Service Profile Templates
Service profile templates enable you to quickly create several service profiles with the same basic parameters, such as the number of vNICs and vHBAs, and with identity information drawn from the same pools. There are two types of service profile templates:
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Initial—Service profiles created from this template inherit all the properties of the template, but will not be updated when this template is updated.
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Updating—Service profiles created from this template remain connected, and will be updated when this template is updated.
Creating or Editing a Service Profile Template
Service profile templates created in Cisco UCS Central can be used on any of your registered Cisco UCS domains.
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When you edit an existing template, you should click Evaluate to estimate the impact of the changes, such as requiring a server reboot. Changes made to a service profile template affect all service profiles that are bound to that template. |
Procedure
Step 1 |
In the Actions bar, type Create Service Profile Template and press Enter. |
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In Basic, select the Organization where you want to create the service profile template. You can configure an Asset Tag to uniquely identify a server. This tag can be 16 characters long. You can specify the asset tag on the Creating or Editing a Service Profile dialog box. The asset tag is displayed in the Servers Details page as a read only field, and in the Service Profile Detail after you reboot. |
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Click Identifiers to assign identifiers for this service profile. Click each identifier that you want to use. On the right, click the drop-down to display available pools and choose the one you want to use for this service profile template. |
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In LAN, click Policy to assign existing policies or click Advanced to create new vNICs or iSCSI vNICs for this service profile template.
For more information on creating vNICs, see .
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In SAN, click Policy to assign existing policies or click Advanced to create new vHBAs and assign WWPN pools for this service profile template. For more information on creating vHBAs, see .
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Click Servers to assign an existing server pool or server pool qualification policy. You can click on the policies, use the drop-down option on the right, and select the server-related policies that you want to assign to this template. |
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Click Storage to assign an existing local disk configuration policy or storage profile. You can click on the policies, use the drop-down option on the right, and select the storage-related policies that you want to assign to this template. |
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Click Policies to assign existing policies to the service profile template. You can click on all service profile related policies, use the drop-down option on the right, and assign policies to this template. |
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Step 9 |
Click Create. |
Service Profile Template Detail View
The Service Profile Template page displays detailed information about a service profile template. From here, you can:
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View audit logs
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Delete, clone, or rename the service profile template
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Create a service profile from this service profile template
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Configure the host interface placement