardware profile.
RAID SettingsInclude RAID settings in the hardware profile.
BIOS Settings
BIOS SettingsView a list of BIOS tokens and its values based on reference server. By default, the BIOS configuration is included in the profile. Optionally, you can choose to exclude BIOS configuration from profile definition. The list only includes the BIOS configuration attributes that you can write.
NOTE: Under Memory Settings, the snoop mode attribute does not support the ClusterOnDie option.
Boot SettingsUse to view, and edit the boot settings.
RAID ConfigurationView the RAID configuration of reference server.
View ControllerSelect the software or hardware controller present in the reference server to view information about the number of disks under that controller.
NOTE: The chipset SATA controller option is not supported.
View Virtual DiskSelect the virtual disk under the selected controller to view information about the virtual disk.
Summary
SummaryView the settings specified for creating a hardware profile. Click Finish to save the newly created hardware profile. If you want to change the settings, click Back or the options in the left pane.
Summary Information
Summary InformationView the information about reference server and boot device.
Reference ServerView the IP address of the reference server.
Primary Boot DeviceView the name of the device.
Details
DetailsView the information about the hardware profile.
Date CreatedView the date and time when the hardware profile was created.
Date ModifiedView the date and time when the hardware profile was last modified.
Last Modified ByView the name of the person who last modified the profile.
DescriptionView a brief description of the profile.
Back

Click Back or the options in the left pane to change the settings.

Cancel

Close the page without saving the changes.

FinishSave the newly created hardware profile.