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ServerCloningwithServerConfigurationProfiles

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Server Cloning with Server

Configuration Profiles

Version1.2

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December2020

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PushkalaIyer,Syste m sEngineer

PrashantPatil,SystemsEngineer

VanceCorn,System sTechnologist

TexasRoemer,Sr.TestEngineer

DavidSchmidt,MarketingDirector

PaulRubin,Sr.ProductManager

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Dell|EnterpriseSolutionsGroup

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Table of contents

Executivesummary

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Introduction

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Normal profile export

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Clone profile export

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Replace profile export

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Checking SCP export job status

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Attribute formats during SCP export

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Limitations of Virtual Disk RAIDaction of AutoCreate

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Using profile export Preview

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SampleWorkflowUseCase:CloningconfigurationsettingsfromaPowerEdgeR730toaPowerEdgeR430

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Summary

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Additional Information

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Appendix1:RAIDactionProfileExample–BeforeEdit

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Appendix2:RAIDactionProfileExample–AfterEdit

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Appendix3:AttributeBehaviorinNormalExport

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Appendix4:AttributeBehaviorinCloneExport

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Appendix5:AttributeBehaviorinReplaceExport

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ServerCloningwithServerConfigurationProfiles

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Executivesummary

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Moderndatacenteradministratorsrequireefficientandautomatedmethodstorapidlyprepareserversforproduction

use.TheDellPowerEdgeservers’embeddedintegratedDellRemoteAccessController(iDRAC)withLifecycle

Controllerprovidestheabilitytocaptureanentireconfigurationinasinglehuman‐readableoutputcalledaServer

ConfigurationProfile.Thisprofilecan

beappliedtomultipleservers,enablingrapid,reliableandreproducible

configuration.Anadministratorcancloneorreplicateaprofile,modifythatprofileasneede d,andthenpreviewthe

deploymentonatargetserver.Beingabletotakethesestepssavestimeandminimizesconfigu rationerrors,thereby

reducingtheneedfor

manualinterventionanddecreasingconfigurationtime.Thiswhitepaperdescribesthebehavior

ofthesefeaturesandexaminessampleuses cases.

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ServerCloningwithServerConfigurationProfiles

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Introduction

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TheheartofembeddedmanagementineveryDellPowerEdgeserver,theiDRACwithLifecycleControllerprovidesthe

abilitytogeneratea human‐readablesnapshotofserverconfigurationviaaServerConfigurationProfile.Thissinglefile

containsallBIOS,iDRAC,LifecycleController,Network,andStoragesettings.Aftercapturingthisfilecanbe

modified,as

needed,andthenappliedtootherservers,evendifferentservermodels.However,thisoperationrequiresattentionto

detailssuchasI/Oidentity,storageconfiguration,and othersettingsthatcouldcauseissuesifmisconfigured.

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AmongtheoperationalfeaturesoftheServerConfigurationProfileare“Clone”and“Replace”modesofProfileExport

anda“Preview”modeforProfileImport.Asthesenamessuggest,thesemethodscansavesignificanttimeinhighly

automatedITenvironmentswheremultipleserversaretobeconfigured,cloned,and,inthefuture,

re‐configuredfor

differentworkloads.Thiswh itepaperillustratesthepracticaluseofthesefeatures–showinghowtocloneorreplace

settingsfromadesignatedsourceor“golden”server,previewapplyingthesesettings,andfinally,importingthe

settingstoatargetserver.

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Normalprofileexport

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ServerConfigurationProfile (SCP) operationsareprovidedviatheRACADMcommandlineinterfaceandtheiDRAC’s

WS‐Manapplicationprogramminginterface(API);SCPexportsandimportscanbedirectedtoorfromlocalfilesystems

andnetworkshares (NFS/CIFS).TheSCP‐generatedprofileincludesallaspectsofthesystem,

suchasBIOS,NIC,RAID,

FC,iDRAC,andLifecycleControllersettings.Bydefault,an“ExportConfiguration”invocationresultsinaNormal

Export.Inatypicaluse‐caseforaNormalExportoperation,anadministratorwillexporttheSCP,creatinga

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“snapshot”ofallthecurrentsystemconfigurationsettingswithouthavingtoinvokemultiplecommands.Forexample,

theRAIDconfigurationonasourcesystemcouldincludemultipleVirtualDisksthathavebeensetup.Unlessitwasthe

expressintenttoreconfigurestorageonthetargetsystem,userswouldnotwantSCPsnapshots

takenonthesource

systemtodisruptthetargetsystemonanImportoperationbywipingouttheVirtualDisksonthetargetsystem.The

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“NormalMode”forExportkeepsthisinmind,andtheSCPgeneratedhas

non-destructive settings

andactionsthat

willnotcausedisruptiontoatargetsystemifthe“Nor malMode”SCPisimported.

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ThefollowingWinrmcommand,usingtheWS‐ManAPI,canbeusedtoexportanSCPinthe“Normal”mode:

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winrm i ExportSystemConfiguration http://schemas.dmtf.org/wbem/wscim/1/cim-

schema/2/root/dcim/DCIM_LCService?SystemCreationClassName=DCIM_ComputerSystem+CreationCla

ssName=DCIM_LCService+SystemName=DCIM:ComputerSystem+Name=DCIM:LCService -u:root -

p:calvin -r:https://192.168.0.10/wsman -SkipCNCheck -SkipCACheck -encoding:utf-8 -a:basic

@{IPAddress="192.168.100.50";ShareName="/nfs";ShareType="0";FileName="Export.xml"}

TheSCPcanbeexportedtoNFS(0)orCIFS(2)shares,asspecifiedbythe

ShareType

parameter.

