Users Guide

Exporting Boot Identity Profiles
You can export a boot identity profiles that are saved on the network share to a specified path on a
management station.
To export a stored profile, perform the following tasks:
1. Go to the Server Profiles page. In the Boot Identity Profiles → Stored Profiles section, select the
required profile and then click
Export Profile.
A File Download message is displayed prompting you to open or save the file.
2. Click Save or Open to export the profile to the required location.
Deleting Boot Identity Profiles
You can delete a boot identity profile that is stored on the network share.
To delete a stored profile, perform the following tasks::
1. Go to the Server Profiles page. In the Boot Identity Profiles → Stored Profiles section, select the
required profile, and then click Delete Profile.
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.
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