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13.5 Guidance about editing templates in OpenManage Essentials
The following section describes how to edit the server configuration template to enable or disable certain
features. Supported use cases:
• Configuring first boot settings.
• Enabling/disabling partitioning on capable NICs.
• Editing IOA VLAN attributes with respect to modular servers.
• Configuring VLAN attributes for MX7000 compatible modular servers.
Note: Use case configuration options are derived based on the capabilities of the (template) source server.
For example, if a FC card is not available in the server, FC boot cannot be configured in the template created
from it.
Although support, templates that are created from file and edited using this workflow, might fail to deploy on
identical targets. To have best results, it is recommended to use templates that are directly created from
source server in OME.
13.5.1 Defining First Boot configuration
Using this section of template settings, the following boot parameters can be defined:
• Boot mode – UEFI or BIOS
• Boot type – hard drive (HDD), PXE, FC, or FCoE
• Boot sequence and hard drive sequence
Boot Type
BIOS Mode
UEFI Mode
Hard drive
✓
✓
PXE
✓
✓
FC
✓
FCoE
✓
iSCSI
Table 1 Supported boot types for selected boot mode
Note: FC and FCoE boot types require target storage controller WWPN and LUN ID to be provided for
successful boot-up after deployment. Second storage target details can also be provided optionally while
setting up FC boot.
To enable FCoE boot in the server template:
1. Navigate to the Deployment tab.
2. In the left-hand side navigation tree, select the template under Templates Server Templates.
3. In the right corner of the screen, select Boot and Network Configuration tab.
4. Expand First Boot Configuration panel.
5. Select FCoE under Select Boot Type.
6. Provide target storage WWPN under First Target WWPN.
7. Provide target LUN Id under First Target LUN Id.
8. Click Save to make the changes to the template.