Users Guide

Viewing the Inventory Configuration Details

Getting Started for Device Configuration Deployment

Before you can deploy a device configuration to target devices, you must:

1. Configure the deployment file share on the server running OpenManage Essentials.

2. Add target devices to the Repurpose and Bare Metal Devices group.

Related Links

Device Configuration Deployment Overview

Configuring the Deployment File Share

Adding Devices to the Repurpose and Bare Metal Devices Group

Device Configuration Deployment Overview

The steps that you must perform to deploy a device configuration template on target devices are as

follows:

1. Create a device configuration template — Use the Create Template task in the Common Tasks

pane to create a device configuration template. You can choose to create the template from either a

configuration file or a reference device.

2. Edit the device configuration template — Select the template from the Templates pane, and edit

the desired configuration attributes displayed in the right pane.

3. Deploy the device configuration template on target devices — Use the Deploy Template task in the

Common Tasks pane to select the template, target devices, edit device-specific attributes, and then

deploy the configuration attributes. You can also use the Setup Auto Deployment task to deploy a

device configuration template on devices that you will be discovering later.

NOTE: If the hardware of the device from which the device configuration template was created and

the hardware of the deployment targets are identical, it enhances the possibility of the attributes

being deployed successfully. If the hardware is not entirely identical, the deployment task may not

complete successfully. However, the attributes for the matching components are deployed

successfully.