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14 Deploy Compute Pools
Deploying the compute pool is required to actually apply the settings in the pool definition to one or more
devices in the pool.
14.1 Deploy requirements
1. The file share must be configured (see the How to setup the file share section).
2. The target devices must meet the minimum requirements for the deployment and configuration
features (see the Target device requirements
section).
3. The target devices must be added to the Repurpose and Bare Metal device group (see the How to
add devices to the ‘Repurpose and Bare Metal’ device group section).
4. At least one user created template (a cloned sample template is a user created template).
5. The compute pool must have been created already using the create compute pool action.
See the deploy template for bare metal
section for more background on general deployment
requirements.
14.2 How to deploy a Compute Pool
Right click -> deploy on a compute pool to launch the deploy template wizard for the pool and deploy it.
1. Ensure the compute pool is selected as the deploy target.
2. The template defined by the pool should be pre-selected.
3. The IO assignment for the pool should be pre-selected. Note for stateless management, the
setting should be on automatic IO assignment with a virtual IO pool selected.
4. Select the devices you wish to deploy. This will be limited to devices already included in the pool
definition.
5. You can optionally edit attributes. If you have already defined the attribute settings during pool
creation, then this will not be needed.
6. You can optionally assign identities and view them. This option is available on the identity
attributes tab available only when virtual IO is being used. This action will reserve identities even if
the wizard is later cancelled. If you do not need to see the identities before deployment, this step
can be skipped as the task will automatically do the assignment if identities are not already
reserved.
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