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13 Chassis, Sled, and IOA Template Cloning using Dell EMC OpenManage Enterprise version 3.2 | Document ID
This Use case refers to the following Configuration:
Reference Setup
Newly procured Chassis
An MX7000 chassis populated with two MX840c
sleds in Slot1 and Slot3 and two MX5018n IOMs in
Fabric A1 and Fabric A2.
One or many chassis with hardware configuration
that exactly matches the Reference Setup,
however, having two additional MX840c Sleds in
Slot 5 and Slot 7 thereby requiring a separate
VLAN association.
Note: The additional sleds in Slot 5 and Slot 7 in the newly procured chassis should also have the exact same
hardware configuration as the sleds present in Slot 1 and 3.
To accomplish this use case:
Cloning of device configuration is performed on individual target devices.
For example, the reference chassis template is captured and deployed on one or more new chassis. The
reference sled template is captured and deployed on one or more new sleds along with VLAN association. A
copy of the sled template is taken to deploy and associate VLAN for the additional sleds in the newly procured
chassis.
2.2.2 Capture the Template of MX7000 Chassis and MX840c Sled
This section describes how to create a template from a reference device. The ‘reference device’ is a device
that has been discovered in OpenManage Enterprise, configured in a desired way and the configuration of the
same is intended to be replicated on the equivalent devices. The reference template is crucial to the success
of configuring your other devices. Make sure that the reference device is correctly configured before you
create a template from it.
NOTE: The templates can also be created by importing configuration file. However, in this whitepaper we are
mainly focusing on Templates created via Reference device.
I. Create Template from the reference chassis
1. Navigate to the Configuration > Deploy Tab.
2. In the left pane, click Create Template and then select ‘From Reference Device’.
3. In the Create Template dialog box, enter a unique name for the template. Add a description (optional)
4. Select the Template Type as ‘Clone Reference Chassis’. Click Next
5. In the Reference Device section, click Select Device to select the device whose configuration properties must
be used for creating the new template. Note—Alternatively, you can select the target by entering the device
name or Service Tag in the Advance Filters dropdown.
NOTE: The Reference device selected for capturing the template is the Reference Setup: MX7000 chassis.
6. Click Finish. A job is created.
7. To view the created job, go to the Jobs tab under Monitor.
8. For information about the job status, click on the View Details on the right pane.
9. The progress of the job is available at the Execution History grid of the job.