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25 Deployment and Migration of Boot from SAN Configuration using Dell EMC OpenManage Enterprise version
3.3.1
4.4 Associate an FC-defined identity pool to the captured base system
template
Identity pool association is a critical step in the ‘stateless’ deployment. In this step the base system template
is linked with the FC identity pool, which would be applied to the target servers’ FC ports during deployment.
Link establishment to SAN target using virtual identities keeps the data image of the LUN mobile and portable
to another identical server in case of failure.
Note: Post deployment, the associated Identity pool is attached to the server template and cannot be modified.
The below mentioned steps must be followed to associate an FC-defined identity pool to a template.
1. Go to the Deploy page by clicking Configuration > Deploy.
2. Select the base system template and click Edit Network.
3. Select the FC Identity pool from the Identity pool dropdown.
Creation of a
Base System
Capture
Template
Identity Pool
Creation
Associate
Identities
Deploy Template
Booting to SAN
via FC