Users Guide

Options Description

Identity Pool Select the virtual identity pool from which virtual identities (MAC

address and WWPN/WWNN) are selected for boot from SAN

deployment.

NOTE: After entering the information about PXE network in the respective field as described in the table above, ASM

will untag vLANs entered by the user in the PXE network on the switch server facing port. If there is vMotion and

Hypervisor network, for the entered information ASM tags these networks on the switch server-facing ports. If there is

Rack Server, ASM configures those vLANs on TOR server facing ports (untag PXE vLANs, and tag other vLANs). In the

case for Blade Servers, ASM configures those vLANs on the IOM server facing ports(untag PXE vLANs and tag other

vLANs).

NOTE: ASM does not only import basic settings from reference server but also imports all the BIOS settings and

advanced RAID configurations from the reference server and allows you to edit the configuration.

For some BIOS settings, they may become not applicable when other BIOS settings are applied. ASM does not correct these

setting dependencies. When setting advanced BIOS settings use caution and verify that BIOS settings on the hardware are

applicable when not choosing "Not Applicable" as an option. For example, when disabling SD card the settings for "Internal SD

Card Redundancy" becomes not applicable.

NOTE: You can edit any of the settings visible in the template, but many settings are hidden when using this option. For

example there are only 10 of the many BIOS settings that you can see and edit using template but All BIOS settings can

be configured so if you want to edit any of those settings that we don't get to see through template, you should edit

them prior to importing or uploading the file.

NOTE: The preceding note is applicable for Import Configuration from Reference Server, Import from Existing Template,

Select Reference Server.

NOTE: Validate settings shows which potential servers in inventory are compatible with the component configuration in

the template.

Adding New Interface

Under Network Settings, perform the following settings:

NOTE: Add New Interface is used to create a network interface to match to a network card on the server when

deploying a template.

1. On the server component page, under Network Settings, click Add New Interface. A new interface section is displayed.

NOTE: Add new interface feature is used to create an interface to match with the interface on the server before

deploying a template

2. Enter the following information for the new interface:

• Fabric Type — Select either any of the following options; Ethernet (NIC/CAN) or Fibre Channel (HBA).

• Port Layout — Select the NIC type from the drop-down menu.

• Partitioning — Select the Enable Partitioning Ports (NPAR) option to enable port partitioning.

NOTE: This option is not selected by default.

• Redundancy — Select the Duplicate port settings and configure teaming to enable duplicating port to create

redundancy.

NOTE: This option is not selected by default.

3. Enter the following information for each port or partition:

• Networks (vLAN) — Select the available network to use for data transmission.