ShareName

identifies

thenetworksharewheretheexportedfilespecifiedby

FileName

shouldreside.InthecaseofCIFSshares,credentials

toaccesstheshareshouldalsobespecifiedbythe

UserName

and

Password

parameters.

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ThefollowingRACADMcommandexportsa“Normal”modeSCPtoaCIFSshare:

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racadm get -f file -t xml -u myuser -p mypass -l //192.168.100.50/share

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ThisRACADMcommandcanbeusedtoexporta“Normal”modeSCPtoanNFSshare:

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racadm get -f file -t xml -l 192.168.100.50:/myshare

Andfinally,thisremoteRACADMcommandcanbeusedtoexporta“Normal”modeSCPtoalocalfile:

racadm–r<iDRACIPaddress>‐u<adminusername>‐p<password>get–ffile–txml

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TheRACADMandWinrmSCPexportcommandswillreturnajobID.JobStatuscommandscanbeusedtocheckthe

statusofjobcompletion.Oncethejobiscomplete,theSCPfileisavailableonthespecif iedshareorlocalfile.

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Cloneprofileexport

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Iftheuserintendstoduplicatesettingsfroma“golden”sourceservertoa targetserverwithanidenticalhardware

setup,Cloneexportmodecanbeused.ClonemodeprofilesaredistinguishedfromNormalmodebyenabling

configurationsettingstobereplicatedonthetargetserver.Forthisreason,Cloneprofiles

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–

suchasthosecontaining

RAIDstorageconfiguration

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arepotentially“datadestructive”andshouldbeusedwithawarenessofthepotential

impactstothetargetserver.

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I/OidentityattributesarecommentedoutinanSCPgeneratedvia“Clone”mode,butauthenticationattributesarenot.

Bydefault,passwordsforconfigurediDRACusersareexportedas“calvin”(thedefaultcleartextpassword).IniDRAC

version4.40.00.00andlaterversions,thedefau ltexporte dpasswordwasupdatedto"Calvin#SCP#CloneReplace1"to

align

withthenewminimumpasswordscorefeature.Iftheactualpasswordsaretoberetained,the

includeph

option

canbeusedduringexporttooutputtheactualpasswordsinhashedformat.IntheClonemodeofexport,sincetheuser

intentistoduplicatesettingsincludingthoseforstoragesubsystems,VirtualDiskcreationactionissetto

CreateAuto

,

and

ResetConfig

issetto

True

inthegeneratedSCPfile.

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The

--clone

optioncanbeusedwithRACADMcommandstogenerateanSCPthatisreadyforcloning:

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racadm get -f file -t xml -u myuser -p mypass -l //192.168.100.50/share –clone

The

ExportUse

parameterwithoption“1”canbeusedwithWinrmWS‐MancommandstogenerateSCPfilesuitable

forcloning:

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winrm i ExportSystemConfiguration http://schemas.dmtf.org/wbem/wscim/1/cim-

schema/2/root/dcim/DCIM_LCService?SystemCreationClassName=DCIM_ComputerSystem+CreationCla

ssName=DCIM_LCService+SystemName=DCIM:ComputerSystem+Name=DCIM:LCService -u:root -

p:calvin -r:https://192.168.0.10/wsman -SkipCNCheck -SkipCACheck -encoding:utf-8 -a:basic

@{IPAddress="192.168.100.50";FileName="file.xml";ShareName="workshare";ShareType="2";User

name="user";Password="pwd";ExportUse="1"}

Replaceprofileexport

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Iftheuserintendstoretireaserverfromthedatacenterandreplaceitwithanotherorrestoreaserver’ssettingstoa

knownbaseline,theReplacemodeofexportcanbeused.Inadditiontoauthenticationattributesthatare

uncommentedandstorageactionsthatwillcausechangestothestorage

configuration,theI/Oidentitypropertiesfor

NICsandFiberChannelcardsarealsouncommentedandexported.

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thi

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–

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nds:

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racadm get -f file -t xml -u myuser -p mypass -l //192.168.100.50/share –replace

The

ExportUse

parametercanbeusedwithWinrmWS‐MancommandstogenerateReplacemodeSCPfiles:



winrm i ExportSystemConfiguration http://schemas.dmtf.org/wbem/wscim/1/cim-

schema/2/root/dcim/DCIM_LCService?SystemCreationClassName=DCIM_ComputerSystem+CreationCla

ssName=DCIM_LCService+SystemName=DCIM:ComputerSystem+Name=DCIM:LCService -u:root -

p:calvin -r:https://192.168.0.10/wsman -SkipCNCheck -SkipCACheck -encoding:utf-8 -a:basic

@{IPAddress="192.168.100.50";FileName="file.xml";ShareName="workshare";ShareType="2";User

name="user";Password="pwd";ExportUse="2"}

CheckingSCPexportjobstatus

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SCPimportandexportoperationswillcreateajob.ThestatusofthisjobcanbecheckedwiththefollowingWinrm

WS‐ManandRACADMcommands:



winrm g "http://schemas.dmtf.org/wbem/wscim/1/cim-

schema/2/DCIM_LifecycleJob?InstanceID=JID_186409478164+ cimnamespace=root/dcim" -u:root

-p:calvin -r:https://192.168.0.10/wsman -encoding:utf-8 -a:basic -SkipCNcheck -

SkipCAcheck

racadm jobqueue view -i JID_186409478164

AttributeformatsduringSCPexport

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Asdescribedintheprevioussections,attributesmaybecommented(“hidden”)orsettoadefaultinthe SCPfileso

theydonotaffectthetargetsystemonasubsequentimport.Attributesmaybe uncommen t ed,orthe defaultvalueof

theattributechanged.Thefollowingreasonshelpdeterminehowan

attributeislisted:

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Destructive:Theattributeoractionintendedbytheattributecoulddestroycustomerdataontheserver.

