Users Guide

Manage device deployment templates

Device deployment template in OpenManage Enterprise allows you to set the configuration properties such as BIOS, boot,

network properties, and so on of servers and chassis. The deployment template is a consolidation of system configuration

settings referred to as attributes. The deployment template allows for multiple servers or chassis to be configured quickly and

automatically without the risk of human error. Thus, templates enable you to optimize data center resources and reduce the

cycle time in creating clones and deployments. Templates also enhance your business-critical operations in converged

infrastructure that uses software-defined infrastructures.

You can either use the predefined deployment templates or import the deployment templates from a reference device or an

existing template file. To view the list of existing templates, from the OpenManage Enterprise menu, click Configuration >

Templates.

Topics:

• Create a deployment template from a reference device

• Create a deployment template by importing a template file

• View a deployment template information

• Edit a server deployment template

• Edit a chassis deployment template

• Edit IOA deployment template

• Edit network properties of a deployment template

• Deploy device deployment templates

• Deploy IOA deployment templates

• Clone deployment templates

• Auto deployment of configuration on yet-to-be-discovered servers or chassis

• Create auto deployment targets

• Delete auto deployment targets

• Export auto deployment target details to different formats

• Overview of stateless deployment

• Define networks

• Edit or delete a configured network

• Export VLAN definitions

• Import network definitions

Create a deployment template from a reference

device

NOTE:

To perform any tasks on OpenManage Enterprise, you must have necessary user privileges. See Role-based

OpenManage Enterprise user privileges on page 14.

NOTE: Ensure to enable SMBv1 in the SMB Settings before you begin any tasks which need communication with any

chassis or the PowerEdge YX2X and YX3X servers that have iDRAC version 2.50.50.50 and earlier. See Manage Console

preferences on page 145 and Generic naming convention for Dell EMC PowerEdge servers on page 164.

You can create or edit a deployment template by using a reference device or by importing from an existing deployment template.

To create by using a reference device:

1. From the OpenManage Enterprise menu, click Configuration > Templates > Create Template, and then select From

Reference Device.

2. In the Create Template dialog box:

a. In the Template Information section, enter a name for the deployment template and description for the template.

b. Select the Deployment template type:

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