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# Configure a server profile with user-specified identifiers

- Create a server profile with user-specified identifiers for an Ethernet connection

- Create a server profile with user-specified identifiers for a Fibre Channel connection

- Create a server profile with a user-specified serial numbers

You can specify the identifiers and addresses when creating the server profile and connections for server blades. This enables you to migrate a server profile from Virtual Connect, or recreate a server profile if you delete it accidentally.

| IMPORTANT: The appliance does not verify that user-defined values are unique. Be sure to provide unique values that do not conflict with existing physical identifiers and addresses.

| IMPORTANT: When manually recreating a copy of a Virtual Connect server profile (but not the enclosure that originally hosted the VC profiles) to use with HPE OneView, ensure that the Virtual Connect server profile remains unassigned to avoid address conflicts with an appliance server profile. Be sure to retain migrated server profiles in the Virtual Connect domain until you have migrated all the server profiles in the domain. You can delete the Virtual Connect domain after you migrate all the server profiles. This prevents Virtual Connect from reassigning identifiers and addresses from the migrated server profiles to new server profiles or connections in the domain.

## Create a server profile with user-specified identifiers for an Ethernet connection

You can specify the MAC address when creating an Ethernet connection, either when you create or edit the server profile. You cannot change the MAC address after you create the connection, but you can delete the connection and replace it with a new connection if necessary.

1. Create a server profile as normal.

2. On the Add Connection screen, select Ethernet as the device type, and select user-specified IDs.

3. Enter any virtual MAC address not currently in use.

4. Verify that your changes appear in the details pane.

## Create a server profile with user-specified identifiers for a Fibre Channel connection

You can specify the WWPN, WWNN, and MAC address when creating a Fibre Channel connection, either when you create or edit the server profile. You must provide these three values. You cannot change the values after you create the connection.

1. Create a server profile as normal.

2. On the Add Connection screen, select Fibre Channel as the device type, and select the user-specified IDs option.

3. Enter the following values for each box:

   WWPN | Any virtual WWN not currently in use
   WWNN | Any WWN not currently in use, for example the WWPN value ±1
   MAC address | Any virtual MAC address currently not in use

4. Verify your changes appear in the details pane.

## Create a server profile with a user-specified serial numbers

You can specify the server serial number and UUID when you create or edit the server profile. You must provide both values.

1. Create a server profile as normal.

2. In the Advanced panel, select the User-specified option for Serial number/UUID.

3. Enter the following values for each box:

   Serial number | Any virtual serial number not currently in use
   UUID | Any UUID not currently in use

4. Verify your changes appear in the details pane.

See also

- Server Profiles

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