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6 Deployment and Migration of Boot from SAN Configuration using Dell EMC OpenManage Enterprise version
3.3.1
2 Configure boot from SAN operation using OpenManage
Enterprise – overview
OpenManage Enterprise provisions the configuration of servers to support boot from SAN using iSCSI, FCoE
or FC protocols using the ‘stateless’ computing concepts. It applies virtual identities like virtual iSCSI MAC
address, user‐defined iSCSI IQNs and iSCSI IP addresses. Similarly, in case of FCoE and FC protocols,
OMEnterprise applies virtual identities such as FIP MAC address, virtual Worldwide Port Name to the target
servers.
Virtual identities or user‐defined identities are required to ensure that the LUNs on which the operating systems
are installed are not physically attached or ‘tied’ to a target server. In the event of a server failure, these virtual
identities can be quickly moved to another identical server with a minimal impact on operations.
OpenManage Enterprise uses the existing template deployment feature to accomplish the boot-from-SAN
configurations on the target servers. Please refer the Deployment whitepaper for more details.
The following sections describe the configuration of Boot from SAN on a Target server for iSCSI and FC protocol
using OMEnterprise.