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OpenManage Enterprise 4.1.x User's Guide

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Managing device deployment templates

Create, deploy, and manage device deployment templates to configure configuration properties on servers and chassis.

The device deployment template in OpenManage Enterprise allows you to set the configuration properties of servers and chassis. These properties include BIOS, boot, network properties, and so on.

The deployment template is a consolidation of system configuration settings that are displayed as attributes. The deployment template allows for multiple servers or chassis to be configured quickly and automatically without the risk of human error.

Templates enable you to optimize data center resources and reduce the cycle time in creating clones and deployments. Templates also enhance your business-critical operations in converged infrastructure that uses software-defined infrastructures.

You can either use the predefined deployment templates or import the deployment templates from a reference device or an existing template file. Click Configuration > Templates to view the list of existing templates.

The following details of the existing templates are displayed.

Table 1. Template settingsThe following table explains the Template attributes.
Field Description
Name Template name
Description Detailed template description
Status Template state. Possible values are:
  • Running
  • Stopped
  • Complete
Device Type The device type (server, chassis, or IOA) that is used for template creation.
Template This field indicates whether the template is custom-created or sampled.
Custom Telemetry Displays if the template contains custom telemetry configuration. The custom telemetry status are:
  • No Telemetry: Template has no telemetry
  • Included for deployment: Template has telemetry and it will be included for deployment
  • Excluded for deployment: Template has telemetry and is excluded during deployment. See Edit a server deployment template to exclude a telemetry.
NOTE:
  • For successful template deployment, ensure that the source and target devices have the same hardware and configuration. Any mismatch in configuration may lead to deployment failures. If any hardware changes occur on the source device, delete the template and re-create it.
  • If target iDRACs are running firmware version 4.40.10.00 and above, the appliance uses Redfish for template-related tasks. If Redfish fails, the task is retried using WSMAN. The appliance uses WSMAN to initiate template-related tasks on iDRACs running versions earlier than 4.40.10.00.

To perform any tasks on OpenManage Enterprise, you must have necessary role-based user privileges and scope-based operational access to the devices. Role and scope-based access.

A device manager can view and perform tasks on default templates and custom templates they own.

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