Users Guide

NOTE: Compliance-related tasks are not supported for IOA attributes.
Viewing and editing chassis deployment template attributes
1. Click DeploymentDeployment PortalTemplates pane.
2. Select either a sample chassis template or a chassis template that you created.
For MX7000 chassis, select an MX chassis template from the list.
The dierent groups of template attributes are displayed in the right pane
3. To edit an attribute, expand a group, and select the attribute that you want to edit, and then enter the new values for the
attributes.
4. Click Save.
The template is updated with the changed attribute values.
NOTE: While editing an MX7000 chassis template attributes, you must select all the attributes available under a
group, else the chassis template deployment task might fail.
Exporting a chassis deployment template
The export option allows you to export the chassis infrastructure template into a .zip le. The .zip le contains the chassis template
in .xml format and IOA template in .txt format.
To export a chassis template:
NOTE: Exporting a chassis deployment template exports all the attributes of the chassis template, including attributes
that are not selected.
1. Click DeploymentDeployment Portal.
2. In the Templates pane, right-click either a sample template or a template that you created, and then click Export Template.
The Export Template dialog box is displayed.
3. Click Ok.
4. Navigate to the location where you want to export the template, provide a le name, and then click Save.
Within the.zip le, the chassis template is saved in.xml format and IOA templates are saved in .txt format.
Cloning a chassis deployment template
You can clone a chassis deployment template to create a template that you can edit and deploy.
To clone a chassis deployment template:
1. Click DeploymentDeployment Portal
2. In the Templates pane, right-click a chassis template, and then click Clone.
The Clone Conguration Template window is displayed.
3. Type a name for the template, and click Ok.
The cloned template is displayed in the Templates pane under the chassis templates.
Deploying a chassis infrastructure template
The Deploy Template task allows you to deploy a chassis infrastructure template that includes chassis and IOA attributes, on a
target device (chassis or IOA).
Before you begin deploying a chassis infrastructure template, ensure that:
The deployment le share is congured. For more information, see Conguring the Deployment File Share.
The target devices are added to the repurpose and bare-metal group. For more information, see Adding Devices to the
Repurpose and Bare Metal Devices Group.
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