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ServerLocation:Theattributerelatestoinformationthatindicatewherethe serverisphysicallylocatedandis

specifictoeachserver.

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I/OIdentity:Theattributedescribesinformationused toidentifyaserverwithinanetworkofservers;

duplicationofthisinformationmaycauseaconflictonthe network.

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SecurityObfuscated:Theattributecontainspasswordorkeyinformationthathasbeenhidden.

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Boot Settings/One‐time bootsettings:Theattributecontains information describing the bootbehaviorofthe

server.Someofthisinformationmayonlyberelevanttoaspecificserver,dependentontheserver’sinstalled

devices.

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Dependency:Theattributevaluesettingsaredependentonthevaluesorpresenceofanotherattribute.These

attributesmaybeeithercommentedoruncommentedatthetimeofexportbasedonthedependentsettings.

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Capability/FeatureEnablement:Theattributeenablesordisablesacapabilityor feature.

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General

‐

Useractionrequired:Theattributewillnotbeappliedun lesstheuserhasmodifiedtheconfiguration

XMLtouncommenttheattributeorchangeitfromthe default.



ServerCloningwithServerConfigurationProfiles



ThetablesfoundintheAppendicesdescribetheformatofeveryattributethatmaybeimpactedbasedonthetypeof

exportperformed.ThereasonforthebehaviorisprovidedintheStatecolumn.



LimitationsofVirtualDiskRAIDactionofAutoCreate



WhenaServerConfigurationProfilecloneisexported,theVirtualDisk

RAIDaction

of

CreateAuto

hasthefollowing

limitations:





WhenaVirtualDiskiscreatedusingasetofphysicaldisks,anyremainingfreespacewillnotbereusedfor

subsequentVirtualDisks.





PhysicaldisksofdifferentsizesconnectedtothesamePERCRAIDcontrollermaynotbeefficientlyused.

ThecreatedVirtualDisk(s)willuseasetofphysicaldiskswithoutregardtowastedspace.





Multi‐spanVirtualDiskRAIDlevelssuchasRAID50maynotworkbeyondtheminimumspanlengthand

depth.



Becauseoftheselimitations,notallVirtualDisksmaybecreatedwhentheclonedProfileisimportedtoatarget

server.Toresolvetheselimitations,theexportedcloneServerConfigurationProfileshouldbemodified.Thefollowing

itemsineachtheVirtualDiskcomponentsectionoftheProfilemustbemodifiedto

usespecificphysicaldisksforthe

VirtualDisk;themodificationsinclude:





Changethe

RAIDAction

tothevalue “Create”:



<AttributeName="RAIDaction">Create</Attribute>





Un‐commenttheIncludedPhysicalDiskIDattributes:



<Attr



ame=

ncl

sic

Bay

0:Enclo

Inter

‐

ntegrat

ed.

‐

Att





Un‐commentthe

SpanDepth

and

SpanLength

attributes:



<AttributeName="SpanDepth">1</Attribute>



<AttributeName="SpanLength">3</Attribute>





ChangetheRAIDPDStatetothevalue “Ready”:



<AttributeName="RAIDPDState">Ready</Attribute>



Seethesample

RAIDAction

XMLfilesinthe Appendixfordetailsonapplyingtheseedits.



Usingprofileex portPreview



Insomecircumstances,thetargetservertowhichanSCPisbeingimported maynotexactlymatchthesourceserver.

Considertwosystems,anR630andanR730thatdifferintheirnetworkcardsorintheirstoragecontrollers.Takingan

SCPfromtheR630andapplyingitdirectlytothe

R730wouldresultinerrorsduetothesedifferences.Theusercan

identifysectionsofthesourceSCPthatwouldcauseerrorsbyutilizingthe

Preview

functionality.



ServerCloningwithServerConfigurationProfiles



TheWinrmWS‐Mancommandfor

Preview

is:



winrm i ImportSystemConfigurationPreview http://schemas.dmtf.org/wbem/wscim/1/cim-

schema/2/root/dcim/DCIM_LCService?SystemCreationClassName=DCIM_ComputerSystem+CreationCla

ssName=DCIM_LCService+SystemName=DCIM:ComputerSystem+Name=DCIM:LCService -u:root -

p:calvin -r:https://192.168.0.10/wsman -SkipCNCheck -SkipCACheck -encoding:utf-8 -a:basic

@{IPAddress="192.168.100.50";ShareName="/nfs";ShareType="0";FileName="Preview-test.xml"}

TheRACADMcommandfor

Preview

is:



racadm set -f myfile.xml -t xml -u myuser -p mypass -l //192.168.100.50/myshare –preview

Inresponsetoa

Preview

command,ajobIDisreturned,andthejobstatuscommandscanbeusedtocheckstatusof

theimportoperation.



Preview

ensuresthatthechangesareanalyzedasapplicabletothetarget,butthetargetsystemisundisturbed.This

willnotcauseanyrebootsorapplicationofthesettingsspecifiedbytheSCPonthetargetsystem.



Whenthe

Preview

iscompleted,anyerrorsareloggedtotheLifecycleControllerLog,andcanbeviewedbyrunninga

Winrm

GetConfigResults

commandorbyexp ortingtheLifecycleControllerLogandsearchingforthePreviewJob

ID.



TheentriesinLifecycleControllerLogwillalsoindicateifasystemrebootwillberequiredto applythechangesas

specifiedintheSCP,aswellastheestimatedtimetoapplythechanges.



