Cisco Cisco UCS B440 M1 High-Performance Blade Server Weißbuch
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4.4
create a UUID pool
4.2.1 Service Profile Configuration
In the present scenario we created a Service profile initial template and thereafter instantiate service profile through
the template.
A service profile template parameterizes theUIDs that differentiate one instance of an otherwise identical server
from another. Templates can be categorized into two types: initial and updating.
Initial Template: The initial template is used to create a new server from a service profile with UIDs, but after the
server is deployed, there is no linkage between the server and the template, so changes to the template will not
propagate to the server, and all changes to items defined by the template must be made individually to each server
deployed with the initial template.
Updating Template: An updating template maintains a link between the template and the deployed servers, and
changes to the template (most likely to be firmware revisions) cascade to the servers deployed with that template
on a schedule determined by the administrator.
Service profiles, templates, and other management data is stored in high-speed persistent storage on the
CiscoUnified Computing System fabric interconnects, with mirroring between fault-tolerant pairs of fabric
interconnects.