Server profile templates

A server profile template serves as a structural reference when creating a server profile. All of the configuration constructs of a server profile are present in the server profile template.

Server profile templates help to monitor, flag, and update server profiles in HPE OneView. This template type defines the centralized source for the configuration of firmware, connections, local storage, SAN storage, boot, BIOS, profile affinity, and hides unused FlexNICs.

Affinity

Controls remove-and-replace behavior for servers. If you apply a server profile to a server and the server is subsequently removed from the device bay, the Affinity setting controls whether the server profile is reapplied when you insert a server into the empty bay. Rack servers do not have affinity.

Device bay: The server profile assigned to the device bay is applied to any server you insert into the bay, provided the server hardware type of the inserted server matches the server hardware type specified.
Device bay + server hardware: The server profile assigned to the device bay is not applied if you insert a server into the bay and it does not match the serial number and server hardware type listed in the server profile.