Create a Server Profile

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You can create a server profile in the CLI or the GUI. For the GUI procedure, refer to Create an I/O Profile in Oracle Fabric Manager 5.0.2 Administration Guide. This procedure is for the CLI.

Create a server profile.
For example, the server profile is named mytest.
```
[OFOS] add server-profile mytest ?
Possible completions:
  alexander@iowa:ServerPort8  Connection to host alexander (up)
  ceasar@iowa:ServerPort24    Connection to host caesar (up)
```
All the physical servers connected to the fabric are displayed. The two servers listed (alexander and caesar) were automatically discovered by the fabric.

Select the desired server and create the server profile.

[OFOS] add server-profile mytest alexander@iowa:ServerPort8

Verify that the profile was created correctly.
```
[OFOS] show server-profile mytest   
name    state          descr                    connection  def-gw  vnics  vhbas
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
mytest  up/unassigned  My first server profile                      1      1
1 record displayed
```
No I/O resources (vNICs or vHBAs) have been assigned to the new server profile. Resources will be assigned to the profile. See Configuring Ethernet Connectivity With vNICs and vHBAs.

If the state displays unassigned, the profile is created but not yet assigned to an actual host server. Use the set server-profile name connect phys-server command to assign the profile to a host server.
(Optional) If you plan to use vNICs, configure them now.
See Create a vNIC.