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Creating templates

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Creating templates You can create templates in the following ways: ● Clone from an existing server-Reference Device ● Import from an external source-Import from File To create a template from a reference device: 1. On the Deploy page, click Create Template and select From Reference Device. The Create Template wizard is displayed. 2. Enter the name and description for the template and click Next. The Reference Device tab is displayed. 3. Click Select Device to view the Select Devices window where you can select the device or chassis based on which you want to create the template. To deploy virtual identities for NIC, select NIC and iDRAC. To deploy virtual identities for fibre channel, you must select iDRAC and Fibre Channel. 4. Select the configuration elements that you want to clone. Importing templates To import an existing template: 1. On the Deploy page, click Create Template and select Import from File. The Import Template window is displayed. 2. Enter a name for the template and Select a file to go to the location where the template that you want to import is stored. Deploying templates You can create server profiles from templates by entering identity information that is unique to each server. The information includes input output identity information and system-specific attributes such as NIC, RAID, iDRAC, or BIOS information. You can deploy templates from the Deploy and Template Details pages. After a template is deployed on one or more servers along with VLAN configurations, if you make a mistake or decide to change the existing VLAN configurations on the Fabric Manager, then you must perform the deployment workflow again. In the deployment workflow, server is deployed after when the VLAN is configured on the Fabric Manager. The system-specific attributes that are defined in the template are not deployed automatically. Redefine the attributes for the target system that is selected for the deployment. Use Quick Deploy to set the VLAN ID for the system. Before applying the server templates, ensure that: ● The number of ports in the profile matches that of the server on which you want to deploy the template. ● All the server ports on the servers that are connected through the MX7116n Fabric Expander Module are connected to the IOMs properly. When you deploy an imported template where NPAR is enabled, it does not configure the bandwidth settings on fabric mode IOMs. Boot ISO operation will not be initiated when deploy template job results in attribute failure. NOTE: Templates that are created on the earlier versions of iDRAC may fail during deployment, when tried on the latest versions of iDRAC. NOTE: Deployment Configuration job is created automatically, if the profile is already attached to the slots when the SystemErase task is performed on the sled. To deploy a template from the Deploy page: 1. Select the required template, and click Deploy Template. If the template has identity attributes, but is not associated with a virtual identity pool, a message is displayed that the physical identities are used for the deployment. Else, the Deploy Template wizard is displayed. 66 Managing templates

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Creating templates
You can create templates in the following ways:
●
Clone from an existing server—
Reference Device
●
Import from an external source—
Import from File
To create a template from a reference device:
1.
On the
Deploy
page, click
Create Template
and select
From Reference Device
.
The
Create Template
wizard is displayed.
2.
Enter the name and description for the template and click
Next
.
The
Reference Device
tab is displayed.
3.
Click
Select Device
to view the
Select Devices
window where you can select the device or chassis based on which you
want to create the template.
To deploy virtual identities for NIC, select NIC and iDRAC.
To deploy virtual identities for fibre channel, you must select iDRAC and Fibre Channel.
4.
Select the configuration elements that you want to clone.
Importing templates
To import an existing template:
1.
On the
Deploy
page, click
Create Template
and select
Import from File
.
The
Import Template
window is displayed.
2.
Enter a name for the template and
Select a file
to go to the location where the template that you want to import is stored.
Deploying templates
You can create server profiles from templates by entering identity information that is unique to each server. The information
includes input output identity information and system-specific attributes such as NIC, RAID, iDRAC, or BIOS information. You
can deploy templates from the
Deploy
and
Template Details
pages.
After a template is deployed on one or more servers along with VLAN configurations, if you make a mistake or decide to change
the existing VLAN configurations on the Fabric Manager, then you must perform the deployment workflow again. In the
deployment workflow, server is deployed after when the VLAN is configured on the Fabric Manager.
The system-specific attributes that are defined in the template are not deployed automatically. Redefine the attributes for the
target system that is selected for the deployment. Use
Quick Deploy
to set the VLAN ID for the system.
Before applying the server templates, ensure that:
●
The number of ports in the profile matches that of the server on which you want to deploy the template.
●
All the server ports on the servers that are connected through the MX7116n Fabric Expander Module are connected to the
IOMs properly.
When you deploy an imported template where NPAR is enabled, it does not configure the bandwidth settings on fabric mode
IOMs.
Boot ISO operation will not be initiated when deploy template job results in attribute failure.
NOTE:
Templates that are created on the earlier versions of iDRAC may fail during deployment, when tried on the latest
versions of iDRAC.
NOTE:
Deployment Configuration job is created automatically, if the profile is already attached to the slots when the
SystemErase
task is performed on the sled.
To deploy a template from the
Deploy
page:
1.
Select the required template, and click
Deploy Template
.
If the template has identity attributes, but is not associated with a virtual identity pool, a message is displayed that the
physical identities are used for the deployment. Else, the
Deploy Template
wizard is displayed.
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Managing templates