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Edit server configuration template in a guided manner
11 Server Hardware Provisioning and OS Deployment by using Dell EMC OpenManage Essentials
4 Edit server configuration template in a guided manner
Conventionally, editing the configuration template has been difficult in OME, as all the attributes are
presented in one view. One must identify all the attributes to be edited to enable/disable a particular feature.
To simplify most common use cases of a server’s life cycle, guidance is provided in OME 2.5 to:
• Configure first boot
• Update network settings
User friendly controls are presented and can be used to configure a server template as per the requirements.
The edited template can be saved without the necessity of a set of attributes that got added or updated. Also,
such template can be deployed on intended target servers by using the existing workflows.
Note—Creating the template and deploying the template have requirements for the OME system and for the
target devices.
• To review the requirements for creating the template, see Requirements for creating a template.
• To use the guidance for editing the template, see Guidance on template editing.
• To review the requirements for deploying the template, see Deploy requirements.