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

compute

Name	Type	Constraint	Mandatory	Default Value
intersight	Class	intersight	No

intersight (compute)

Name	Type	Constraint	Mandatory	Default Value
organizations	List	organizations	No

organizations (compute.intersight)

Name	Type	Constraint	Mandatory	Default Value
templates	Class	templates	No

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