Users Guide

uniquely identify a server on a network and also determine how the server communicates with a network resource using a
specific protocol. Using OpenManage Enterprise, you can automatically generate and assign virtual identity attributes to the I/O
interfaces of a server.
Servers deployed by using a device deployment template that contains virtual I/O identities are known as 'stateless.' Stateless
deployments enable you to create a server environment that is dynamic and flexible. For example, deploying a server with virtual
I/O identities in a boot-from-SAN environment enables you to quickly do the following:
● Replace a failing or failed server by moving the I/O identity of the server to another spare server.
● Deploy additional servers to increase the computing capability during high workload.
The OpenManage Enteprise > Configuration > Identity Poolspage allows you to create, edit, delete, or export virtual I/O
pools.
NOTE:
● To perform any tasks on OpenManage Enterprise, you must have necessary role-based user privileges and scope-based
operational access to the devices. Role and scope-based access control in OpenManage Enterprise on page 15
● Scope based restrictions don't apply to identity pools, therefore, all identify pools can viewed and used by all user types.
However, once the identities are assigned by a device manager, then only those identities can be viewed and used by
that device manager.
Create Identity Pool - Pool Information
Identity pools are used for template-based deployment on servers to virtualize the network identity for the following:
● Ethernet
● iSCSI
● Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE)
● Fibre Channel (FC)
You can create a maximum of 5000 identity pools in each of these categories.
The server deployment process fetches the next available identity from the pool and uses while providing a server from the
template description. You can then migrate the profile from one server to another without losing access to the network or
storage resources in your environment.
You can edit the number of entries in the pool. However, you cannot reduce the number of entries less than those assigned or
reserved. You can also delete the entries that are not assigned or reserved.
NOTE:
Edit Identity Pool fails when the identities range overlaps. The swapping is not allowed, if you have identity pools
configured for Ethernet, FCoE, and iSCSI and you try editing and swapping the starting address which is overlapping with
the existing range. To swap the starting MAC address, you must move it out of the conflicting range one section at a time.
Pool Name Enter a name of the identity pool. The pool name can have a maximum length of 255 characters.
Description Enter a description for the identity pool. The maximum length of the description is 255 characters.
Actions
Next
Displays the Ethernet tab.
Finish Saves the changes and displays the Identity Pools page.
Cancel Closes the Create Identity Pool wizard without saving the changes.
Identity pools
An identity pool is a collection of one or more virtual identity types that are required for network communication. An identity
pool can contain a combination of any of the following virtual identity types:
● Ethernet identities
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Manage device deployment templates