Dell EMC OpenManage Enterprise 3.9 User's Guide

Create a deployment template from a reference device

1. From the OpenManage Enterprise menu, click Configuration > Templates > Create Template, and then select From Reference Device.
2. In the Create Template dialog box:
   1. In the Template Information section, enter a name for the deployment template and description for the template.
   2. Select the Deployment template type:
      • Clone Reference Server: Enables you to clone the configuration of an existing server.
      • Clone Reference Chassis: Enables you to clone the configuration of an existing chassis.
      • Clone Reference IOA: Enables you to clone the configuration of an existing M I/O aggregator.
        NOTE The attributes in the IOA template are uneditable. Only the name and description of an IOA template can be edited.
   3. Click Next.
   4. In the Reference Device section, click Select Device to select the device whose configuration properties must be used for creating the new deployment template. For more information about selecting devices, see Selecting target devices and device groups.
      NOTE

      • Only the IOA templates that were extracted at the time of chassis discovery are available for cloning . See Create customized device discovery jobs for servers
      • You can select only one device as a reference device.
   5. In the Configuration Elements section, select the check boxes corresponding to the device elements that must be cloned. For creating a deployment template by using server as the device, you can select to clone the server properties such as iDRAC, BIOS, Lifecycle Controller, and Event Filters. By default, all elements are selected.
   6. Click Finish.
      After successful creation, the job is displayed in the list. A deployment template creation job is started and the status is displayed in the STATUS column.

      The job information is also displayed on the Monitor > Jobs page. To view additional details of the job, select the job and click View Details in the working pane. On the Job Details page, the execution details of the job are displayed. In the Results pane, click View Details to view detailed information of the job execution.

   NOTE Templates created from a reference device may contain a discovery password. When deployed on target devices, this can cause communication failure. To work around this issue:

   • After deployment, rediscover the device with the new credentials.
   • Export the SCP from reference the iDRAC without password hash values and import it to OME. Optionally, set the password value by editing the attributes and deploying it.