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14 Deployment and Managing Configurations with Dell OpenManage Essentials | Revision A00
Deploy Templates section.
To accomplish this use case you must perform the following steps.
1. Create a template from a configured device or sample template. (See the
How to create a
template from a reference device section).
2. Add deployment instructions for the devices (auto deploy entries) you want automatically
configured after they are discovered. Devices are added by service tag. (See the
How to setup auto
deploy of a template section).
3. Discover the devices in OME when the devices are running and connected to the network.
Note: Creating a template and auto deploying a template has requirements for the OME system and for
the target devices.
To review the requirements for creating a template, see the Template definition
A template is a collection of attributes that describe the settings of a device. The settings describe the
behavior of a device’s hardware. A device may have several hundred attributes depending on the device’s
hardware. An attribute is a name value pair that describes a particular setting of a device. OME installs
with sample server and chassis templates for specific use cases. A user can deploy, edit, clone, delete, or
rename a template. Sample templates must be cloned to deploy or use for compliance.
Requirements for creating a template section.
To review the requirements for auto deploying a template, see the Auto deploy requirements section.