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17 Managing Modular Infrastructure by using OpenManage Essentials (OME)
5 Deploy chassis infrastructure template or MX chassis
template
Example use case—Based on the requirements of your data center, you have configured the settings of the
particular MX Chassis or Chassis and the corresponding IOAs (CMC devices and the IOAs on the Chassis).
You have a new or existing MX Chassis or Chassis which you want to reuse. You want to copy the settings of
the configured MX Chassis or Chassis and its IOAs and apply them to the new or existing MX Chassis or
Chassis.
To accomplish this use case:
1. Check the configuration of MX Chassis or Chassis and available IOAs which are already configured.
2. Save the configuration in OME as a MX Chassis template or Chassis Infrastructure template. See
Create Chassis Infrastructure Template from a Reference Chassis by using IOA Devices or MX
Chassis Template from a Reference MX Chassis.
3. Add the target CMC device (the new or existing CMC device) of the chassis or target MX Chassis to
the Repurpose and Bare-metal device group. See Add devices to the ‘Repurpose and Bare Metal’
Device Group.
4. Deploy the template to the MX Chassis or CMC device and its IOAs. See Deploy the Template.
Note—Creating and deploying the template have requirements for the OME system and target devices.
To review the requirements for creating the template, see Target Device Requirements.
To review the requirements for deploying the template, see Deploying the Template.
Note—MX Chassis template can be deployed on MX Chassis device only and CMC template can be
deployed on CMC device only. The Quick Deploy Settings cannot be configured for MX7000 Chassis by
using the MX Chassis configuration template.