Users Guide
Table Of Contents
- Active System Manager Release 8.3.1 User’s Guide
- Overview
- Getting started with ASM 8.3.1
- Initial Setup
- Dashboard
- Services
- Deploying service
- Add existing service
- Viewing service details
- Editing service information
- Deleting service
- Exporting service details
- Retrying service
- Viewing all settings
- Migrating servers (service mobility)
- Migrating servers
- Upgrading components
- Adding components to an existing service deployment
- Deleting resources from service
- Templates
- Managing templates
- Viewing template details
- Creating template
- Editing template information
- Building template overview
- Building and publishing template
- Importing template
- Exporting template
- Uploading external template
- Editing template
- Viewing template details
- Deleting template
- Cloning template
- Deploying service
- Deploying multiple instances of service
- Adding Attachments
- Decommissioning services provisioned by ASM
- Component types
- Component combinations in templates
- Additional template information
- Managing templates
- Resources
- Resource health status
- Resource operational state
- Port View
- Resource firmware compliance status
- Updating firmware
- Removing resources
- Viewing firmware and software compliance report
- Discovery overview
- Configuring resources or chassis
- Removing discovered resources
- Configuring default firmware repository
- Running firmware compliance
- Configuring global chassis settings
- Configuring unique chassis settings
- Configuring unique server settings
- Configuring unique I/O module settings
- I/O module configuration
- Completing the chassis configuration
- Adding or editing Chassis Management Controller (CMC) user
- Adding or editing Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) user
- Updating resource inventory
- Viewing resource details
- Understanding server pools
- Settings
- Troubleshooting
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Templates
A Template is a collection of components. It denes the end state of your infrastructure that is congured when a service is
generated.
A Template may consist of various components that identify the type of resource to be congured. In ASM, each component is
categorized as:
• Application
• Virtual Machine
• Cluster
• Server
• Storage
The Templates page allows you to access default Dell templates or create templates that can be used to deploy services. For
example, you can create a template for deploying a physical server, deploy VMs in new or existing ESXi clusters and so on.
NOTE: Standard users are allowed only to view and use the templates for which administrator has granted the
permissions.
After creating a Template, you can then publish a template for deployment.
NOTE: It is recommended to rst provision the physical devices, then deploy virtual components, and lastly congure
applications.
After creating a template, a template is automatically saved in a Draft state and not yet published. A template must be published to
be deployed.
NOTE: A template in Draft state cannot be deployed.
Template States
• Draft: A template created but not yet published.
• Published: A template ready for deployment.
On Template page, You get two options:
• My Templates
• Sample Templates
Under My templates, two tasks can be performed:
• Create Template
• Upload External Template
• Export All
If you select Sample Template, you get templates which are integrated with ASM by default.
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