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49 Managing Modular Infrastructure by using OpenManage Essentials (OME)
17 Deploy an IOA template
This section describes how to deploy an IOA template to IOAs.
17.1 Deploy an IOA template to IOA device
To deploy the IOA template to IOA device:
1. Select Deployment.
2. In the left pane, click Deploy Template under Common Tasks.
3. Type a unique name for the task.
Note—This step is optional since a default name is supplied, but it is a generic name. It is recommended to
type the name relevant to what is being deployed.
4. Make sure Deploy Template is selected and click Next.
5. Select the template to be deployed and click Next.
6. Select the target IOA devices and click Next.
7. Type the device specific attributes for each IOA device. These are the attributes, such as ‘IOA host
name’, that are not included in templates because they do not necessarily apply to all the target
devices. For more details, see Edit the device-specific attributes of an IOA Deploy Template task.
8. Click Next.
9. If you want to check the whether the device configuration template is deployed successfully, on the
Options page, select Perform pre-check only.
10. If you do not want to stop the deployment when the template is incompatible with the target devices,
select Continue on warnings.
11. Click Next.
12. Set the schedule when the deploy template task runs. Run now will run the task when the wizard is
closed. Run at will run the task on the selected future date. Type the credentials for all the target
IOA devices.
13. The credentials must have Administrator privileges and valid for all the IOA devices.
14. Click Next.
15. Review the task in the Summary pane and click Finish.
16. Review the message. The deploy action can be destructive. It is important to review and understand
the template you are deploying.
17.2 Edit the device-specific attributes of an IOA Deploy Template task
Device specific attributes, such as ‘IOA host name’, are not included in templates because they do not
necessarily apply to all the target devices. Editing and deploying device specific attributes is optional because
the device may already have the device specific attributes configured or the attributes may not be applicable
to that specific device. If the template being deployed has device specific attributes, the device specific
attributes will appear on the Edit Attributes page of the deploy wizard. The Edit Attributes page contains
the target IOA devices in the left side and the device specific attributes for the selected device in the right side
grid.
To edit the attributes:
1. In the left pane, select a device.
2. Click Deploy on the attributes that you want to deploy to that device.
3. Edit the Value of each checked attribute.