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@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ In this chapter you will find advanced deployment of various |project| areas.
 
    root_device
    profile_matching
+   ready_state
    introspection_data
    node_config
    extra_config
diff --git a/doc/source/advanced_deployment/ready_state.rst b/doc/source/advanced_deployment/ready_state.rst
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+Ready-state configuration
+=========================
+
+.. note:: Ready-state configuration currently works only with Dell DRAC
+          machines.
+
+Ready-state configuration can be used to prepare bare-metal resources for
+deployment. It includes BIOS configuration based on a predefined profile.
+
+
+Define the target BIOS configuration
+------------------------------------
+
+To define a BIOS setting, list the name of the setting and its target
+value for each profile::
+
+    {
+        "compute" :{
+            "bios_settings": {"ProcVirtualization": "Enabled"}
+        }
+    }
+
+
+Trigger the ready-state configuration
+-------------------------------------
+
+Make sure the nodes have profiles assigned as described in
+:doc:`profile_matching`. Create a JSON file with the target ready-state
+configuration for each profile. Then trigger the configuration::
+
+    openstack baremetal configure ready state ready-state.json