Technical white paper Auto-Deploy Provisioning on Servers or Chassis Using DellEMC OpenManage Enterprise 3.2 Abstract This DellEMC technical white paper describes the process of auto deploying configurations on not-yet discovered server or chassis using OpenManage Enterprise.
Revisions Revisions Date Description July 2019 Initial release Acknowledgements This paper was produced by the following members of the Enterprise System Software Development team: Authors: • • • Reg Stumpe (Senior Principal Software Engineer), Thamilarasan Thangaraju (Senior Test Engineer), and Bharath Yadav (Test Engineer) Support: N/A Other: N/A The information in this publication is provided “as is.” Dell Inc.
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Executive summary Executive summary OpenManage Enterprise supports the creation of auto-deploy configuration for not-yet discovered servers or chassis. When the discovery and onboarding of the device is completed, these Auto-Deploy configurations are automatically applied on target device/s. All the Service Tags/node IDs that are entered/imported are listed in the Auto Deployment configuration.
Auto-Deploy Requirements 1 Auto-Deploy Requirements To add auto-deployment entries, the following requirements must be met: • Must have a template to deploy. • Must meet all device configuration target device requirements. • Target Service Tags cannot match a Service Tag of a discovered device. • Optionally a CSV file with the Service Tags. 5 Auto-Deploy Provisioning on Servers or Chassis Using DellEMC OpenManage Enterprise 3.
Set up Auto-Deploy Configuration 2 Set up Auto-Deploy Configuration This section covers the creation Auto-Deploy configuration using a template and device service tags. It also describes how to create and format the auto deployment CSV file, exporting of auto-deploy configurations in different formats, and deletion of the auto-deploy configuration. 2.
Set up Auto-Deploy Configuration 2.2 Set up an Auto-Deploy configuration using a template and device service tags: Below are the steps to create auto-deployment configuration using the Auto Deploy wizard: 1. Go to the Auto Deploy page by clicking Configuration Auto deploy. 2. Click Create to start the Auto Deploy Template wizard. 3. Select the Template Type from either server or chassis. 4. Select a template from the drop-down list (only templates captured in the Deploy portal will be listed).
Set up Auto-Deploy Configuration ADB12345, G6F89Yk9, A6G4JDR7 Figure 3 • Auto deploy direct entry target information wizard B) Import CSV – You can import the CSV file as described in Create a CSV file using service tags Figure 4 Auto deploy Import CSV target information wizard 7. Click on the Validate button to check if the service tags entered are valid or invalid. • Note: If CSV file is imported, console will automatically calculate and display the valid and invalid service tags. 8.
Set up Auto-Deploy Configuration 10. Click Next. Boot to Network ISO page will be displayed 11. If you need to map an ISO file to the target, then enable the Boot to Network ISO option and specify the path Figure 6 Auto Deploy Template - Boot to Network ISO page – CIFS Examples of ISO path: Examples of ISO path and the associated fields CIFS share • ISO path: sharename\path\filename.iso Under Share Information NFS share • • • Share IP address: Enter the share IP address Username: domain\username Pa
Set up Auto-Deploy Configuration Figure 7 Auto deploy boot to network ISO -NFS page 12. Click on finish button to complete the auto-deploy configuration task. 13. Configuration will be created in the Auto Deploy portal with the following details: Identifier (Service Tag), Template Name, Template type, Status, Boot to Network ISO (If boot to network ISO is enabled then “Yes” will be displayed) Figure 8 • 10 Auto deploy page – Details of the newly-created Auto-Deployment template are displayed.
Set up Auto-Deploy Configuration The Auto-deploy configuration remains in a “Not-Run” state until the service tags, which were entered, are discovered and the Onboarding task is completed. Once the Onboarding task is completed, the Deploy task is triggered and a job is created. The details of the job are displayed in the Jobs page (Monitor > Jobs).
Set up Auto-Deploy Configuration 2.3 Export Auto-Deploy configuration To export the Auto-Deploy configuration in different formats: • • Select the configuration you want to export on the Configuration > Auto Deploy page and click on Export. Choose from the following 3 different formats that are displayed: HTML, CSV, or PDF Figure 9 • Auto deploy Export wizard Select the format and click Finish. The file will be downloaded in the format selected on the local share.
Set up Auto-Deploy Configuration 2.4 Delete Auto-Deploy configurations To delete the auto-deploy configuration/s: • • On the Auto Deploy page (Configuration > Auto Deploy), select the configuration/s by clicking on the check box beside identifier. Click Delete. An Alert, “Are you sure you want to delete all the selected items” will be displayedclick on YES to delete or NO to retain the configuration/s.
A Technical support and resources • • 14 Dell.com/support is focused on meeting customer needs with proven services and support. For OpenManage Enterprise documentation on the Dell support site, see OpenManage Enterprise documents Auto-Deploy Provisioning on Servers or Chassis Using DellEMC OpenManage Enterprise 3.
