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Figure 6 Format of an example CSV file.
16.2.2 Setup stateless auto deploy of a template to server service tags
1. Navigate to the ‘Deployment’ tab.
2. Click ‘Setup Auto Deployment’ (located in the left hand navigation under ‘Common Tasks’).
3. Select the target compute pool and click next.
4. Review the selected template and click next.
5. Review the selected virtual IO pool and click next.
6. Click the ‘Import’ button to import the csv file that contains the service tag or node ID. The
imported service tags/node IDs must be compatible with the type of template selected in the step
above.
7. Browse to the location where the file is saved, select the file and click Open. All the Service Tags in
the file will be imported and listed in OME. The ‘Import Summary’ window is displayed. Review and
click OK to close the window. Click ‘Next’.
8. (optional) Enter the unique attributes per service tag (for more details, see the
How to edit the
device specific attributes of a deploy template task section). Note that virtual identities may be
reviewed, but may not be assigned. Assignment occurs when the device is discovered. Click ‘Next’.
9. Select the execution credentials for the service tags. Instead of entering the credentials for each
target device, credential definitions must be created. Credential definitions can be added as
needed. Credential definitions can be assigned to multiple targets. Credentials are required for
each target device.
a. If no credentials exists yet, at least one (a default set of credentials) must be created. Follow
these steps, otherwise go to step 9.
b. Click ‘Add New Credential’.
c. Enter a description for the credential set (the description text is displayed in the credential
selection page).
d. Enter the username and password.
e. Click ‘Finish’.
10. Review the task in the Summary pane and click ‘Finish’.
11. All the service tags/node IDs that were imported are listed in the ‘Auto Deployment’ tab.
12. The service tags remain in the ‘Auto Deployment’ tab until they are discovered and inventoried in
OME and the ‘Deploy Configuration to Undiscovered Devices’ task creates a deploy task for the
device with the service tag. The ‘Deploy Configuration to Undiscovered Devices’ task checks
periodically if the devices are discovered and inventoried in OME. Once the discovery and
inventory is complete and a deploy task is created, the devices will move to the compute pool and
the auto deployment entry will be deleted. Deploy configuration tasks are created to deploy the
templates that were selected. The tasks created for the service tag entries can be found under the
tasks tab in the deployment portal. Double click on the task to view the task details. Task execution
history entries can be found in the task execution history grid. Double click on a task execution
history entry to view the task execution history details.
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