White Papers

Table of contents
Revisions ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 2
Executive Summary .......................................................................................................................................................................... 6
1 Covered Features ....................................................................................................................................................................... 7
2 Preparing OME for Device Configuration ............................................................................................................................. 8
2.1 Target device requirements .......................................................................................................................................... 8
2.2 File share settings ............................................................................................................................................................ 8
2.2.1 File share requirement explanation ............................................................................................................................. 8
2.2.2 How to setup the file share ........................................................................................................................................... 8
3 Understanding the differences between bare metal and stateless deployments ........................................................ 10
4 How to deploy in a stateless environment ........................................................................................................................... 11
5 How to replace a server in a stateless environment ......................................................................................................... 12
6 How to reclaim virtual identities deployed by OME .......................................................................................................... 13
7 How to deploy to a bare metal device................................................................................................................................. 14
8 How to automate hardware configuration and operating system deployment (Auto Deploy) of recently ordered
devices .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 15
9 How to detect and manage configuration drift of a device in a production environment ....................................... 16
10 Hardware setup for stateless environment ......................................................................................................................... 17
11 Create Templates..................................................................................................................................................................... 18
11.1 Template definition ....................................................................................................................................................... 18
11.2 Requirements for creating a template ...................................................................................................................... 18
11.3 How to create a template from a reference device ............................................................................................... 18
11.3.1 Create a template from a reference server .............................................................................................................. 18
11.3.2 Create a template from a reference chassis ............................................................................................................ 20
11.4 How to create a template from an XML or INI configuration file ........................................................................ 20
11.4.1 File requirements........................................................................................................................................................... 20
11.4.2 Create a template from an XML file ........................................................................................................................... 20
11.4.3 Create a template from an INI file ............................................................................................................................. 21
12 Create Virtual IO Pools ........................................................................................................................................................... 22
12.1 Virtual IO Pool definition ............................................................................................................................................. 22
12.2 Types of identities ......................................................................................................................................................... 22
12.2.1 MAC Address Definition ............................................................................................................................................... 22
3 Stateless Deployment with Dell OpenManage Essentials | Revision A00