TheWinrmWS‐Mancommandtoretrievethe

Preview

resultsforagivenjobIDis:



winrm i GetConfigResults "http://schemas.dell.com/wbem/wscim/1/cim-

schema/2/DCIM_LCRecordLog?InstanceID=DCIM:LifecycleLog+ cimnamespace=root/dcim” -u:root

-p:calvin -r:https://192.168.0.10/wsman -encoding:utf-8 -a:basic -SkipCNcheck -

SkipCAcheck @{JobID="JID_123456789"}

AndtoretrievethePreviewresultswithRACADM:



racadm jobqueue view -i <JOB ID>

Afterthe

Preview

,theusermaychoosetodeletethe“Component”sectionsintheSCPfilethatarenotapplicableto

thetargetsystemorkeeponlythespecificsectionsthatshouldbeappliedtothetarget–forexample,copyonlythe

BIOSsettingsfromonesystemtoanother.Thiscanbe

accomplishedbyeditingtheSCPandusingtheappropriate

Importcommands.



ServerCloningwithServerConfigurationProfiles



SampleWorkflow UseCase:Cloningconfigurationsettingsfrom

aPowerEdgeR730toaPowerEdgeR430



Thissampleusecaseillustratespropagatingtheconfigurationsettingsfromasourcesystem

‐

anR730withanH730P

storagecontrollerandanIntelx540networkcard

‐

toa targetsystem

‐

anR430,withanH330storagecontrollerand

aBroadcom5720networkcard.Thetablebelowliststhedifferencesbetweenthetwosystems:



Server_A Server_B

Platform PowerEdgeR730 PowerEdgeR430

Storage

RAIDLevel RAID‐0 RAID‐50

StorageController PERCH730PMini PERCH330Mini

Networking

NetworkInterfaces Intel®GigabitX540/I350rNDC BroadcomGigabitEthernetBCM5720



ExportTemplateClonefromtheR730,calltheresultingSCPfile01_R730_Export_Template_Clone.xml



winrm i ExportSystemConfiguration http://schemas.dmtf.org/wbem/wscim/1/cim-

schema/2/root/dcim/DCIM_LCService?SystemCreationClassName=DCIM_ComputerSystem+CreationCla

ssName=DCIM_LCService+SystemName=DCIM:ComputerSystem+Name=DCIM:LCService -u:root -

p:calvin -r:https://192.168.0.10/wsman -SkipCNCheck -SkipCACheck -encoding:utf-8 -a:basic

@{IPAddress="192.168.100.50";FileName="01_R730_Export_Template_Clone.xml";ShareName="work

share";ShareType="2";Username="user";Password="pwd";ExportUse="1"}

Execute

Preview

operationontheR430using‘01_R730_Export_Template_Clone.xml’.Waitforthejobtocomplete

usingtheGetJobStatuscommand.Jobcompleteswithmessage‘PreviewofsystemconfigurationXMLfile

completed.Someconfigurationchangesmaynotbe successful.’



winrm i ImportSystemConfigurationPreview http://schemas.dmtf.org/wbem/wscim/1/cim-

schema/2/root/dcim/DCIM_LCService?SystemCreationClassName=DCIM_ComputerSystem+CreationCla

ssName=DCIM_LCService+SystemName=DCIM:ComputerSystem+Name=DCIM:LCService -u:root -

p:calvin -r:https://192.168.100.40/wsman -SkipCNCheck -SkipCACheck -encoding:utf-8 -

a:basic @{IPAddress="192.168.100.50";ShareName="/nfs";ShareType="0";

FileName="01_R730_Export_Template_Clone.xml"}

AssumingJID_18640978164istheJIDreturned:



winrm g "http://schemas.dmtf.org/wbem/wscim/1/cim-

schema/2/DCIM_LifecycleJob?InstanceID=JID_186409478164+ cimnamespace=root/dcim" -u:root

-p:calvin -r:https://192.168.100.40/wsman -encoding:utf-8 -a:basic -SkipCNcheck -

SkipCAcheck



ServerCloningwithServerConfigurationProfiles



Execute

GetConfigResults

ontheR430usingpreviewJobIDandsavetheLifecycleControllerLogConfigResultsin

‘02_R430_Preview_LCLog_Clone_of_R730.xml’.Thiswillbeusedtoexamineanysettingsthatarenotsuccessfuland

todeterminetherequirededits.



winrm i GetConfigResults "http://schemas.dell.com/wbem/wscim/1/cim-

schema/2/DCIM_LCRecordLog?InstanceID=DCIM:LifecycleLog+ cimnamespace=root/dcim” -u:root

-p:calvin -r:https://192.168.100.40/wsman -encoding:utf-8 -a:basic -SkipCNcheck -

SkipCAcheck @{JobID="JID_18640978164"}

Forexample,





Whenyouexecute

GetConfigResults

,theoutputwillbesimilartofollowing:



GetConfigResults_OUTPUT

ConfigResults = <ConfigResults><JobID>JID_935431814669</JobID><JobName>Preview

Configuration</JobName><Messages><MessageID>SYS087</MessageID><Message>A system reboot

is required to apply configuration

changes.</Message><MessageID>SYS088</MessageID><Message>Estimated time for applying

configuration changes is 2330 seconds.</Message></Messages></ConfigResults>

ReturnValue = 0



Copyallthetextfor‘ConfigResults’intoanewtextfile,addtheXMLtag‘Event’andsavethefilewithextension

as‘.xml’.



