Users Guide

● Operating system—select either Windows, or ESXi, or RHEL
6. Use the horizontal scroll bar to locate a component. Select the component, expand a group, and then edit its attribute
values. Use the vertical scroll bar to edit a groups and attributes of a component.
7. Select the check box against each component, because, the configurations of selected components are applied on the
managed device, when the Operational Template is applied. However, all the configurations from the reference device are
captured and saved in the template.
NOTE: Irrespective of the selection made in the check box against each component, all the configurations are captured
in the template.
NOTE: Operational Template does not capture the password while retrieving from Reference Server. Ensure to set the
password values for selected attributes before deploying.
In Operating System component, perform the steps in either of the following options, as per your requirement:
● For Windows operating system deployment on MECM, see Windows component for the OMIMSSC console extension for
for MECM.
● For Windows operating system deployment on SCVMM, see Windows component for the OMIMSSC console extension
for SCVMM.
● OMIMSSC
● For non-Windows operating system deployment, see Non-Windows component for the OMIMSSC console extensions.
8. To save the profile, click Finish.
Recommendation: If your reference server iDRAC has enterprise license, and if you are seeing Telemetry/SCEP attributes,
ensure to unselect these attributes since they are only supported with datacenter license.
Windows OS component for OMIMSSC console extension for
MECM
While creating or editing Operational Template for server, perform the following steps for windows component:
1. Select a task sequence and deployment method.
NOTE: Only the task sequences deployed on collections are listed in the drop-down menu.
For information about task sequence, see Task sequence.
For information about task sequence, see OpenManage Integration for Microsoft System Center Unified User's Guide.
2. Select one of the following options for the Deployment method:
● Boot to network ISO—reboots specified ISO.
● Stage ISO to vFlash and Reboot—downloads the ISO to vFlash and reboots.
● Reboot to vFlash—reboots to vFlash. Ensure that the ISO is present in the vFlash.
NOTE:
To use the Reboot to vFlash option, the label name of the partition that is created on vFlash must be
ISOIMG.
3. (Optional) To use the image present in the network share, select the Use Network ISO as Fallback option.
4. Enter an LC boot media image file.
5. Select the drivers required for the operating system.
NOTE:
It is recommended to enable Dell Lifecycle Controller drivers injection in Operational Template and in OMIMSSC
server deployment template (Task Sequence), to install latest Dell hardware specific drivers that are available in the latest
LC driver pack.
NOTE: Windows Server 2016 operating system deployment on AMD platforms does not support x2apic. Ensure to disable
BIOS x2apic and logical processor settings before installing the operation system.
Windows OS component for OMIMSSC console extension for
SCVMM
While creating or editing Operational Template for server, perform the following steps for windows component:
Manage Operational Templates
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