HP OneView manual Server profiles, Connection templates, Relationship to other resources

The UI and REST APIs are organized by resource. The documentation for the UI and REST APIs are also organized by resource.

To view the complete list of resources, see the HP OneView REST API Reference in the online help.

The following sections introduce the resources shown in Figure 1 (page 29).

2.2 Server profiles

Server profiles capture key aspects of the server configuration in one place, enabling you to provision converged infrastructure hardware quickly and consistently according to your best practices.

A server profile can contain the following configuration information about the server hardware:

•Basic server identification information

•Connections to Ethernet networks, Ethernet network sets, and Fibre Channel networks

•Firmware versions

•BIOS settings

•Boot order

•Physical or virtual UUIDs (universally unique identifiers), MAC (media access control) addresses and WWN (World Wide Name) addresses

Relationship to other resources

A server profile is associated with the following resources in the resource summary diagram (page 29):

•Zero or more connection resources. You use a connection resource to specify connection from the server to a network or network set. If you do not specify at least one connection, the server cannot connect to data center networks. The networks and network sets that are available to a server profile connection depend on the configuration of the logical interconnect of the enclosure that contains the server hardware.

•Exactly one server hardware resource, which can be either unassigned or can be located in a specific enclosure and enclosure bay.

•Exactly one server hardware type resource.

•Exactly one enclosure group resource.

To enable portability of server profiles, a server profile is associated with an enclosure group resource instead of an enclosure resource. Because enclosures in the enclosure group are configured identically, you can assign a server profile to any appropriate server hardware, regardless of which enclosure and bay in the enclosure group contains that server hardware.

UI screens and REST API resources

UI screen	REST API resource
Server Profiles	server-profiles

For more information about server profiles, see the online help for the Server Profiles screen.

2.3 Connection templates

A connection template defines default configuration characteristics, such as the preferred bandwidth and maximum bandwidth, for a network or network set. When you create a network or network set, the appliance creates a default connection template for the network or network set.

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