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29 Deployment and Managing Configurations with Dell OpenManage Essentials | Revision A00
6. Browse to the location where the file is saved, select the file and click Open. All the Service Tags in
the file will be imported and listed in OME. The ‘Import Summary’ window is displayed. Review and
click OK to close the window. Click ‘Next’.
7. (optional) Enter the unique attributes per service tag (for more details, see the
How to edit the
device specific attributes of a deploy template task section) and click ‘Next’.
8. Select the execution credentials for the service tags. Instead of entering the credentials for each
target device, credential definitions must be created. Credential definitions can be added as
needed. Credential definitions can be assigned to multiple targets. Credentials are required for
each target device.
a. If no credentials exists yet, at least one (a default set of credentials) must be created. Follow
these steps, otherwise go to step 9.
b. Click ‘Add New Credential’.
c. Enter a description for the credential set (the description text is displayed in the credential
selection page).
d. Enter the username and password.
Figure 11 Auto deployment target credentials page
e. Click ‘Finish’.
9. Review the task in the Summary pane and click ‘Finish’.