Policy Name field
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Enter a unique name for the policy.
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Policy Description field
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Enter a description for the policy.
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Account Type drop-down list
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Choose an account type from the drop-down list. It can be one of
the following:
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UCS Central Account Name drop-down list
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Choose a Cisco UCS Central account name.
Note
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This field is displayed only if you selected
UCS Central in the
Account Type drop-down list.
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Account Name drop-down list
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Choose an account name from the drop-down list.
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Server Selection Scope drop-down list
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Choose the scope for the policy. It can be one of the following:
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Include Servers
-
Include Server
Pools
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Domain Group(s) list
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Expand the list to check the UCS domain groups to be included in
this policy. After checking the domain groups, click
Validate.
Note
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This field is displayed only if you selected
UCS Central in the
Account Type drop-down list.
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Include Ungrouped Domains check box
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Check this check box to populate the
Domain Name(s) list with ungrouped domains along
with the domain names included in the selected domain groups.
Note
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This field is displayed only if you selected
UCS Central in the
Account Type drop-down list and if you have selected
a domain group from the
Domain Group(s) list.
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Domain Name(s) list
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Expand the list to check the UCS domain names to be included in
this policy. After checking the domain name, click
Validate.
Note
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This field is displayed only if you selected
UCS Central in the
Account Type drop-down list.
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Servers field
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Check the servers for this policy.
This
field is visible only if you selected
Include Servers in the
Server Selection Scope drop-down list.
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Server Pools field
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Check the server pools for this policy.
This
field is visible only if you selected
Include Server Pools in the
Server Selection Scope drop-down list.
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Service Profile Template drop-down list
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Choose a service profile template.
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Use for SAN Boot check box
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Check to include servers that contain at least one FCoE capable
interface card.
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Minimum Number of CPUs field
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Specify the minimum number of CPUs that the server must contain.
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Minimum Amount of Memory (MB) field
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Specify the minimum amount of memory that must be available on
the server.
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Minimum Number of Cores Enabled field
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Specify the number of cores that must be enabled on the server.
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Allow User to Choose Servers check box
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Check to allow users to select servers while using this policy
to provision bare metal servers. If you do not check this check box, a bare
metal server is provisioned based on the parameters you specify in this policy.
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Show Server Resources to User check box
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Check to have the system resources displayed when provisioning
bare metal servers. You can choose any of the following resources:
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Target BMA drop-down list
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Select a bare metal agent for the PXE setup.
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Use Windows Images check box
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Check this check box to view a list of Windows images that you
can select.
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OS Image
Selection
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Check the check boxes of the OS images. If you checked
Use Windows Images, then a list of Windows images
are displayed. If you did not check
Use Windows Images, then a list of Windows and
CentOS images are displayed.
While creating a service request for provisioning bare metal
servers, you are prompted to select a Windows image.
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Network Boot Manager drop-down list
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Choose a boot manager from the drop-down list. It can be one of
the following:
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IP Configuration Type drop-down list
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Choose the type of IP configuration from the drop-down list. It
can be one of the following:
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Domain Mapping list
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Expand this list to map a domain to a specific BMA, or OS image.
Click +
to add a domain mapping. You will need to
specify information for the following fields:
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Domain Name—check the names of the domains that you want to map.
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Target BMA—Choose a target BMA from the drop-down list.
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OS Image—Check an OS image.
Note
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This field is displayed only if you selected
UCS Central in the
Account Type drop-down list.
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Network
Management
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Use Static IP Pool Policy check box
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Check to select a static IP pool policy for provisioning a bare
metal server.
If
you check this check box, an IP address is automatically assigned to the bare
metal server from the IP range provided in the static IP pool policy.
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Server IP Address field
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Specify an IP address range.
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Server Netmask field
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Specify the server netmask.
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Server Gateway field
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Specify the server gateway IP address
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Name Server field
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Specify the name server IP address
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Management VLAN field
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Specify the management VLAN. By default, it is set to 0.
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System
Parameters
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Server Host Name field
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Specify the server host name.
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Host Name Validation Policy drop-down list
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Choose a policy from the drop-down list.
The
server host name is validated against the policy that you select in this field
before it is applied on the bare metal server.
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Password field
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Specify the password for the server host name.
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Confirm Password field
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Confirm the password for the server host name.
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Timezone drop-down list
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Set
the time zone for the servers.
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Cost Model drop-down list
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Choose a cost model for the servers.
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