You can define values to be selected by default when creating
server configuration patterns. The values can be changed during server
pattern creation.
Procedure
To set default server-configuration settings, complete the following
steps.
- From the Lenovo XClarity Administrator menu bar, click Provisioning, and
then click the help icon () after Configuration Patterns to display
the Configuration Patterns: Getting Started page.
- Click Set Configuration Pattern Preference to display the Configuration Pattern Preference dialog.
- Select the default server form factor.
- Select the default I/O adapter addressing mode.
Burned in. Use existing World Wide Name
(WWN) and Media Access Control (MAC) addresses that are provided with
the adapter from manufacturing.
Virtual. Use virtual I/O adapter addressing
to simplify the management of LAN and SAN connections. Virtualizing
I/O-addresses reassigns the burned-in hardware addresses with virtualized
Fibre WWN and Ethernet MAC addresses. This can speed deployment by
pre-configuring SAN zone membership and facilitate failover by eliminating
the need to reconfigure SAN-zoning and LUN-masking assignments when
replacing hardware.
When virtual addressing is enabled, both
Ethernet and Fibre Channel addresses are allocated by default regardless
of defined adapters. You can choose the pool from which Ethernet and
Fibre Channel addresses are allocated.
You can also edit virtual-address
settings by clicking the Edit icon () next to the address modes.
Restriction: Virtual addressing is supported
for only servers in Flex System chassis. Rack and tower servers are
not supported.
- Choose whether to enable or disable raising
an alert when a server’s configuration settings do not match the assigned
server-configuration profile
Alerts are raised only for non-compliance with an active
profile (in the ASSIGNED or ERROR_ACTIVATING state).
When the
server's configuration becomes compliant or if the server profile
is unassigned, the non-compliant profile alert is deleted.
- Select one or more default I/O adapters that you want to
use as preferred adapters in the selection lists.
- Click Save.