White Papers

20 Chassis, Sled, and IOA Template Cloning using Dell EMC OpenManage Enterprise version 3.2 | Document ID
3 Clone Chassis, IOA and Server configurations with VLAN for
M1000e
Cloning of complete M1000e chassis configuration is demonstrated using various use cases, where each use
case is specific to a particular chassis configuration.
3.1 USE CASE 3
You have an M1000e Chassis containing two sleds and two IOAs which are fully configured (represented as
the Reference Setup) by OpenManage Enterprise based on your data center’s needs.
The requirement is to replicate the complete configuration to one or more newly acquired M1000e chassis
having the exact same hardware configuration.
IOA cloning is supported on the M1000e and the FX2 chassis. For these chassis, a template captured from a
reference IOA can be deployed on the new IOAs. The same is discussed in Creating and Deploying IOA
Template.
IOA Template contains VLAN data, SNMP configurations, IOA modes, DCB configuration details etc. Hence
post deployment, the new IOAs are expected to have cloned all these configurations successfully. The VLAN
deployment can be skipped when the user intends to clone the IOA configuration.
Note: This whitepaper is written with an assumption that the current OME appliance is not used for the
Reference Setup configuration.
3.1.1 Chassis Configuration
You have an M1000e Chassis containing two Sleds and two IOAs fully configured by OpenManage
Enterprise (represented as the Reference Setup). The newly procured M1000e chassis have the same
number of Sleds and IOAs.
Note: The newly procured chassis should have sleds placed in the exact same slots as the reference chassis.