Users Guide

Editing template information

To edit the template information:

1. In the left pane, click Templates.

2. On the Templates page, click the template that you want to edit, and click Edit in the right pane.

The Template Builder page is displayed..

3. In the Template Name box, modify the template name as needed.

4. From the Template Category drop-down list, select a template category. To create a new category,

select Create New Category from the list.

5. In the Template Description box, enter the description for the template..

6. If you want to update the firmware running on the servers when you deploy a service that uses this

template, select Manage Server Firmware check box, and from the Use Firmware Repository drop-

down, select a firmware repository.

NOTE: Changing the firmware repository could update the firmware level on servers for this

service. Firmware on shared devices will still be maintained by the global default firmware

repository.

7. If you want to grant permission to Standard users to use this template, under Manage Service

Permissions, select the In addition to all Admins, grant Standard Users access to this template

check box, and perform one of the following actions:

• To grant access to all Standard users to this template, select All Standard Users option.

• To grant access only to specific Standard users to use this template, select Specific Standard

Users option, and perform the following tasks:

1. Click Add User (s) to add one more Standard users to the list displayed.

To remove a Standard user from the list, select the Standard user and click Remove User(s).

2. After adding or removing the Standard users, select or clear the check box next to the

Standard users to grant or block access to use this template.

8. Click Save.

Building template overview

The Template Builder page allows you to build a customized template by configuring both physical and

virtual components. On the Template Builder page, you can set the component properties. For example:

you can create a template that just provisions physical servers with OS on them, or creates storage

volumes, creates clusters or VMs, or deploy applications on VMs.

This page displays the graphical representation of the topology created within a particular template.

NOTE: Initially, a newly created or a cloned template appears in a Draft state on the Template page

and remains in the same state until published.

The following component types can be configured in a template:

• Storage

• Server