Users Guide

Managing device configuration templates

By clicking OpenManage Enterprise > Configuration > Deploy, and selecting Deploy, you can set the configuration properties such as

firmware version, network properties, and BIOS versions of servers, chassis, and storage devices by using predefined 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.

NOTE: Standard users are allowed only to view and use templates for which administrator has granted the permissions.

To perform any tasks on OpenManage Enterprise–Tech Release, you must have the necessary user privileges. See Role-

based OpenManage Enterprise–Tech Release user privileges.

Topics:

• Viewing a template information

• Creating or editing a template

• Deploying device templates

• Cloning templates

Viewing a template information

From the OpenManage Enterprise menu, click Configuration > Deploy A list of available templates is displayed.

1. In the list of templates, select the check box corresponding to the device.

2. In the working pane, click View Details.

On the Template Details page, the Configuration Details section displays the attributes used for creating the template. For

example, if you selected that iDRAC and BIOS elements must be used for cloning on the target device, attributes related only to such

elements are displayed.

3. Expand the elements to view the child components:

• To deploy the template, see Deploying device templates.

• To edit the template, see Creating or editing a template.

• To export template data, select the corresponding check box, and then click Export. See Exporting all or selected data.

• To filter data in the list, click Advanced Filters.

Creating or editing a template

NOTE:

To perform any tasks on OpenManage Enterprise–Tech Release, you must have necessary user privileges. See

Role-based OpenManage Enterprise–Tech Release user privileges.

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. Click Create, and then select From Reference Device.

2. In the Create Template dialog box:

a) In the Template Information section, type the template name and description.

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.

c) Click Next.

d) In the Reference Device section, click Select Device to select the device whose configuration properties must be used for

creating the new template. For more information about selecting devices, see Selecting target devices and device groups.

NOTE: You can select only one device as a reference device.

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