About moving a server profile

You can move a server profile to a different server hardware to apply the server profile settings to the new server hardware. If you cannot move a server profile directly to the new server hardware, you can change it to unassigned. This enables you to retain server profiles that are not currently assigned to any server.

If the server profile is assigned to the same server hardware to which it was most recently assigned, some server profile settings, such as firmware and BIOS settings, may not require to be reapplied. Some profile settings may not be reapplied in the following scenarios:
  • The server profile is unassigned from the server hardware, and then assigned to the same server hardware.

  • The server hardware is moved to a different enclosure bay, and then the server profile is assigned to the same server hardware at its new location.

  • The server profile is unassigned from the server hardware. The server hardware is moved to a different enclosure bay. Then the server profile is assigned to the same server hardware at its new location.

  • The server profile is moved to an empty enclosure bay, and then the server hardware is moved from its original location to that bay.

If necessary, the Reapply action can be used to reapply the server profile settings.

NOTE:

SAN attached volumes are configured such that they do not present the volume to the server that the profile was moved from. Access to the volumes is only allowed by the server hardware assigned to the profile.

IMPORTANT:

When you move a server profile to a different enclosure, and the profile is configured to boot from a direct attach storage device, you must manually update the boot connection of the profile to specify the WWPN that is used for the storage device that is directly attached to the destination enclosure.

Each enclosure connects to a different port of the direct attach storage device, so the WWPN for that storage device is different for each enclosure. If you do not specify the correct WWPN and LUN for the device, the server does not successfully boot from that boot target.

IMPORTANT:

When you move a server profile to a different server, and the profile is managing internal local storage, you must manually move the physical disks from the original server to the new server in order to preserve your data.

IMPORTANT:
  • Before moving a server profile from one server to another, you must power off both the servers.