Users Guide

Related links
Creating a device deployment template from a device conguration le
Creating a device deployment template from a reference device
Deploying a device deployment template—Bare-metal deployment
Deploying a device conguration template—Stateless deployment
Deploying a network ISO image
Setting up device conguration auto deployment—Bare-metal deployment
Conguring the credentials and device conguration inventory schedule
Viewing the device conguration inventory
Getting started for device conguration deployment
Before you deploy a device conguration to target devices, you must:
1. Congure the deployment le share on the server running OpenManage Essentials.
NOTE: In OpenManage Essentials version 2.4, streaming functionality is used for the device conguration
deployment and conguration compliance for the following devices:
• PowerEdge servers with the latest version of iDRAC7 or 8, and rmware versions of 2.50.50.50 and later installed.
• PowerEdge servers with the latest version of iDRAC9, and rmware versions of 3.00.00.00 and later installed.
NOTE: It is recommended to upgrade the servers to the latest rmware versions, and avoid using le share settings
due to security reasons in the Windows operating systems.
2. Add target devices to the repurpose and bare-metal group.
Related links
Overview of bare-metal deployment
Overview of Stateless Deployment
Conguring the deployment le share
Adding devices to the repurpose and bare-metal devices group
Overview of bare-metal deployment
The steps that you must perform to deploy a device conguration template on target devices are as follows:
1. Create a device conguration template—Use the Create Template task in the Common Tasks pane to create a device
conguration template. You can choose to create the template from either a conguration le or a reference device.
2. Edit the device conguration template—Select the template from the Templates pane, and edit the desired conguration
attributes displayed in the right pane.
3. Deploy the device conguration template on target devices—Use the Deploy Template task in the Common Tasks pane to
select the template, target devices, edit device-specic attributes, and then deploy the conguration attributes. You can also
use the Setup Auto Deployment task to deploy a device conguration template on devices that you will be discovering later.
NOTE: If the hardware of the device from which the device conguration template was created and the hardware of the
deployment targets are identical, it enhances the possibility of the attributes being deployed successfully. If the hardware
is not entirely identical, the deployment task may not complete successfully. However, the attributes for the matching
components are deployed successfully.
Related links
Getting started for device conguration deployment
Creating a device deployment template
Editing a device deployment template
Deploying a device deployment template—Bare-metal deployment
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