User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- About This Guide
- Chapter 1
- Active System Manager Overview
- Chapter 2
- Getting Started
- Chapter 3
- Account Management
- Chapter 4
- User Profile Management
- Managing Security Functions
- Managing Groups
- Defining Permissions
- Modifying Permissions
- Managing Authentication Repositories
- Chapter 5
- Inventory Management
- Understanding Resource Modeling
- Building a Standard Active System Manager Inventory
- Configuring Discovery Setup
- Running Discovery
- Using Resource Types
- Using Resource Instances
- Building Resource Instances
- Modifying Core Properties for Resource Instances
- Modifying Resource Instance Resource Availability Dates
- Modifying Resource Instance Interfaces
- Displaying the Resource Availability Calendar View
- Deleting Resource Instances
- Setting Inventory Parameter Values
- Resolving Resource Dependencies
- Using Resource Interface Types
- Linking Resources
- Importing Inventory
- Importing Connectivity
- Exporting Connectivity
- Managing Resource Pools
- Managing Maintenance Windows
- Managing Virtual Resources
- Chapter 6
- Firmware Management
- Creating Active System Manager Software Repositories
- Updating Dell Chassis Firmware from the Operations Center
- Updating Dell Server Firmware
- Updating Dell Blade/Rack Servers Firmware from the Operation Center
- Updating Dell Blade/Rack Servers Firmware from an Active Session
- Updating Dell Blade/Rack Servers Firmware Using the Attach Server Profile Virtual Operation
- Updating Dell Blade/Rack Servers Firmware through an Orchestration
- Updating Dell Blade/Rack Servers Firmware Using the Attach Server Profile Custom Operation
- Minimum Firmware Versions for Active System Manager Components
- Chapter 7
- Server Template and Profiles
- Creating a Server Template
- Editing a Server Template
- Adding or Editing BIOS Information on a Server Template
- Adding or Editing RAID Information on a Server Template
- Adding or Editing Firmware Settings on a Server Template
- Adding or Editing Networks Settings on a Server Template
- Naming Conventions when using Orchestrations
- Server Profiles
- Chapter 8
- Using Inventory
- Chapter 9
- Repository Management
- Chapter 10
- Network Management
- Chapter 11
- Template Management
- Template Types
- Working with Templates
- Creating New Templates
- Saving Templates
- Changing Template Ownership and Permissions
- Opening Templates
- Closing Templates
- Deleting Templates
- Managing Template History Details
- Filtering Templates
- Validating Templates
- Importing Templates
- Exporting Templates
- Attaching a Template Image
- Scheduling Templates
- Archiving Templates using the Templates View
- Restoring Archived Templates
- Updating Templates using the Template Editor
- Viewing and Modifying Template Properties
- Adding Resource Types
- Setting Resource Type Properties for Scheduling
- Deleting Resource Types
- Adding Resource Types Based on Manufacturer Only
- Adding Resource Instances
- Modifying Resource Properties
- Deleting Resource Instances
- Defining Provisioning Policies
- Supporting Layer 2 Switching
- Using Annotations
- Updating Templates using the Link Editor
- Associating an Orchestration Workflow with Templates
- Chapter 12
- Session Management
- Introducing the Sessions Perspective
- Working with Running Sessions
- Scheduling a Session Using Templates
- Creating an Instant Session
- Opening Sessions
- Opening the Session Editor
- Using the Sessions Calendar
- Viewing Session Properties
- Editing Default Session Properties
- Assigning and Changing Session Ownership
- Canceling Sessions
- Deleting Sessions
- Purging Sessions
- Rescheduling Sessions
- Managing Session Links
- Handling Link Preemption
- Managing Session Resources
- Associating Scripts to Sessions
- Archiving Sessions
- Supporting Layer 2 Switching
- Saving Sessions
- Configuring Session Notifications and Reminders
- Starting and Stopping ASAP Rescheduling
- Managing Virtual Resources
- Chapter 13
- Orchestration Management
- Chapter 14
- Working with Test and Script Execution
- Chapter 15
- Reports
- Chapter 16
- Settings
- Chapter 17
- Dashboard

Working with Templates
Template Management 11-27
Global
Parameters
User-defined User-defined Contains a set of user-defined Template-level property
names and values.
You can add, edit or remove the user-defined
Template-level Global Parameters. Refer
“Global
Parameter” section on page 11-28, for more details on
Global Parameters.
Note: All of the Add, Edit and Remove functions must be
saved to save those property changes (click File > Save).
Note: These user-defined properties can now be used in
the Template view for grouping based on the category.
User-defined
Provisioning Custom <custom names> Contains a set of custom and system Template-level
property names and values. You can add or remove the
custom Template-level properties. The Sequencing
function allows you to move the properties in a specific
order.
To add a custom Template property (that must be
overwritten) with a editable value, click Add. You can set
scheduling permissions on each custom provisioning
property. The permissions allows end users, at scheduling
time, to display or edit those property values.
The permissions are:
• Allow to Edit—The property will be editable at
scheduling time.
• Allow to Show—The property displays at scheduling
time.
• Hide—The property is not displayed at scheduling time.
To remove a custom Template property, select a row and
click Remove.
Note: All of the Add, Remove or Sequencing functions
must be saved to save those property changes (click File
> Save). For more information about sequencing
functions, see the “Updating the Policy Sequencing”
section on page 11-42.
Note: These custom properties can now be used in the
Template view for grouping, filtering, and searching.
<custom values>
Provisioning Policy Setup Invoked during the session setup phase.
Provisioning Policy Snapshot Invoked during the session Save or Save as.
Provisioning Policy Teardown Invoked during the teardown setup phase.
Provisioning System Cleanup Time
(Min.)
Time added at the end of the session.
By default, the cleanup time for a Template is computed
based on parameters specified in the resource type for
each of the resources in the Template (i.e., the maximum
time required for any resource in the Template).
The Cleanup Time property creates additional cleanup
time for a Template. The number of minutes that you enter
here is added to the normally computed setup or teardown
time for the Template.
Specified in
minutes. The
default value is 0.
The value must be
in whole numbers.
Provisioning System Execute All Scripts Option to execute all scripts (when check box is selected). By default, all setup
and teardown
resource-level
scripts do not
execute.
Table 11-4 Template-Level Properties (continued)
Tab Name Category Property Description Value