Users Guide

Purchasing the License............................................................................................................... 130
Deploying the License.................................................................................................................130
Verifying License Information..................................................................................................... 131
Viewing Unlicensed Server Targets.............................................................................................131
Device Requirements for Deployment and Compliance Tasks.......................................................131
Getting Started for Device Configuration Deployment...................................................................132
Overview of Bare Metal Deployment............................................................................................... 132
Viewing the Deployment Portal........................................................................................................133
Configuring the Deployment File Share...........................................................................................133
Creating a Device Configuration Template..................................................................................... 133
Creating a Device Configuration Template From a Device Configuration File........................133
Creating a Device Configuration Template From a Reference Device.....................................134
Adding Devices to the Repurpose and Bare Metal Devices Group.................................................135
Managing Device Configuration Templates.................................................................................... 136
Viewing the Device Configuration Template Attributes............................................................ 136
Cloning a Device Configuration Template.................................................................................137
Editing a Device Configuration Template...................................................................................137
Exporting a Device Configuration Template.............................................................................. 137
Deploying a Device Configuration Template (Bare Metal Deployment)........................................ 138
Deploying a Network ISO Image......................................................................................................140
Removing Devices From the Repurpose and Bare Metal Devices Group.......................................141
Auto Deploying Device Configurations............................................................................................141
Configuring Auto Deployment Settings..................................................................................... 142
Setting Up Device Configuration Auto Deployment (Bare Metal Deployment)....................... 142
Managing Auto Deployment Credentials................................................................................... 145
Adding a Discovery Range for Auto Deployment......................................................................146
Removing Devices From an Auto Deployment Task.................................................................146
Importing Device Specific Attributes................................................................................................146
Import File Requirements..................................................................................................................147
Exporting Device Specific Attributes................................................................................................ 148
Viewing the Deployment Tasks........................................................................................................ 148
Managing the Virtual I/O Identities of a Server (Stateless Deployment).........................................148
Overview of Stateless Deployment.................................................................................................. 149
Virtual I/O Pools................................................................................................................................ 149
Creating a Virtual I/O Pool..........................................................................................................150
Editing a Virtual I/O Pool.............................................................................................................153
Viewing the Definitions of a Virtual I/O Pool .............................................................................153
Renaming a Virtual I/O Pool....................................................................................................... 154
Deleting a Virtual I/O Pool.......................................................................................................... 154
Viewing the Virtual I/O Identities Assigned or Deployed on a Device...................................... 154
Compute Pools..................................................................................................................................155
Creating a Compute Pool........................................................................................................... 155
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