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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 Bare-metal/Repurpose Devices
group 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 on the task to view the task details. Task
execution history entries can be found in the task execution history grid. Double-click on a task
execution history entry to view the task execution history details.
20.2.4 Modify the auto-deployment settings
By default, the Deploy Configuration to Undiscovered Devices task runs after every 60 minutes. When this
task runs, it checks if any of the auto-deployment Service Tags were discovered. If the device matching an
auto-deployment Service Tag was discovered, a deploy template task is automatically created and the
specified template is deployed to that device. To modify the execution interval for the Deploy Configuration to
Undiscovered Devices task or to enable/disable it:
1. Under the Preferences tab, navigate to the Deployment Settings tab.
2. Select or clear the Enable auto deployment for recently discovered devices to enable or disable
the Deploy Configuration to Undiscovered Devices task.
Note—If the task is disabled, the Service Tags in the Auto Deployment grid will not be deployed to
automatically.
3. Adjust the interval by using the numeric control. The number is the minute interval that the Deploy
Configuration to Undiscovered Devices task will run for.
Auto deployment settings page
4. Click Apply.