White Papers

3 Server Hardware Provisioning and OS Deployment by using Dell EMC OpenManage Essentials
Contents
Revisions............................................................................................................................................................................. 2
Acknowledgements ............................................................................................................................................................. 2
1 Executive summary ...................................................................................................................................................... 6
2 Features discussed in this technical white paper ......................................................................................................... 7
3 Prepare OME for device configuration ......................................................................................................................... 8
3.1 Target device requirements ................................................................................................................................ 8
3.2 Redfish streaming support .................................................................................................................................. 8
3.3 File share settings............................................................................................................................................... 9
3.3.1 File share requirement explanation .................................................................................................................... 9
3.3.2 Set up file share .................................................................................................................................................. 9
4 Edit server configuration template in a guided manner .............................................................................................. 11
5 Understand the differences between bare-metal and stateless deployments ........................................................... 12
6 Deploy the template in stateless environment ........................................................................................................... 13
7 Replace a server in stateless environment ................................................................................................................ 14
8 Reclaim virtual identities deployed by OME ............................................................................................................... 15
9 Deploy the template to a bare-metal device ............................................................................................................... 16
10 Configure VLANs on server-facing ports of IOAs along with server deployment ...................................................... 17
11 Automate hardware configuration and operating system deployment (auto-deploy) of recently ordered devices .... 18
12 Hardware setup for the stateless environment ........................................................................................................... 19
13 Create templates ........................................................................................................................................................ 20
13.1 Template definition ........................................................................................................................................... 20
13.2 Requirements for creating the template ........................................................................................................... 20
13.3 Create the template from the reference device ................................................................................................ 20
13.3.1 Create the template from the reference server ............................................................................................ 20
13.4 Creating the template from an XML configuration file ...................................................................................... 22
13.4.1 File requirements .......................................................................................................................................... 22
13.4.2 Creating the template from the XML file....................................................................................................... 22
13.5 Guidance about editing templates in OpenManage Essentials ........................................................................ 24
13.5.1 Defining First Boot configuration .................................................................................................................. 24
13.5.2 Update network interface settings ................................................................................................................ 26
13.5.3 Edit IOA VLAN attributes in server template ................................................................................................ 28
13.5.4 Edit VLAN Configuration in MX7000 compatible server template ............................................................... 29