<Event><ConfigResults><JobID>JID_935431814669</JobID><JobName>Preview

Configuration</JobName><Messages><MessageID>SYS087</MessageID><Message>A system reboot

is required to apply configuration

changes.</Message><MessageID>SYS088</MessageID><Message>Estimated time for applying

configuration changes is 2330 seconds.</Message></Messages></ConfigResults></Event>

Createacopyof‘01_R730_Export_Template_Clone.xml’as

‘03_R730_Export_Template_Clone_Modified_for_R430.xml’andcompareitto

‘02_R430_Preview_LCLog_Clone_of_R730.xml’formakingcorrections in



‘03_R730_Export_Template_Clone_Modified_for_R430.xml’.



cp01_R730_Export_Template_Clone.xml03_R730_Export_Template_Clone_Modified_for_R430.xml

Forexample,





IftheLClogindicatesafailure ‘Invalid AttributeName’thenremovethatattributefrom



‘03_R730_Export_Template_Clone_Modified_for_R430.xml’file.Thiserrorcanoccuriftherearedifferences

intheBIOSversionsorifsomesettingsarenotapplicableforthetargetsystem.



<FQDD>BIOS.Setup.1‐1</FQDD>



<Operationname="CHANGE">



<DisplayValue>ControlledTurbo</DisplayValue>





<Message>InvalidAttributeName</Message>



ServerCloningwithServerConfigurationProfiles



<Status>Failure</Status>





</Operation>





Becausethenetwork controllerfamiliesdiffer,thene tworkingFQDDandportswillbedifferentbetweenthe

R430(NIC.Embedded.2‐1‐1)andtheR730(NIC.Integrated.1‐4‐1).IftheLifecycleControllerlogindicatesa

failure‘InvalidparametervalueforTarget’,thenremovethatcomponent from



‘03_R730_Export_Template_Clone_Modified_for_R430.xml’file.



FQDD>NIC.Integrated.1‐4‐1</FQDD>



<Operationname="CHANGE">



<DisplayValue>NIC.Integrated.1‐4‐1</DisplayValue>





<Message>InvalidparametervalueforTarget</Message>



<Status>Failure</Status>





</Operation>





ThestoragecontrollersdifferbetweentheR430andtheR730andiftheLifecycleControllerlogindicatesa

failureforRAIDconfigu r ation asbelow,thenmakeappropriatechangesaccordingto theavailablestorage.



<FQDD>RAID.Integrated.1‐1</FQDD>



<Operationname="CHANGE">



<DisplayValue>RAIDaction</DisplayValue>



<Name>RAIDaction</Name>





<NewValue>CreateAuto</NewValue>



</Detail>





<Message>Physicaldisknotfound</Message>



<Status>Failure</Status>





</Operation>





Makethefollowingchangesin‘03_R730_Export_Template_Clone_Modified_for_R430.xml’tosupportRAID

configurationcloningsimilartothe R730



mpo

ent



ntegrat

ed.

‐



<AttributeName="RAIDresetConfig">True</Attribute>



<AttributeName="RAIDforeignConfig">Clear</Attribute>



‐‐

dif



Att



ame=

eke

Att

‐‐



‐‐

dif



Att



ame=

Encr

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Att

‐‐



ServerCloningwithServerConfigurationProfiles



‐‐

<Attr



ame=

></

Att

‐‐



‐‐

Att



ame=

ntr

ller

Key

****

*</

Att

‐‐



‐‐

<Attr



ame=

ntr

ller

Key

>**

****

Att

‐‐



<AttributeName="RAIDprMode">Manual</Attribute>



<AttributeName="RAIDloadBalancedMode">Disabled</Attribute>



<AttributeName="RAIDccMode">StoponError</Attribute>



<AttributeName="RAIDcopybackMode ">OnwithSMART</Attribute>



<!‐‐Modified:NOTFOUNDAttributeName="RAIDControllerBootMode">UserMode</Attribute‐‐>



<AttributeName="RAIDEnhancedAuto ImportForeignConfig">Disabled</Attribute>



<AttributeName="RAIDrebuildRate">100</Attribute>



<AttributeName="RAIDbgiRate">100</Attribute>



<AttributeName="RAIDccRate">5</Attribute>



<AttributeName="RAIDreconstructRate">100</Attribute>



mpo

ent



0:R

AID.

ntegrat

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

<AttributeName="RAIDaction">CreateAuto</Attribute>



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

Att



ame=

tatus">U

ked</

Att

‐‐



<AttributeName="RAIDinitOperation">None</Attribute>



<Attribute Na me="DiskCachePolicy">Default</Attribute>



<Attribute Name="RAIDdefaultWritePolicy">WriteThrough</Attribute>



<AttributeName="RAIDdefaultReadPolicy">NoReadAhead</Attribute>



<AttributeName="Name">RAID 50</Att ribute>



<AttributeName="Size">0</Attribute>



<!‐‐Modified:StripeSizechangedaccordingtosupportedforH310Mini‐‐>



<AttributeName="StripeSize">128</Attribute>



‐‐

<Attr



ame=

ept

Att

‐‐



‐‐

<Attr



ame=

nLen

th"

Att

‐‐



<AttributeName="RAIDTypes">RAID0</Attribute>



‐‐

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

ame=

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edP

sic

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‐

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

</Component>



Executethe

Preview

operationontheR430using‘03_R730_Export_Template_Clone_Modified_for_R430.xml’



winrm i ImportSystemConfigurationPreview http://schemas.dmtf.org/wbem/wscim/1/cim-

schema/2/root/dcim/DCIM_LCService?SystemCreationClassName=DCIM_ComputerSystem+CreationCla

ssName=DCIM_LCService+SystemName=DCIM:ComputerSystem+Name=DCIM:LCService -u:root -

p:calvin -r:https://192.168.100.40/wsman -SkipCNCheck -SkipCACheck -encoding:utf-8 -

a:basic

@{IPAddress="192.168.100.50";ShareName="/nfs";ShareType="0";FileName="03_R730_Export_Temp

late_Clone_Modified_for_R430.xml"}

AssumingJID_186409478165istheJIDreturned,checkthejobstatus



winrm g "http://schemas.dmtf.org/wbem/wscim/1/cim-

schema/2/DCIM_LifecycleJob?InstanceID=JID_186409478165+ cimnamespace=root/dcim" -u:root



