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CHAPTER 32
Configuring Service Profiles
This chapter includes the following sections:
• Service Profiles that Override Server Identity, page 487
• Service Profiles that Inherit Server Identity, page 488
• Service Profile Templates, page 488
• Guidelines and Recommendations for Service Profiles, page 489
• Creating Service Profiles, page 489
• Working with Service Profile Templates, page 518
• Managing Service Profiles, page 544
Service Profiles that Override Server Identity
This type of service profile provides the maximum amount of flexibility and control. This profile allows you
to override the identity values that are on the server at the time of association and use the resource pools and
policies set up in Cisco UCS Manager to automate some administration tasks.
You can disassociate this service profile from one server and then associate it with another server. This
re-association can be done either manually or through an automated server pool policy. The burned-in settings,
such as UUID and MAC address, on the new server are overwritten with the configuration in the service
profile. As a result, the change in server is transparent to your network. You do not need to reconfigure any
component or application on your network to begin using the new server.
This profile allows you to take advantage of and manage system resources through resource pools and policies,
such as the following:
• Virtualized identity information, including pools of MAC addresses, WWN addresses, and UUIDs
• Ethernet and Fibre Channel adapter profile policies
• Firmware package policies
• Operating system boot order policies
Cisco UCS Manager GUI Configuration Guide, Release 2.0
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