Users Guide

To configure the auto deployment settings:
1. Click Preferences → Deployment Settings.
The Deployment Settings page is displayed.
2. Select or clear Enable auto deployment for recently discovered devices to enable or disable auto
deployment of device configuration.
3. Edit the Run auto deployment every xx Minutes field based on your preference.
4. Click Apply.
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Auto Deploying Device Configurations
Setting Up Device Configuration Auto Deployment
The Setup Auto Deployment task enables you to deploy a configuration template, which includes a set of
configuration attributes, to devices that you will discover at a later time. Deploying a device configuration
template on the devices ensures that the devices are uniformly configured.
Before you create a device configuration auto deployment task, ensure that:
• The deployment file share is configured. For more information, see Configuring the Deployment File
Share.
• The auto deployment setting is enabled and configured. For more information, see Configuring Auto
Deployment Settings.
• The Service Tag of each target device is available in a .csv file. The Service Tags should be listed under
the title ServiceTag in the .csv file.
• You have either created a device configuration template or cloned a sample template.
• The target devices meet the requirements specified in Device Requirements for Deployment and
Compliance Tasks.
• The OpenManage Essentials — Server Configuration Management license is installed on all target
servers. For more information, see OpenManage Essentials — Server Configuration Management
License.
CAUTION: Deploying a configuration template on a device may result in potentially destructive
changes to the device configuration including performance, connectivity, and ability to boot the
device.
To auto deploy the configuration template on devices that will be discovered at a later time:
1. Click Deployment.
The Deployment Portal is displayed.
2. Perform one of the following:
• In the Common Tasks pane, click Setup Auto Deployment.
• Click Auto Deployment, and then click Add Devices.
The Setup Auto Deployment wizard is displayed.
3. On the Deploy Options page:
a. If you want to auto deploy a configuration template and an operating system, you can select both
the Deploy Template and Boot to Network ISO options. Separate tasks are created for each
operation.
b. If you want to use the configuration template to verify the compliance status of the device after
the deployment, select
Use this template for checking compliance after deployment.
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