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Configure VLANs on server-facing ports of IOAs along with server deployment
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10 Configure VLANs on server-facing ports of IOAs along with
server deployment
Example use case—You are using VLAN tagging in your networking infrastructure to control packet flow.
Additionally, you are using specific VLANs to control communication with modular servers enforced by
chassis IOAs. Based on your data center’s needs, you configure all the settings of one modular server. You
have a new bare-metal/repurpose modular server. You want to copy all the settings of the configured modular
server and apply them to a bare-metal/repurpose modular server along with the VLANs that you want to
configure on connected ports of chassis IOAs.
To accomplish this use case:
1. Add the target server (the bare-metal device) to the “Repurpose and Bare-metal” device group. See
Adding devices to the “Repurpose and Bare-metal” device group.
2. Deploy the template to the target server along with the VLAN configuration of the associated IOA
ports. For configuring VLANs on IOAs placed in CMC chassis, see Configuring VLANs on the server-
facing ports of IOAs during template deployment on the server. For configuring VLANs on MX7000
chassis, see Configuring VLANs on server-facing ports of IOAs in MX7000 chassis during template
deployment on the server.
Note—Creating a template and deploying a template have requirements for the OME system and for the
target devices. Additionally, associated chassis IOAs must be discovered in OME and should meet minimum
requirements for the VLAN configuration step to succeed. See Target device requirements.
• To review the requirements for creating a template, see Requirements for creating the template.
• To review the requirements for deploying a template, see Deploy requirements.