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3.7 Test setup and results of the Deployment feature in OpenManage
Enterprise 3.4
3.7.1 Recommendations for setting an environment to test Deployment feature in
OpenManage Enterprise 3.4
For deploying a template on multiple servers in a single task, follow the recommendations below to have a
higher success percentage:
• Server should have iDRAC Enterprise and OpenManage Enterprise Advanced License in the server.
• Server having BIOS ErrPrompt setting as enabled can require manual interaction during POST.
• The iDRAC ServerBoot.1#FirstBootDevice being set to BIOS will boot the system to the BIOS F2
menu. This would require manual interaction.
• Review any error listed in POST and take appropriate action mentioned on the screen during
deployment job.
3.7.2 Test environment and result of the Deployment feature in OpenManage
Enterprise 3.4
Test Setup for testing deployment feature:
Server Model
No. of Servers
M630
37
R630
16
R530
6
C6420
3
R330
2
R430
1
R440
2
Configuration Deployment of 67 servers with 28 attributes
Test Environment
Test results
Server generation
YX3X, YX4X
iDRAC System
Deployment Template contained 28 attributes from below 2 components: