HP BL680c - ProLiant - G5 User Manual page 52

A server profile defines connections for a blade server. Server profiles can include the following information:
Profile name
Logical serial number and logical UUID
Ethernet network connections and PXE settings
MAC addresses
Fibre Channel fabric connections
WWN addresses
Server boot configuration
BIOS settings
Newer VC Domain versions provide a broader set of configuration in the server profile. The following table
lists the features that are configurable depending on the VC Domain versions.
Feature
Server VLAN tagging
Add/Remove Fibre Channel
SAN connections
Integrity blade support (EFI
partition data)
Ethernet connection port speed
configuration
Double-density blade support
Enhanced SNMP configuration
Multienclosure VC Domain
From the managing profiles screen, you can perform the following tasks:
Create a profile
Delete one or more profiles
Edit a profile
Assign a profile
Unassign a profile
Copy a profile to a bay
Move a profile
View network and Fibre Channel information for a profile
Perform a VC Profile Failover operation
NOTE: If the server profile has Flex- 1 0 connections enabled, and server blade NICs (onboard or mezzanine
card) are connected to HP 10/10Gb-F Virtual Connect Ethernet Module, Virtual Connect requires you to
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