Users Guide

Deleting Boot Identity Proles

You can delete a boot identity prole that is stored on the network share.

To delete a stored prole, perform the following tasks::

Go to the Server Proles page. In the Boot Identity Proles > Stored Proles section, select the required prole, and then click

Delete Prole.

A warning message is displayed indicating that deleting a prole would delete the selected prole permanently.

2 Click OK to delete the selected prole.

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 > Proles > Boot Identity Proles. The Manage Virtual MAC Address Pool section is displayed.

NOTE

: The virtual MAC Addresses are managed in the vmacdb.xml le in the network share. A hidden lock le (.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 Proles page. In the Boot Identity Proles > Manage Virtual MAC Address Pool section.

2 Enter the starting MAC address of the MAC address pool in the Starting MAC Address eld.

3 Enter the count of the MAC addresses in the Number of MAC Addresses eld.

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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