Users Guide

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 NIC, 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.

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

2. Select the target device on which you want to deploy the template, configure the iDRAC management IP settings, and

schedule the deployment.

Deploying templates from Template Details page

To deploy a template from the Template Details page:

1. On the Template Details page, click Deploy Template.

Managing templates