Dell 2.3 manual Deployment Wizard Connection Profile, Deployment Wizard Scheduling Jobs

Deployment Wizard Step 5: Connection Profile

Connection profiles are used to establish connection credentials for hosts by associating them with iDRAC or Host Root Credentials. The Connection Profiles window allows you to:

•Display or edit a current connection profile

•Delete a connection profile

•Refresh the connection profile list to reflect vCenter host changes

To create a connection profile:

1.Connection Profile automatically assigns servers to connection profiles after the deployment job completes. Once a connection profile is selected, click Next.

2.Select the Assign all servers to the same connection profile option button, and select the connection profile from the drop-down list to assign all servers to the same existing profile.

3.To create a new profile, click New and to view or edit the selected profile click View/Edit.

4.To display the selected connection profile settings, click View.

5.Select the Select a Connection Profile for each Server option button, and then select an individual connection profile for each server from the drop-down list.

6.Once a connection profile is selected, click Next.

To continue with the task to Step 6, click Deployment Wizard Step 6.

Deployment Wizard Step 6: Scheduling Jobs

Schedule sets the schedule for the deployment job. There are several options of when to run the deployment job: immediately, schedule the deployment job to run on a selected date and time, hold deployment job and manually start it.

To set up scheduling:

1.Determine when to run a deployment job by entering a date and time:

a.Click Schedule server(s) for deployment.

b.Use the calendar control to select the date.

c.Enter the time of day:

•Immediately: Click Deploy server(s) now.

•Postpone job: Click Create deployment job.

•Put on hold: With this option, only the schedule can be modified and all other deployment job options cannot be changed.

2.Enter a Job Name and Job Description.

3.Click Finish.

4.Now that the deployment wizard is complete, you can manage deployment jobs using the Job Queue.

5.To display a list of non-compliant servers that must have a firmware update before the wizard can be completed, click Non-Compliant Servers.

Related Tasks:

•Managing Deployment Jobs Using Deployment JobQueue

Understanding Job Queue

The Job Queue manages server deployment and inventory retrieval jobs, such as:

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