Active System Manager Release 8.2 User’s Guide

To provision a bare metal server, add a server component in the template builder.

After selecting Server on the template builder page, perform the following actions:

1. On the Server Component window, from the Component Name drop-down list, select a Server, Server (O/S Installation Only) , or Server (Hardware Only).

   • NOTE: The Server (Hardware Only) option allows you to deploy a server but does not allow you to install an operating system.

2. In the # of Instances field, enter the number of the server instances that you want to add.

3. Under Related Components, select the components that you want to map with the server components. For more information about valid component combinations that can be mapped together in a template, see Component Combinations in Templates

4. Click Continue.

5. To import an existing server configuration and use it for the server component settings, click Import Configuration from Reference Server . On the Select Reference Server page, select the server from which you want to import the settings, and click Select.

   • NOTE: ASM does not only import basic setting from reference server but also import all the BIOS setting and advance RAID configuration from the reference server and allow you to edit the configuration

     For some BIOS settings, they may become not applicable when other BIOS settings are applied. ASM does not correct these setting dependencies. When setting advanced BIOS settings use caution and verify that BIOS settings on the hardware are applicable when not choosing "Not Applicable" as an option. For example, when disabling SD card the settings for "Internal SD Card Redundancy" becomes not applicable.

6. To import configuration from a server that is part of an existing template, click Import from Existing Template . On the Select Component page, select the server under a template, and click Select.

7. The Upload Server Configuration Profile feature enables you to upload configuration XML file to ASM.

   • NOTE: You can edit any of the settings visible in the template, but many settings are hidden when using this option. For example there are only 10 of the many BIOS settings that you can see and edit using template but All BIOS settings can be configured so if you want to edit any of those settings that we don’t get to see through template, you should edit them prior to importing or uploading the file.
   • NOTE: The preceding note is applicable for Import Configuration from Reference Server , Import from Existing Template, Select Reference Server.

8. Specify the settings to be configured on the server components.

   For more information about the server settings, see Server Settings.

9. Under Network Settings, click Add New Interface to create an interface to match with the interface on the server before deploying a template. For more information on adding a new interface, see Adding New Interface.

10. Click Validate Settings to determine which servers may be chosen for a deployment with this template component.

    • NOTE: Validate settings shows which potential servers in inventory are compatible with the component configuration in the template.

11. Click Add.