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Identity Pools in OpenManage Enterprise
20 Advanced Server Configuration in Dell EMC OpenManage Enterprise 3.0
Identity pool wizard iSCSI section
3.3.3 FCoE Identities
FCoE identities refers to the configuration attributes that provide a unique virtual identity for FCoE operations
on a network. The FCoE page of the Identity Pool wizard is used to define a sub-pool to use for generating
unique FCoE virtual identities. The generated identities are used for booting from an FCoE-based repository.
The following values are specified to define a sub-pool for generating unique FCoE virtual identities:
 Starting Virtual MAC Address, Count
This pool functions the same as the Virtual MAC Address identities for Ethernet (and has the same value
constraints), but is reserved for FCoE identities only. An FCoE virtual MAC address is required whenever
deploying a template in which FCoE operations are enabled.
FCoE provides Fibre Channel support on an Ethernet network. The endpoints use Fibre Channel addressing,
but data packets (containing FC payloads) traverse an Ethernet network. Therefore, FCoE requires both
virtual MAC addresses, for sending packets on the Ethernet network, and virtual FC addresses (that is, virtual
WWNN and virtual WWPN values), for Fibre Channel operations by the endpoints.
OpenManage Enterprise generates all necessary FCoE virtual identities using the FCoE Virtual MAC Address
range specified for a pool. It can do this because MAC addresses are 6-octet values and FC addresses are 8-
octet values. OpenManage Enterprise uses the FCoE Virtual MAC Address range to generate unique MAC
virtual addresses for the Ethernet virtual identity. It also uses that range to generate unique virtual WWNN