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Managing all the various aspects of a server’s configuration can be complex. Changing a server’s configuration or firmware version, or even repurposing the server with a new operating system, usually requires multiple individual operations. Dell Server Configuration Profiles (SCP) simplifies these operations by providing a single XML or JSON template that can be used to change configuration and firmware and redeploy the operating system with a single command. This single template can be reused to apply the same deployment across many servers.
The goal of this document is to address all aspects of SCP’s verbose feature set and demonstrate how use of the tool helps streamline any system’s management workflow.