Users Guide

Manage device configuration templates
From the OpenManage Enterprise menu, by clicking Configuration > Deploy, you can set the configuration properties such as
network properties, and BIOS versions of servers, and chassis by using device configuration templates—predefined templates or custom
templates. Templates enable you to optimize your data center resources, Subject Matter Expert (SME) bandwidth, and reduce the cycle
time in creating clones and deployments. Templates enhance your business-critical operations in converged infrastructure that uses
software-defined infrastructures.
Topics:
• Create a template from a reference device
• Create template by importing a template file
• View a template information
• Edit a server template
• Edit a chassis template
• Edit IOA template
• Edit network properties
• Deploy device templates
• Deploy IOA templates
• Clone templates
• Auto deployment of configuration on yet-to-be-discovered servers or chassis
• Create auto deployment targets
• Delete auto deployment targets
• Export auto deployment target details to different formats
• Manage identity pools—Stateless deployment
• Overview of stateless deployment
• Create Identity Pool - Pool Information
• Define networks
• Edit or delete a configured network
• Stateless deployment
• Delete identity pools
• Reclaim assigned virtual identities
• Migrate device profile
Create a template from a reference device
NOTE:
To perform any tasks on OpenManage Enterprise, you must have necessary user privileges. See Role-based
OpenManage Enterprise user privileges.
NOTE: Ensure to enable SMBv1 in the SMB Settings before you begin any tasks which need communication with any
chassis or the PowerEdge YX2X and YX3X servers that have iDRAC version 2.50.50.50 and earlier. See Manage Console
preferences and Generic naming convention for Dell EMC PowerEdge servers .
You can create or edit a template by using a reference device or by importing from an existing template. To create by using a reference
device:
1. From the OpenManage Enterprise menu, click Configuration > Deploy > Create Template, and then select From Reference
Device.
2. In the Create Template dialog box:
a) In the Template Information section, enter a name for the device configuration template and description for the template.
b) Select the template type:
• Clone Reference Server: Enables you to clone the configuration of an existing server.
• Clone Reference Chassis: Enables you to clone the configuration of an existing chassis.
• Clone Reference IOA: Enables you to clone the configuration of an existing M I/O aggregator.
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