Users Guide

A warning message is displayed indicating that deleting a profile would delete the selected profile
permanently.
2. Click OK to delete the selected profile.
For more information, see the CMC Online Help.
Managing Virtual MAC Address Pool
You can create, add, remove, and deactivate MAC addresses by using the Managing Virtual MAC Address
Pool. You can only use unicast MAC addresses in the Virtual MAC Address Pool. The following MAC
address ranges are allowed in CMC.
• 02:00:00:00:00:00 - F2:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF
• 06:00:00:00:00:00 - F6:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF
• 0A:00:00:00:00:00 - FA:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF
• 0E:00:00:00:00:00 - FE:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF
To view the Manage Virtual MAC Address option by the CMC web interface, in the system tree, go to
Chassis Overview → Server Overview. Click Setup → Profiles → Boot Identity Profiles. The Manage
Virtual MAC Address Pool section is displayed.
NOTE: The virtual MAC Addresses are managed in the vmacdb.xml file in the network share. A
hidden lock file (.vmacdb.lock) is added and removed from the network share to serialize boot
identity operations from multiple chassis.
Creating MAC Pool
You can create MAC pool in the network by using the Manage Virtual MAC Address Pool option available
in the CMC web interface.
NOTE: The Create MAC Pool section is displayed only if the MAC address database (vmacdb.xml) is
not available in the network share. In this case, the Add MAC Address and Remove MAC Address
options are disabled.
To create a MAC pool:
1. Go to the Server Profiles page. In the Boot Identity Profiles → Manage Virtual MAC Address Pool
section.
2. Enter the starting MAC address of the MAC address pool in the Starting MAC Address field.
3. Enter the count of the MAC addresses in the Number of MAC Addresses field.
4. Click Create MAC Pool to create the MAC address pool.
After the MAC address database is created in the network share, the Manage Virtual MAC Address
Pool displays the list and status of the MAC addresses that are stored in the network share. This
section now enables you to add or remove MAC addresses from the MAC Address Pool.
Adding MAC Addresses
You can add a range of MAC addresses to the network share by using the Add MAC Addresses option
available in the CMC web interface.
NOTE: You cannot add a MAC address that exists in the MAC address pool. An error is displayed
indicating that the newly added MAC address exists in the pool.
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