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a. In the Component Name box, type the component name. (Optional)

b. Under Cluster Settings, in the Data Center Name and Cluster Name boxes, type their

corresponding names.

7. To save the settings, click Save.

8. To publish the template, click Publish Template.

The template is now ready to be deployed.

Template – install ESXi to SD card with iSCSI storage

This template deploys an iSCSI storage volume, two ESXi hosts, and creates a VMware cluster.

1. In the Templates page, select the Install ESXi to SD Card with iSCSI Storage template, and click Edit

in the right pane.

2. In the Create Template dialog box, enter the Template Name and Template Description for the

template.

3. Click Save.

4. In the Template Builder, select the EqualLogic storage component, click Edit in the box that is

displayed, and then configure the following settings in the

Storage Component dialog box.

5. In the Component Name box, type the component name. (Optional)

6. Under EqualLogic Storage Settings, configure the following:

a. From the Target EqualLogic drop-down list, select your target EqualLogic iSCSI array.

b. In the Storage Volume Name text box, type a unique name.

c. In the Storage Pool, Storage Size, Thin Provisioning, Snapshot Reserve %, Thin Min Reserve %,

Thin growth Warning %, Thin growth Maximum %, Thin warning on threshold %, Multi-Host

access of volume text boxes, update the values.

d. From the Authentication drop-down list, select authentication type as CHAP.

e. In the Chap Username and Chap Secret text boxes, type the CHAP user name and CHAP secret

for the volume access.

7. In the Template Builder, select the server component, click Edit in the dialog box that is displayed,

and then configure the following settings in the Server Component dialog box. Repeat this step for

both the servers.

a. In the Component Name text box, type the component name. (Optional)

b. Under Hardware Settings section, configure the following:

1. Retain the value of Target Boot Device as default value of SD Card.

2. From the Server Pool drop-down list, select corresponding server pool.

c. Under OS Settings, configure the following:

1. To select the administrator password that configures on the deployed OS, in the

Administrator password text box, type the administrator password. In the Confirm

administrator password box , type the password again to confirm.

NOTE: It is critical to update the password within this template. The value in the

template is masked, but the actual password is not set. If this password is not set, you

cannot log in to the deployed server.