Adding a Host Profile
This section describes the sequence of operation about how to add a host-profile to the software configuration configured on the CM.
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To use host profiles, add the .tgz file to the software configuration on the CM by using the following CLI configuration and sync.
config software host-profile host-profile_name url software_url user user_name password passowrd
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host-profile host-profile_name - Specify the name of the host profile, which is used to configure the BIOS settings for a UCS server.
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url software_url - Specify the HTTP, HTTPS, or file URL of the software. File format must be "file:///absolute/path/to/file".
Must be a URI in the pattern (http:|https:|file:/)//.*.
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user user_name - Specify the user name for HTTP/HTTPS authentication.
Must be a string.
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password passowrd - Specify the password for downloading software package.
Must be an aes-cfb-128-encrypted string.
The following CLI commands form a sample configuration.software host-profile cndp-upf url https://www.abc.com/ucs/profile/cndp-upf-profile.tgz user smi-readonly.gen password $8$abc sha256 b01dc4d47926e7a35e352c2f2d1c9f8b280fd44a89d0657281ff858387669753 exit
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To add the host-profile name in the cluster configuration, use the following CLI configuration.
config clusters cluster_name nodes node_name host-profile host-profile_name commit exit
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clusters cluster_name - Specify the name used to uniquely identify the cluster. Must be an alphanumeric string, and can contain the hyphen (-) character, however it must not start with a hyphen.
Must be a string.
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nodes node_name -
Specify the name of the node. name can be an alphanumeric string containing the hyphen (-). A host name cannot start with a hyphen (-). For example, kashaio-123.
Must be a string.
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host-profile host-profile_name - Specify the name of the host profile, which is used to configure the BIOS settings for a UCS server.
The following CLI commands form a sample configuration.config clusters example-upf nodes kvm-1 host-profile cndp-upf commit top exit
To return to the default settings, remove host-profile setting from the node. The following CLI commands form a sample configuration.
config no clusters example-upf nodes kvm-1 host-profile commit exit
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