The iDRAC Settings Media and USB Port Settings page is displayed.
2. From the USB Management Port Mode drop-down menu, do the following:
•Automatic — USB Port is used by iDRAC or the server’s operating system.
•Standard OS Use — USB port is used by the server OS.
•iDRAC Direct only — USB pot is used by iDRAC.
3. From the iDRAC Direct: USB Configuration XML drop-down menu, select options to configure a
server by importing server configuration profile stored on a USB drive:
•Disabled
•Enabled while server has default credential settings only
•Enabled
For information about the fields, see the iDRAC Settings Utility Online Help.
4. Click Back, click Finish and then click Yes to apply the settings.
Importing Server Configuration Profile From USB Device
Make sure to create a directory in root of the USB device called System_Configuration_XML which
contains both the config.xml and control.xml files.:
• Server Configuration Profile is in the System_Configuration_XML sub-directory under the USB device
root directory. This file includes all the attribute-value pairs of the server. This includes attributes of
iDRAC, PERC, RAID, and BIOS. You can edit this file to configure any attribute on the server. The file
name can be <servicetag>-config.xml, <modelnumber>-config.xml, or config.xml.
• Control XML file – Includes parameters to control the import operation and does not have attributes
of iDRAC or any other component in the system. The control file contain three parameters:
– ShutdownType – Graceful, Forced, No Reboot.
– TimeToWait (in secs) – 300 minimum and 3600 maximum.
– EndHostPowerState – on/off.
Example of control.xml file:
<InstructionTable> <InstructionRow>
<InstructionType>Configuration XML import Host control Instruction</
InstructionType> <Instruction>ShutdownType</
Instruction> <Value>NoReboot</Value>
<ValuePossibilities>Graceful,Forced,NoReboot</ValuePossibilities> </
InstructionRow> <InstructionRow>
<InstructionType>Configuration XML import Host control Instruction</
InstructionType> <Instruction>TimeToWait</
Instruction> <Value>300</Value>
<ValuePossibilities>Minimum value is 300 -Maximum value is 3600 seconds.</
ValuePossibilities> </InstructionRow>
<InstructionRow> <InstructionType>Configuration XML import
Host control Instruction</InstructionType>
<Instruction>EndHostPowerState</Instruction> <Value>On</
Value> <ValuePossibilities>On,Off</ValuePossibilities> </
InstructionRow></InstructionTable>
You must have Server Control privilege to perform this operation.
To import the server configuration profile from the USB device to iDRAC:
1. Configure the USB management port:
• Set USB Management Port Mode to Automatic or iDRAC.
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