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

-p:calvin -r:https://192.168.100.40/wsman -encoding:utf-8 -a:basic -SkipCNcheck -

SkipCAcheck

Execute

GetConfigResults

ontheR430usingthe

Preview

JobIDandsavetheLifecycleControllerlog

ConfigResultsin‘04_R430_Preview_LCLog_Clone_of_R730.xml’.Makesuretherearenofailuresidentified.



winrm i GetConfigResults "http://schemas.dell.com/wbem/wscim/1/cim-

schema/2/DCIM_LCRecordLog?InstanceID=DCIM:LifecycleLog+ cimnamespace=root/dcim” -u:root

-p:calvin -r:https://192.168.100.40/wsman -encoding:utf-8 -a:basic -SkipCNcheck -

SkipCAcheck @{JobID="JID_18640978165"}

ExecuteImport operationon the R430 using corrected



‘03_R730_Export_Template_Clone_Modified_for_R430.xml’



winrm i ImportSystemConfigurationPreview http://schemas.dmtf.org/wbem/wscim/1/cim-

schema/2/root/dcim/DCIM_LCService?SystemCreationClassName=DCIM_ComputerSystem+CreationCla

ssName=DCIM_LCService+SystemName=DCIM:ComputerSystem+Name=DCIM:LCService -u:root -

p:calvin -r:https://192.168.100.40/wsman -SkipCNCheck -SkipCACheck -encoding:utf-8 -

a:basic @{IPAddress="192.168.100.50";ShareName="/nfs";ShareType="0";

FileName="03_R730_Export_Template_Clone_Modified_for_R430.xml";

ShutdownType="1";EndHostPowerState="1"}

AssumingJID_18640947816istheJIDreturned,tocheckforjobstatus



winrm g "http://schemas.dmtf.org/wbem/wscim/1/cim-

schema/2/DCIM_LifecycleJob?InstanceID=JID_186409478166+ cimnamespace=root/dcim" -u:root

-p:calvin -r:https://192.168.100.40/wsman -encoding:utf-8 -a:basic -SkipCNcheck –

SkipCAcheck

Oncethejobiscompleted,execute

GetConfigResults

commandontheR430usingImportJobIDandsavethe

LifecycleControllerlogConfigResultsin‘05_R430_Import_LCLog_Clone_of_R730.xml’’.VerifythatLifecycle

Controllerlogdoesn’tshowanyfailures.



winrm i GetConfigResults "http://schemas.dell.com/wbem/wscim/1/cim-

schema/2/DCIM_LCRecordLog?InstanceID=DCIM:LifecycleLog+ cimnamespace=root/dcim” -u:root

-p:calvin -r:https://192.168.100.40/wsman -encoding:utf-8 -a:basic -SkipCNcheck -

SkipCAcheck @{JobID="JID_18640978166"}

ExportTemplateCloneontheR430to‘06_R430_Export_Template_Clone.xml’andcompareitwith

‘03_R730_Export_Template_Clone_Modified_for_R430.xml’.Makesurethereareno errors.



winrm i ExportSystemConfiguration http://schemas.dmtf.org/wbem/wscim/1/cim-

schema/2/root/dcim/DCIM_LCService?SystemCreationClassName=DCIM_ComputerSystem+CreationCla

ssName=DCIM_LCService+SystemName=DCIM:ComputerSystem+Name=DCIM:LCService -u:root -

p:calvin -r:https://192.168.0.40/wsman -SkipCNCheck -SkipCACheck -encoding:utf-8 -a:basic

@{IPAddress="192.168.100.50";FileName="06_R430_Export_Template_Clone.xml";ShareName="work

share";ShareType="2";Username="user";Password="pwd";ExportUse="1"}

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

Summary



TheiDRACwithLifecycleControllertechnologyenablessystemadministratorstocreatehuman‐readablesnapshotsof

anentireserversystemconfigurationusingServerConfigurationProfiles.Thispapershowshowsettingsfromone

servercanbecheckedforapplicabilitytoanotherserverwithoutdisturbingthetarget.Theusercantheneithermodify

the

sourceProfileforapplicabilitytothe targetsystem,orchoosetoapplyonlythecomponentsectionsthatcanbe

usedwithouterror.



AdditionalInformation



TheiDRACwithLifecycleControllerhomepageonDellTechCenterprovidesaccesstoproductdocuments,technical

whitepapers,how‐tovideosandmore:http://delltechcenter.com/iDRAC



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

Appendix1:RAIDactionProfileExample–BeforeEdit



<SystemConfigurationModel="PowerEdgeR730"ServiceTag="1KG0X52"TimeStamp="ThuJun917:14:342016">



<!‐‐ExporttypeisClone,Selective‐‐>



<!‐‐Exportedconfigurationmaycontaincommentedattributes.Attributesmaybecommentedduetode pendency,

destructivenature,preservingserveridentityorforsecurityreasons.‐‐>

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<AttributeName="RAIDresetConfig">True</Attribute>



