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Beta feature. Untested in &PRODUCT; 3.0.3. Provided without guarantee of performance. Before you can create a bare metal template, you must have performed several other installation and setup steps to create a bare metal cluster and environment. See Bare Metal Installation in the Installation Guide. It is assumed you already have a directory named "win7_64bit" on your CIFS server, containing the image for the bare metal instance. This directory and image are set up as part of the Bare Metal Installation procedure. Log in to the &PRODUCT; UI as an administrator or end user. In the left navigation bar, click Templates. Click Create Template. In the dialog box, enter the following values. Name. Short name for the template. Display Text. Description of the template. URL. The directory name which contains image file on your CIFS server. For example, win7_64bit. Zone. All Zones. OS Type. Select the OS type of the ISO image. Choose other if the OS Type of the ISO is not listed or if the ISO is not bootable. Hypervisor. BareMetal. Format. BareMetal. Password Enabled. No. Public. No. Featured. Choose Yes if you would like this template to be more prominent for users to select. Only administrators may make templates featured.