Users Guide

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.

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 identity which is defined by the Media Access Control (MAC) address. MAC addresses are required for Ethernet (LAN)

communications.

• Fibre Channel (FC) identity which is defined by the World Wide Node Name (WWNN) and World Wide Port Name (WWPN). A

WWNN identity is assigned to a node (device) in an FC fabric and may be shared by some or all ports of a device. A WWPN identity is

assigned to each port in an FC fabric and is unique to each port. WWNN and WWPN identities are required to support boot-from-SAN

and for data access using FC and Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) protocols.

• iSCSI identity which is defined by the iSCSI Qualified Name (IQN). IQN identities are required to support boot-from-SAN by using the

iSCSI protocol.

OpenManage Enterprise uses the identity pools to automatically assign virtual identities to the device template that is used for deploying a

server.

Create identity pools

You can create an identity pool that contains one or more virtual identity types.

To create a pool of virtual identity types:

1. On the Configuration page, click Identity Pools.

2. Click Create.

3. In the Create Identity Pool dialog box, under Pool Information:

a) Enter a unique name for the identity pool and an appropriate description.

b) Click Next.

4. In the Ethernet section:

a) Select the Include ethernet virtual MAC addresses check box to include the MAC addresses.

b) Enter a starting MAC address and specify the number of virtual MAC identities to be created.

Manage device configuration templates