Users Guide

• Enable or disable the device configuration auto deployment.
• Set the recurrence of the device configuration auto deployment task.
To configure the auto deployment settings:
1. Click Settings → Deployment Settings.
The Deployment Settings page is displayed.
2. Select or clear Enable auto deployment for recently discovered devices to enable or disable auto deployment of device
configuration.
3. Edit the Run auto deployment every xx Minutes field based on your preference.
4. Click Apply.
Related links
Auto Deploying Device Configurations
Setting Up Device Configuration Auto Deployment (Bare Metal Deployment)
The Setup Auto Deployment task enables you to deploy a configuration template, which includes a set of configuration attributes,
to devices that you will discover at a later time. Deploying a device configuration template on the devices ensures that the devices
are uniformly configured.
Before you create a device configuration auto deployment task, ensure that:
• The deployment file share is configured. For more information, see Configuring the Deployment File Share.
• The auto deployment setting is enabled and configured. For more information, see Configuring Auto Deployment Settings.
• The Service Tag or node ID of each target device is available in a .csv file. The Service Tags or node IDs should be listed under
the title ‘ServiceTag’, ‘Service Tag’, or ‘Node ID’ in the .csv file.
NOTE: On devices which have multiple compute nodes (such as the PowerEdge FM120x4), all of the compute nodes
have the same Service Tag. Therefore, the node ID must be used to identify the specific compute node to use. In
the .csv file, you must include the node IDs of the specific compute nodes that you want to auto deploy.
• You have either created a device configuration template or cloned a sample template.
• The target devices meet the requirements specified in Device Requirements for Deployment and Compliance Tasks.
• The OpenManage Essentials — Server Configuration Management license is installed on all target servers. For more
information, see OpenManage Essentials — Server Configuration Management License.
CAUTION: Deploying a configuration template on a device may result in potentially destructive changes to the device
configuration including performance, connectivity, and ability to boot the device.
To auto deploy the configuration template on devices that will be discovered at a later time:
1. Click Deployment.
The Deployment Portal is displayed.
2. Perform one of the following:
• In the Common Tasks pane, click Setup Auto Deployment.
• Click Auto Deployment, and then click Add Devices.
The Setup Auto Deployment wizard is displayed.
3. On the Select Deploy Options page:
a. Under Deploy Target, click Bare Metal.
b. If you want to auto deploy a configuration template and then boot the device to an operating system ISO image, you can
select both the Deploy Template and Boot to Network ISO options. Separate tasks are created for each operation.
c. Click Next.
4. On the Select Template page:
a. Based on the target device type, click Server Template or Chassis Template.
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