Server Template

A Server Template bundles a set of policies and pools into a reusable profile that can be applied to multiple servers. Changes made to the template automatically propagate to all derived server profiles, enabling consistent configuration at scale. Templates are scoped to a target platform (FIAttached or Standalone).

Location in Intersight GUI: Templates » Server

Diagram

Classes

templates (compute.intersight.organizations)

Name	Type	Constraint	Mandatory	Default Value
server	List	[server]	No

server (compute.intersight.organizations.templates)

Name	Type	Constraint	Mandatory	Default Value
name	String	Regex: ^[a-zA-Z0-9_.:-]{1,64}$	Yes
description	String		No
managed	Boolean	true, false	No	true
tags	List	[tags]	No
target_platform	Choice	FIAttached, Standalone, UnifiedEdgeServer	No	FIAttached
bios_policy	String		No
boot_order_policy	String		No
imc_access_policy	String		No
ipmi_over_lan_policy	String		No
lan_connectivity_policy	String		No
local_user_policy	String		No
network_connectivity_policy	String		No
ntp_policy	String		No
power_policy	String		No
san_connectivity_policy	String		No
serial_over_lan_policy	String		No
smtp_policy	String		No
snmp_policy	String		No
ssh_policy	String		No
storage_policy	String		No
syslog_policy	String		No
thermal_policy	String		No
firmware_policy	String		No
virtual_kvm_policy	String		No
virtual_media_policy	String		No
uuid_pool	String		No

tags (compute.intersight.organizations.templates.server)

Name	Type	Constraint	Mandatory	Default Value
key	String		Yes
value	String		Yes

Examples

Example-1: Comprehensive FI-attached server template showing all available policy and pool references for a SAN-boot deployment.

compute:
  intersight:
    organizations:
      - name: MyOrganization
        templates:
          server:
            - name: fi-server-template
              description: FI-attached template for SAN-boot servers
              target_platform: FIAttached
              bios_policy: web-bios
              boot_order_policy: san-boot
              firmware_policy: prod-firmware
              imc_access_policy: inband-access
              lan_connectivity_policy: web-lan
              local_user_policy: standard-local-users
              san_connectivity_policy: fc-san
              ntp_policy: ntp-standard
              snmp_policy: snmp-standard
              syslog_policy: syslog-standard
              storage_policy: raid-standard
              power_policy: power-standard
              thermal_policy: thermal-standard
              virtual_kvm_policy: kvm-standard
              virtual_media_policy: vmedia-standard
              uuid_pool: uuid-pool-a
              tags:
                - key: env
                  value: prod

Example-2: Minimal Standalone server template for rack servers booting from local disk.

compute:
  intersight:
    organizations:
      - name: MyOrganization
        templates:
          server:
            - name: standalone-server-template
              target_platform: Standalone
              bios_policy: standalone-bios
              boot_order_policy: local-boot
              storage_policy: local-raid
              power_policy: power-standard
              thermal_policy: thermal-standard
              uuid_pool: uuid-pool-b