<AttributeName="RAIDforeignConfig">Clear</Attribute>



<AttributeName="CurrentControllerMode">RAID</Attribute>



<AttributeName="RAIDrekey">False</Attribute>



<AttributeName="Encryption Mode">None</Attribute>



<!‐‐<AttributeName="KeyID"></Attribute>‐‐>



<!‐‐<AttributeName="OldControllerKey">******</Attribute>‐‐>



<!‐‐<AttributeName="NewControllerKey">******</Attribute>‐‐>



<AttributeName="RAIDprMode">Automatic</Attribute>



<AttributeName="RAIDPatrolReadUnconfiguredArea">Enabled</Attribute>



<AttributeName="RAIDloadBalancedMode">Automatic</Attribute>



<AttributeName="RAIDccMode">Normal</Attribute>



<AttributeName="RAIDcopybackMode ">On</Attribute>



<AttributeName="RAIDControllerBootMode">Continue BootOnError</Attribute>



<AttributeName= "RAIDEnhancedAutoImportForeignConfig">Disabled</Attribute>



<AttributeName="RAIDrebuildRate">80</Attribute>



<AttributeName="RAIDbgiRate">30</Attribute>



<AttributeName="RAIDccRate">30</Attribute>



<AttributeName="RAI Drec onstructRate">30</Attribute>

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<AttributeName="RAIDaction">CreateAuto</Attribute>



<AttributeName="LockStatus">Unlocked</Attribute>



<AttributeName="RAIDinitOperation">None</Attribute>



<!‐‐<AttributeName="T10PIStatus">Disabled</Attribute>‐‐>



<AttributeName="DiskCachePolicy">Default</Attribute>



<AttributeName="RAIDdefaultWritePolicy">WriteBack</Attribute>



<AttributeName="RAIDdefaultReadPolicy">ReadAhead</Attribute>



<AttributeName="Name">VirtualDisk0</Attribute>



<Attribute Name="Size">107374182400</Attribute>



<AttributeName="StripeSize">128</Attribute>



<!‐‐<AttributeName="SpanDepth">1</Attribute>‐‐>



<!‐‐<AttributeName="SpanLength">2</Attribute>‐‐>



<AttributeName="RAIDTypes">RAID1</Attribute>

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

<AttributeName="RAIDPDState">Online</Attribute>



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

</Component>



<AttributeName="RAIDremoveControllerKey">False</Attribute>



</Component>



</SystemConfiguration>

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

Appendix2:RAIDactionProfileExample–AfterEdit



Notethechangesmarkedwithyellowhighlightingbelow:



<SystemConfigurationModel="PowerEdgeR730"ServiceTag="1KG0X52"TimeStamp="ThuJun917:14:342016">



<!‐‐ExporttypeisClone,Selective‐‐>



<!‐‐Exportedconfigurationmaycontaincommentedattributes.Attributesmaybecommentedduetode pendency,

destructivenature,preservingserveridentityorforsecurityreasons.‐‐>

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<AttributeName="RAIDresetConfig">True</Attribute>



<AttributeName="RAIDforeignConfig">Clear</Attribute>



<AttributeName="CurrentControllerMode">RAID</Attribute>



<AttributeName="RAIDrekey">False</Attribute>



<AttributeName="Encryption Mode">None</Attribute>



<!‐‐<AttributeName="KeyID"></Attribute>‐‐>



<!‐‐<AttributeName="OldControllerKey">******</Attribute>‐‐>



<!‐‐<AttributeName="NewControllerKey">******</Attribute>‐‐>



<AttributeName="RAIDprMode">Automatic</Attribute>



<AttributeName="RAIDPatrolReadUnconfiguredArea">Enabled</Attribute>



<AttributeName="RAIDloadBalancedMode">Automatic</Attribute>



<AttributeName="RAIDccMode">Normal</Attribute>



<AttributeName="RAIDcopybackMode ">On</Attribute>



<AttributeName="RAIDControllerBootMode">Continue BootOnError</Attribute>



<AttributeName= "RAIDEnhancedAutoImportForeignConfig">Disabled</Attribute>



<AttributeName="RAIDrebuildRate">80</Attribute>



<AttributeName="RAIDbgiRate">30</Attribute>



<AttributeName="RAIDccRate">30</Attribute>



<AttributeName="RAI Drec onstructRate">30</Attribute>

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<AttributeName="RAIDaction">Create</Attribute>



<AttributeName="LockStatus">Unlocked</Attribute>



<AttributeName="RAIDinitOperation">None</Attribute>



<!‐‐<AttributeName="T10PIStatus">Disabled</Attribute>‐‐>



<AttributeName="DiskCachePolicy">Default</Attribute>



<AttributeName="RAIDdefaultWritePolicy">WriteBack</Attribute>



<AttributeName="RAIDdefaultReadPolicy">ReadAhead</Attribute>



<AttributeName="Name">VirtualDisk0</Attribute>



<Attribute Name="Size">107374182400</Attribute>



<AttributeName="StripeSize">128</Attribute>



<AttributeName="SpanDepth">1</Attribute>



<AttributeName="SpanLength">2</Attribute>



<AttributeName="RAIDTypes">RAID1</Attribute>

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<AttributeName="RAIDHotSpareStatus">No</Attribute>



<AttributeName="RAIDPDState">Ready</Attribute>



</Component>

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

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

<AttributeName="RAIDPDState">Ready</Attribute>



</Component>



<AttributeName="RAIDremoveControllerKey">False</Attribute>



</Component>



</SystemConfiguration>



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

Appendix3:AttributeBehaviorinNormalExport



Component Attribute State Value

LifecycleController.

