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3. Create an Operational Template, by capturing all the details of the discovered server. For more information, see Creating Operational
Template from reference servers.
4. Assign an Operational Template on managed device, and check for the template compliance. For more information, see Assigning
Operational Template and running Operational Template compliance.
5. Deploy an Operational Template to make the device template compliant. For more information, see Deploying Operational Template.
6. View the job status for operating system deployment in the Jobs and Logs Center page. For more information, see Launching Jobs
and Logs Center.
Deploying non-windows OS using OMIMSSC console
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To deploy non-windows OS using OMIMSSC, perform the following steps:
NOTE: Steps to deploy non-windows OS through OMIMSSC is common in both the Microsoft consoles.
1. Discover the reference server by using the Discovery page. For more information, see the Discovering servers using manual discovery.
2. Create an Operational Template, by capturing all the details of the discovered server. For more information, see Creating Operational
Template from reference servers.
3. Assign an Operational Template on managed device, and check for the template compliance. For more information, see Assigning
Operational Template and running Operational Template compliance.
4. Deploy an Operational Template to make the device template compliant. For more information, see Deploying Operational Template.
NOTE:
If the DHCP lookup fails while deployment, then the server times out and the server is not moved into Managed
Lifecycle Controller Lifecycle Controller (ESXi) collection in SCCM.
Creating Storage Spaces Direct clusters by using
predefined Operational Templates
To create clusters by using OMIMSSC, perform the following steps:
1. Discover the reference server by using the Discovery page. For more information, see the Discovering servers using manual discovery.
2. Edit the predefined Operational Template. For more information, see Modifying Operational Template.
3. Create a logical switch. For more information, see Creating logical switch.
4. Create Storage Spaces Direct cluster. For more information, see Creating Storage Spaces Direct clusters.
Use cases for maintaining devices
Maintain the discovered devices in OMIMSSC.
Updating the firmware of servers and MX7000 devices
Here is a pictorial representation of the firmware update workflow.
Use cases of OMIMSSC
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