Users Guide

5. On the Template Builder page, click each server components, click Edit in the dialog box that is

displayed, and then configure the following settings for servers in the Server Component dialog box:

a. Modify the server Component Name with a unique name, as desired.

b. Retain the default selection of SD Card for Target Boot Device.

c. From the Server Pool drop-down list, select the server pool that has the target server.

d. Edit the Administrator Password for the ESXi host.

NOTE: It is critical to update the password within this template. There is a masked value

present in the template, but there is no actual password set. If you do not set this

password, you will not be able to log in to the deployed server.

e. In the Product Key box, enter the Windows Product Key for the Hyper-V server.

f. Select the Timezone and enter the IP address of the NTP Server for time synchronization.

g. Select the Language and Keyboard inputs if you want to change the default values.

h. Enter the Domain Name and FQ Domain Name to which you want to add the Hyper-V host.

i. Enter the Domain Admin Username and Domain Admin Password to add the Hyper-V host to

the domain. Enter the domain admin password again to confirm.

NOTE: It is critical to update the password within this template. There is a masked value

present in the template, but there is no actual password set. If you do not set this

password, you will not be able to log in to the deployed server.

j. Under Network Settings, perform the following.

1. Select the Do you want to partition? check box.

NOTE: For a Hyper-V deployment, partitions are not required.

2. Update the network settings based on the hypervisor that you want to deploy and the

networks that you have configured in your environment. Select at least one PXE network,

Hypervisor Management network, Hypervisor Migration network, and an optional Public

network for virtual machines.

6. Click Save.

7. On the Template Builder page, click the VMware Cluster component, click Edit in the dialog box that

is displayed, and then configure the following settings in the Cluster Component dialog box:

a. From the Target Virtual Machine Manager drop-down list, make sure that you select your

target vCenter.

b. From the Data Center Name drop-down list, select Create New Datacenter, and enter a data

center name in the New datacenter name box

c. From the Cluster Name drop-down list, select New Cluster and then in the New cluster name

box, enter the cluster name.

8. Click Save.

9. Click Publish Template.

This template is now ready to be deployed.

Template – boot from Fibre Channel SAN

The Boot from Fibre Channel SAN template will create a Compellent storage volume and configure a

server to connect to this volume as a boot volume. The resulting server will be ready for manual

operating system installation.