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Dell EMC OpenManage Enterprise Version 3.3.1 User's Guide

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Deploy device templates

You can deploy a template that includes a set of configuration attributes to specific devices. Deploying a device configuration template on the devices ensures that the devices are uniformly configured.

NOTE: To perform any tasks on OpenManage Enterprise, you must have necessary user privileges. See Role-based OpenManage Enterprise user privileges.

Before you begin deploying a device deployment template, ensure that:

CAUTION: Ensure that only the appropriate devices are selected for deployment. After deploying a configuration template on a repurpose and bare-metal device, it might not be possible to revert the device to its original configuration.

NOTE: During deployment of an MX7000 chassis template:

  • The target device can only be the lead MX7000 chassis.
  • If an MX7000 chassis is removed from group, it has to be rediscovered in OpenManage Enterprise.
  • Users on the MX7000 chassis are replaced by the users who are configured in the template.
  • Imported Active Directory settings are replaced with the values in chassis profile.

  1. From the list of templates on the Configuration > Deploy page, select the check box corresponding to the template you want to deploy, and then click Deploy Template.
  2. In the Deploy Template: <template_name> dialog box, under Target:
    1. Click Select, and then select device(s) in the Job Target dialog box. See Selecting target devices and device groups.
    2. During deployment of the device template, the configuration changes might require a forceful reboot of the server. If you do not wish to reboot the server, select the Do not forcefully reboot the host OS option.
      A graceful reboot of the server is attempted when the Do not forcefully reboot the host OS option is selected. If the reboot fails, you must rerun the template deployment task.
    3. Click Next.
  3. If the target device is a server, in the Boot to Network ISO section:
    1. Select the Boot to Network ISO check box.
    2. Select either CIFS or NFS as the share type, and then enter information in the fields such as ISO image file path and share location where the ISO image file is stored.
    3. Click Next.
  4. In the Schedule section, run the job immediately or schedule for a later time. See Schedule job field definitions.
  5. Click Finish. Review the Warning message and click YES.
    A Device Configuration job is created under Jobs. See Using jobs for device control.

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