Users Guide

3. On the Name and Deploy Options page:
a. Type an appropriate name for the task.
b. Under Deploy Target, select Bare Metal.
c. Under Select Deploy Options, select Deploy Template.
NOTE: If you want to deploy a configuration template and then boot the device to a
network ISO image, you can select both Deploy Template and Boot to Network ISO.
Separate tasks are created for each operation.
d. Click Next.
4. On the Select Template page:
a. Based on the target device type, click either Server Template or Chassis Template.
b. Select the configuration template you want to deploy.
NOTE: Only configuration templates that you have either created or cloned are available for
selection.
c. Click Next.
5. On the Select Virtual I/O Pool page, click Next.
6. On the Select Devices page, select the target devices from the Repurpose and Bare Metal Devices
tree, and click Next.
NOTE: Only devices added to the Repurpose and Bare Metal Devices group that are not
assigned to a compute pool are available for selection.
7. On the Edit Attributes page:
NOTE: OpenManage Essentials does not include any passwords from the source when the
configuration template is created. If you want to set the passwords for the target devices, all
password attributes must be edited in the configuration template before deployment.
a. Click the Template Attributes tab.
b. Click the attribute group name to view the list of attributes in a group.
c. If you do not want to deploy a particular attribute in the template and want to retain the current
attribute value on the target device, clear the check box in the Deploy column.
d. Edit or select the values in the Value column based on your preference.
The total number of attributes in the template and the number of attributes that you edit are
displayed in the Grouped by bar.
e. Click Save.
f. Click the Device Specific Attributes tab to edit the attributes that are unique for the target device.
NOTE: The Device Specific Attributes tab may or may not display attributes based on the
template selected for deployment.
g. Click the attribute group name to view the list of attributes in a group.
h. If you do not want to deploy a particular attribute in the template and want to retain the current
attribute value on the target device, clear the check box in the Deploy column.
i. Edit or select the values in the Value column based on your preference.
j. Click Save.
k. Click Next.
8. On the Set Schedule page:
a. Select either Run now, or click the calendar icon and select the date and time you want to run
the task.
b. Under Execution Credentials:
• For server configuration deployment — type the credentials that have Administrator privileges
on the iDRAC of the target servers.
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