Dell EMC OpenManage Enterprise Version 3.4 User's Guide

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.

1. From the list of templates on the Configuration > Templates 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. Select the Use strict checking check box to match the VLANs with like characteristics. If unselected, only VLAN name and QoS are used for matching
      NOTE: This option is displayed only if the selected target devices are modular system sleds.
   4. 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. Select the Time to Attach ISO dropdown menu options to set the number of hours the network ISO file will remain mapped to the target device(s). By default, this value is set as four hours.
   4. Click Next.
4. In the iDRAC Management IP section, change the target device IP settings if required, and then click Next.
   NOTE:

   • Template deployment fails if DHCP settings are assigned during template deployment to a target device that was originally discovered using a static IP.
   • If the IP setting is not configured on the discovered MX7000 sled, the Boot to Network ISO operation is not run during the template deployment.
5. In the Target Attributes section, the non-virtual identity attributes specific to each of the selected target devices, such as the location attributes and IP address, can be changed before the deployment of the template. When the template is deployed, these changed target attributes are implemented on only the specific devices. To change the device-specific, non-virtual identity attributes:
   1. Select a target device from the list displaying the previously-selected target devices.
   2. Expand the attribute categories and then select or clear the attributes that must be included or excluded during template deployment on the target device.
   3. Click Next.
6. In the Virtual Identities section, click Reserve identities.
   The assigned virtual identities of the NIC cards of the selected target device are displayed. To view all the assigned identities of the identity pool of the selected target device, click View all NIC details.

   NOTE: If identities are already assigned outside of the appliance, then a new deployment will not use those identities unless they are cleared. For more information, see Identity pools
7. In the Schedule section, run the job immediately or schedule for a later time. See Schedule job field definitions.
8. Click Finish. Review the warning message and click YES.
   A Device Configuration job is created. See Using jobs for device control.