When you create a server pattern, you define the configuration
characteristics for a specific type of server. You can create a server
pattern from scratch using default settings or using settings from
an existing server.
About this task
Before you create a server pattern, consider the following suggestions.
Important: If the management node fails, you
might lose your server patterns. Always back up the management software
after you create or modify server patterns (see
Backing up Lenovo XClarity Administrator).
Procedure
To create a server pattern, complete the following steps.
- From the XClarity Administrator menu bar, click . The Server Configuration Patterns page is
displayed.
- Click the Server Patterns tab.
- Click the Create icon (). The New Server Pattern Wizard is displayed.
- To create the server pattern, perform one of the following
actions.
Click Create a new pattern from an existing server to use settings from an existing server. Then, select the managed
server on which the new pattern is to be based from the displayed
list.
When you create a server pattern from an existing server, XClarity Administrator learns the settings from the specified managed server
(including the extended port, UEFI, and management-controller settings)
and dynamically creates category patterns for those settings. If the
server is brand new, Lenovo XClarity Administrator learns the manufacturing settings. If XClarity Administrator is managing the server, XClarity Administrator uses the customized settings. You can then customize the
settings specifically for the servers to which this pattern is to
be deployed.
Click Create a new pattern from scratch to use default settings. Then, select the server type in the Form Factor field.
Note: The options that are presented on the remaining tabs might
differ depending on the type of server for which you are creating
a pattern.
- Enter the name of the pattern and a description.
- Optional: Customize the server-profile name
by selecting the Custom toggle and then selecting
one or more elements to include in the naming schema (such as custom
text, server name, and incrementing number) and the order.
- Click Next
- Choose the local storage configuration to
be applied when this pattern is deployed to a server, and click Next.
- Optional: Modify the I/O adapter addressing, and define additional
I/O adapters to match the hardware that you expect to configure with
this pattern, and click Next.
- Define the boot order to be applied when
this pattern is deployed to a server, and click Next.
- Select firmware settings from the list of
existing category patterns.
You can create new category patterns by clicking the Create icon ().
For information about firmware settings, see Defining firmware settings.
- Click Save to save the pattern,
or click Save and Deploy to save and immediately
deploy the pattern to one or more servers.
After you finish
If you clicked Save and Deploy, the Deploy Server Pattern page is displayed. From this page,
you can deploy the server pattern to specific servers.
If you
clicked Save, the server pattern and all category
patterns are saved to the Server Patterns page.
From this page, you can perform
the following actions on selected server patterns: