Users Guide

NOTE: From the All Applicable Devices tree, select only chassis to add to the repurpose and bare-metal group.
Selecting the IOAs is not mandatory. If the IOA attributes are present in the template and the target chassis is in the
bare-metal group, then the deployment happens on the IOAs also.
• You have created a chassis infrastructure template.
• The target devices meet the requirements that are specied in Device Requirements for Deployment and Compliance Tasks.
• The Server Conguration Management license is installed on all target servers. For more information, see OpenManage
Essentials — Server Conguration Management License.
CAUTION: Deploying a chassis infrastructure template on a device may result in potentially destructive changes to the
device conguration including performance, connectivity, and ability to boot the device.
To deploy the chassis infrastructure template:
1. Click Deployment.
The Deployment Portal is displayed.
2. Perform one of the following:
• In the Common Tasks pane, click Deploy Template.
• In the Templates → Chassis Templates pane, right-click the chassis infrastructure template, and then click Deploy.
• In the Templates → MX Chassis Templates pane, right-click the MX chassis template, and then click Deploy.
The Deploy Template Wizard is displayed.
3. On the Name and Deploy Options page:
a. Enter an appropriate name for the task.
b. Under Deploy Target, select Bare Metal.
c. Under Select Deploy Options, select Deploy Template.
d. Click Next.
4. On the Select Template page:
a. Click Chassis Templates or MX Chassis Templates.
b. Select the chassis infrastructure template that you want to deploy.
NOTE: Only conguration templates that you have either created or cloned are available for selection.
c. Click Next.
5. On the Select Devices page, select the target devices from the All Applicable Devices tree, and click Next.
NOTE: Only devices of the same chassis model for which the chassis infrastructure template was created are
available for selection.
6. On the Edit Attributes page:
NOTE: OpenManage Essentials do not include any passwords from the source when the conguration template is
created. If you want to set the passwords for the target devices, all password attributes must be edited in the
conguration template before deployment. If you want to change the password, ensure to run the deployment task
as a dierent user. If you are changing the password of the device through the deployment, ensure that you run the
deployment task with a dierent user account.
a. Click the Template Attributes tab to view the attribute groups with the list of attributes in a group.
NOTE: The IOA fabrics that are selected for deployment of the chassis infrastructure template are displayed.
b. Click the Device Specic Attributes tab to edit the attributes that are unique for the target device.
NOTE: The Device Specic Attributes tab may or may not display attributes depending on the template that is
selected for deployment.
c. Click the attribute group name to view the list of attributes in a group.
d. To assign a new Static IPv4 Address for the deployment, enter the Static IPv4 Address in the Value column of IPv4Static 1
IPv4 Address attribute.
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