Embedded.1

LCAttributes.1#LifecycleControllerState

Commented(Capability/

FeatureEnablement)

Asset(ex,Enabled)

System.Embedded.1 ServerPwr.1#PowerCapValue Commented(Dependency) Asset(ex,247)

System.Embedded.1 ServerTopology.1#DataCenterName Commented(Server

Location)

Asset(ex,Dell‐DC)

System.Embedded.1 ServerTopology.1#AisleName Commented(Server

Location)

Asset(ex,Aisle‐5)

System.Embedded.1 ServerTopology.1#RackName Commented(Server

Location)

Asset

(ex,Rack‐2)

System.Embedded.1 ServerTopology.1#RackSlot Commented(Server

Location)

Asset(ex,Slot‐1)

System.Embedded.1 ServerTopology.1#RoomName Commented(Server

Location)

Asset(ex,SWLab)

System.Embedded.1 ServerOS.1#HostName Commented(I/OIdentity)

Asset(ex,

ganymede.us.dell.com)

System.Embedded.1 ServerOS.1#OSName

Commented(General‐User

actionrequired)

Asset(ex,CentOS6.5)

iDRAC.Embedded.1 Users.n#Password Commented(Security

Obfuscated)

******

iDRAC.Embedded.1 LDAP.1#BindPassword

Commented(Security

Obfuscated)

******

iDRAC.Embedded.1 NICStatic.1#DNSDomainName Commented(I/OIdentity) Asset(ex,us.dell.com)

iDRAC.Embedded.1 IPv4Static.1#Address Commented(I/OIdentity) Asset(ex,192.168.0.120)

iDRAC.Embedded.1 IPv6Static.1#Address Commented,(I/OIdentity) Asset(ex,::)

iDRAC.Embedded.1 NIC.1#DNSRacName Commented,(I/OIdentity) Asset(idrac‐60)

iDRAC.Embedded.1 VNCServer.1#Password Commented(Security

Obfuscated)

******

Bios.Setup.1‐1 OldSysPassword Commented,(Security

Obfuscated)

******

Bios.Setup.1‐1 NewSysPassword Commented(Security

Obfuscated)

******

Bios.Setup.1‐1 OldSetupPassword Commented(Security

Obfuscated)

******

Bios.Setup.1‐1 NewSetupPassword

Commented,(Security

Obfuscated)

******

Bios.Setup.1‐1 TpmActivation (Dependency) Asset

Bios.Setup.1‐1 TpmClear (Dependency) Asset

Bios.Setup.1‐1 IntelTxt (Dependency) Asset

Bios.Setup.1‐1 AcPwrRcvryUserDelay (Dependency) Asset



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

Component Attribute State Value

Bios.Setup.1‐1 UefiBootSeq Commented,

(BootSettings)

Asset(ex,NIC.Integrated.1‐1‐1,

NIC.Integrated.1‐2‐1…)

Bios.Setup.1‐1 BiosBootSeq

Commented,

(BootSettings)

Asset(HardDisk.List.1‐1,

NIC.Integrated.1‐1‐1)

Bios.Setup.1‐1 HddSeq Commented(BootSettings) Asset(RAID.Integrated.1‐1)

Bios.Setup.1‐1 OneTimeBiosBootSeq Commented(One‐time

bootsettings)

Asset

Bios.Setup.1‐1 OneTimeUefiBootSeq Commented(One‐time

bootsettings)

Asset

Bios.Setup.1‐1 OneTimeHddBootSeq

Commented(One‐time

bootsettings)

Asset

Bios.Setup.1‐1 SataPortA (Dependent) Asset

Bios.Setup.1‐1 SataPortB (Dependent) Asset

Bios.Setup.1‐1 ProcPwrPerf (Dependent) Asset

Bios.Setup.1‐1 MemFrequency (Dependent) Asset

Bios.Setup.1‐1 ProcTurboMode (Dependent) Asset

Bios.Setup.1‐1 ProcC1E (Dependent) Asset

Bios.Setup.1‐1 ProcCStates (Dependent) Asset

Bios.Setup.1‐1 MonitorMwait (Dependent) Asset

Bios.Setup.1‐1 MemPatrolScrub (Dependent) Asset

Bios.Setup.1‐1 MemRefreshRate (Dependent) Asset

Bios.Setup.1‐1 MemVolt (Dependent) Asset

Bios.Setup.1‐1 CollaborativeCpuPerfCtrl (Dependent) Asset

Bios.Setup.1‐1 AssetTag

Commented(General‐User

actionrequired)

Asset

NIC.Integrated.1‐x‐1 VirtMacAddr Commented(I/OIdentity) Asset(ex,BC:30:5B:F1:4C:80)

NIC.Integrated.1‐x‐1 IpAutoConfig Commented(Dependent,

I/OIdentity)

Asset(ex,Enabled)

NIC.Integrated.1‐x‐1 IscsiInitiatorIpAddr Commented,(I/OIdentity) Asset(ex,0.0.0.0)

NIC.Integrated.1‐x‐1 IscsiInitiatorSubnet Commented(I/OIdentity) Asset(ex,0.0.0.0)

NIC.Integrated.1‐x‐1 IscsiInitiatorSubnetPrefix Commented(Dependent,

I/OIdentity)

Asset

NIC.Integrated.1‐x‐1 IscsiInitiatorGateway Commented(I/OIdentity) Asset(ex,0.0.0.0)

NIC.Integrated.1‐x‐1 IscsiInitiatorPrimDns Commented(I/OIdentity) Asset(ex,0.0.0.0)

NIC.Integrated.1‐x‐1 IscsiInitiatorSecDns Commented(I/OIdentity) Asset(ex,0.0.0.0)

NIC.Integrated.1‐x‐1 IscsiInitiatorName Commented(I/OIdentity) Asset(string)

NIC.Integrated.1‐x‐1 IscsiInitiatorChapId Commented(I/OIdentity) Asset(string)

NIC.Integrated.1‐x‐1 IscsiInitiatorChapPwd Commented(I/OIdentity) Asset

NIC.Integrated.1‐x‐1 ConnectFirstTgt Commented(I/OIdentity) Asset(ex,Disabled)

NIC.Integrated.1‐x‐1 FirstTgtIpAddress Commented(I/OIdentity) Asset(ex,0.0.0.0)

NIC.Integrated.1‐x‐1 FirstTgtBootLun Commented(I/OIdentity) Asset(number)

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