Viewing Profile Settings
To view Profile settings for a selected server, go to the Server Profiles page. In the Server Profiles
section, click View in the Server Profile column for the required server. The View Settings page is
displayed.
For more information about the displayed settings, see the Online Help.
NOTE: The CMC Server Configuration Replication feature retrieves and displays the settings for a
specific server, only if the Collect System Inventory on Restart (CSIOR) option is enabled.
To enable CSIOR on:
• 12th generation servers — After restarting the server, when the company logo is displayed, select F2.
On the iDRAC Settings page, in the left pane, click Lifecycle Controller, and then click CSIOR to
enable the changes.
• 13th generation servers —After restarting the server, when prompted, press F10 to access Dell
Lifecycle Controller. Go to the Hardware Inventory page by clicking Hardware Configuration →
Hardware Inventory. On the Hardware Inventory page, click Collect System Inventory on Restart.
Viewing Stored Profile Settings
To view profile settings of the stored server profiles, go to the Server Profiles page. In the Stored Profiles
section, click View in the View Profile column for the required server profile. The View Settings page is
displayed. For more information about the displayed settings, see the Online Help.
Viewing Profile Log
To view the profile log, in the Server Profiles page, see the Recent Profile Log section. This section lists
the 10 latest profile log entries directly from server configuration operations. Each log entry displays the
severity, the time and date of submission of the server configuration replication operation, and the
replication log message description. The log entries are also available in the RAC log. To view the other
available entries, click Go to Profile Log. The Profile Log page is displayed. For more information, see the
Online Help.
Completion Status And Troubleshooting
To check the completion status of an applied BIOS profile:
1. In the left pane, click Chassis Overview → Server Overview → Setup → Profiles.
2. On the Server Profiles page, note down the Job ID (JID) of the submitted job from the Recent
Profile Log section.
3. In the left pane, click Server Overview → Troubleshooting → Lifecycle Controller Jobs. Search for
the same JID in the Jobs table. For more information about performing Lifecycle Controller jobs
using CMC, see Lifecycle Controller Job Operations.
Quick Deploy of Profiles
The Quick Deploy feature enables you to assign a stored profile to a server slot. Any server supporting
server configuration replication that is inserted into a slot is configured using the profile assigned to that
slot. You can perform the Quick Deploy action only if the Action When Server is Inserted option on the
Deploy iDRAC page is set to Server Profile option or Quick Deploy and Server Profile option. Selecting
this option allows to apply the server profile assigned when a new server is inserted in the chassis. To go
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