Server profiles resource associations
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
Firmware versions
Connections to Ethernet networks, Ethernet network sets, FCoE networks, Fibre Channel networks, and iSCSI.
Local storage
SAN storage
Boot settings
BIOS settings
iLO settings
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:
Zero or one server profile template.
- 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, servers using Virtual Connect 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.NOTE:
Servers not using Virtual Connect do not need connection resources, as connectivity is controlled by programming the switches.
Zero or one Server Hardware resource.
Exactly one Server Hardware Types resource.
- Zero or more volumes through volume attachments.NOTE:
A volume attachment is a logical resource within a server profile that defines a volume attached to a network.
Exactly one Enclosure Groups 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.