Dell EMC PowerEdge VRTX - Applying Boot Identity Profiles

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 prole to the server for booting from SAN.
To save a prole, perform the following tasks:
1. Go to the Server Proles page. In the Boot Identity Proles section, select the server that has the required settings with
which you want to generate the prole 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 Proles section. If the Network Share is not connected, congure the network share for the chassis. To
congure the network share, click Edit in the Stored Proles section. For more information, see Conguring
Network Share Using CMC Web Interface .
3. In the Base Prole Name and Number of Proles elds, enter the prole name and the number of proles that you want to
save.
NOTE: While saving a boot identity prole, 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 prole from the Virtual MAC Address drop-down and click Save Prole.
The number of templates created are based on the number of proles you specify. CMC communicates with the Lifecycle
Controller to get the available server prole settings and store them as a named prole. The format for the name le is — <base
prole name>_<prole 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
prole is displayed. If the new prole is not displayed, check the prole log for errors.
Applying Boot Identity Proles
You can apply boot identity prole settings if the boot identity proles are available as stored proles on the network share. To initiate
a boot identity conguration operation, you can apply a stored prole to a single server.
NOTE: If a server does not support Lifecycle Controller or the chassis is powered o, you cannot apply a prole to the
server.
To apply a prole to a server, perform the following tasks:
1. Go to the Server Proles page. In the Boot Identity proles section, select the server on which you want to apply the selected
prole.
The Select Prole drop-down menu gets enabled.
NOTE: The Select Prole drop-down menu displays all available proles that are sorted by type from the network
share.
2. From the Select Prole drop-down menu, select the prole that you want to apply.
The Apply Identity option is enabled.
3. Click Apply Identity.
A warning message is displayed that applying a new identity overwrites the current settings and also reboots the selected
server. You are prompted to conrm if you want to continue the operation.
NOTE: To perform server conguration replication operations on the server, the CSIOR option must be enabled for
the servers. If CSIOR option is disabled, a warning message is displayed that CSIOR is not enabled for the server. To
complete the server conguration replication operation, enable the CSIOR option on the server.
4. Click OK to apply the boot identity prole to the selected server.
The selected prole is applied to the server and the server is rebooted immediately. For more information, see the CMC Online
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