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7 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. Both MX840c Sleds have
the same Hardware configuration and VLAN
configuration.
One or many Chassis with Hardware configuration
that matches exactly as Reference Setup. (including
the number of SLEDs, SLED Models, SLED hardware
inventory in addition to number of IOMs and IOA
Models).
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.
2.1.2 Capture the Template of MX7000 Chassis and MX840c Sled
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 using a reference device.
I. Create a 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. 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.