Users Guide

The Identity Pools page is displayed with the list of available identity pools and their key attributes.
2. Click Create.
The Create Identity Pool wizard is displayed.
3. Enter a name and description for the identity pool and click Next.
The Ethernet tab is displayed.
4. Select Include Ethernet virtual MAC Addresses to enter the Starting virtual MAC Address, select the Number of
Virtual MAC Identities you want, and click Next.
The MAC addresses can be in the following formats:
● AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF
● AA-BB-CC-DD-EE-FF
● AABB.CCDD.EEFF
You can choose to create the identity pools from iSCSI, FCoE, or FC.
The iSCSI tab is displayed.
5. Select the Include virtual iSCSI MAC Addresses to enter the Starting virtual MAC Address and select the Number of
iSCSI MAC addresses or IQN addresses you want.
6. Select the Configure iSCSI Initiator to enter the IQN Prefix.
The pool of IQN addresses is generated automatically by appending the generated number to the prefix in the format—<IQN
Prefix>.<number>
7. Select the Enable iSCSI Initiator IP Pool to enter the IP Address Range, Subnet Mask, Gateway, Primary DNS
Server, and Secondary DNS Server.
The iSCSI Initiator IP settings are used only when the iSCSI is configured for booting, and when the iSCSI Initiator
configuration through DHCP is disabled. When iSCSI Initiator configuration through DHCP is enabled, all these values are
obtained from a designated DHCP server.
The IP Address Range and Subnet Mask fields are used to specify a pool of IP addresses that OME–Modular can assign to a
device. The device can use the IP in the iSCSI Initiator configuration. Unlike the MAC address pools, a count is not specified
for the IP Address Range. The pool of IP addresses can also be used to generate the initiator IP. OME–Modular supports the
IPv4 format of IP addresses range in the following formats:
● A.B.C.D - W.X.Y.Z
● A.B.C.D-E, A.B.C.
● A.B.C.D/E—This format is a Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR) notation for IPv4.
A maximum of 64,000 IP addresses is allowed for a pool.
OME–Modular uses the Gateway, Primary DNS, and Secondary DNS server values while deploying a template instead of
using the values in the template.OME–Modular does not assign the Gateway, Primary DNS, and Secondary DNS server
values from the IP address pool, if the values are within the specified IP address range. The Gateway, Primary DNS, and
Secondary DNS server values serve as exclusions from the specified IP Address Range, when applicable.
8. You can select the Include FCoE Identity to enter the FIP MAC Address and select the number of Number of FCoE
Identities you want.
The WWPN/WWNN values are generated from the MAC address. The WWPN address is prefixed with 0x2001 while the
WWNN address is prefixed with 0x2000. This format is based on an algorithm similar to FlexAddresses.
9. Select the Include FC Identity to enter the Postfix (6 octets) and select the Number of WWPN/WWNN Addresses.
Viewing identity pools
You can view the details of the identity pool.
Select the required identity pool to view the summary and usage details of the identity pool
● Summary—Displays the Date Created, Last Updated, and protocol details of the identity pools.
● Usage—Displays the following details of the selected identity pools.
○ Conflict
○ Virtual MAC Address
○ State
○ Profile name
○ Chassis name
Managing identity pools
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