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6. Click the Import to import the csv file that contains the Service Tag or node ID. The imported Service
Tags or node IDs must be compatible with the type of template selected in the step above.
7. Browse to the location where the file is saved, select the file, and then click Open. All the Service
Tags in the file will be imported and listed in OME. The Import Summary window is displayed.
8. Review and click Ok. Click Next.
9. (optional) Enter the unique attributes per Service Tag. For more information, see Editing the device
specific attributes of the deploy template task. Note that virtual identities may be reviewed, but may
not be assigned. Assignment occurs when the device is discovered.
10. Click Next.
11. Select the execution credentials for the Service Tags. Instead of entering the credentials for each
target device, credential definitions must be created. Credential definitions can be added as needed.
Credential definitions can be assigned to multiple targets. Credentials are required for each target
device. If no credentials exists yet, at least one (a default set of credentials) must be created.
Do the following. Else, go to the last step in this section.
i. Click Add New Credential.
ii. Type a description for the credential set (the description text is displayed in the credential
selection page).
iii. Type the username and password.
iv. Click Finish.
12. Review the task in the Summary pane and click Finish.
All the Service Tags/node IDs that were imported are listed in the Auto Deployment tab.
The Service Tags remain in the Auto Deployment tab until they are discovered and inventoried in
OME and the Deploy Configuration to Undiscovered Devices task creates a deploy task for the
device with the Service Tag.
The Deploy Configuration to Undiscovered Devices task checks periodically if the devices are
discovered and inventoried in OME. Once the discovery and inventory is complete and a deploy task
is created, the devices will move to the compute pool and the auto deployment entry will be deleted.
Deploy configuration tasks are created to deploy the templates that were selected. The tasks created
for the Service Tag entries can be found under the Tasks tab in the deployment portal. Double-click
the task to view the task details. Task execution history entries can be viewed in the Task Execution
History section. To view the task execution history details, double-click the task execution history.
20.2.3 Set up bare-metal auto deploy of the template to server Service Tags
1. Navigate to the Deployment tab.
2. In the left pane, click Setup Auto Deployment under Common Tasks.
3. Select Deploy Template, and then click Next.
4. Select a server or chassis template (as applicable to the type of target devices) to be deployed on the
target servers or chassis and then click Next.
5. Click the Import button to import the csv file that contains the Service Tags. The imported Service
Tags must be compatible with the type of template selected in the step above.
6. Browse to the location where the file is saved, select the file and click Open. All the Service Tags in
the file will be imported and listed in OME. The Import Summary window is displayed. Review and
click OK to close the window, and then click Next.