Users Guide

Overview of stateless deployment
To deploy a device configuration template with virtual identity attributes on target devices, do the following:
1. Create a device template—Click Create Template task under the Deploy tab to create a device template. You can select to
create the template from either a configuration file or a reference device.
2. Create an identity pool—Click the Create task under the Identity Pools tab to create a pool of one or more virtual identity types.
3. Assign virtual identities to a device template—Select a device template from the Templates pane, and click Edit Network to
assign an identity pool to the device template. You can also select the Tagged and Untagged network, and assign the minimum and
maximum bandwidth to the ports.
4. Deploy the device template on target devices—Use the Deploy Template task under the Deploy tab to deploy the device
template and virtual identities on the target devices.
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 identities
The Identities which are defined by the Media Access Control (MAC) address. MAC addresses are required for Ethernet (LAN)
communications.
• iSCSI identities
The Identities which are defined by the iSCSI Qualified Name (IQN). IQN identities are required to support boot-from-SAN by using
the iSCSI protocol.
• Fibre Channel (FC) identities
The Identities which are 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.
• Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) identities
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