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Dell EMC PowerEdge MX Networking SmartFabric Deployment How to Create Identity Pools

Summary: How to create Identity (ID) Pools in the Dell EMC PowerEdge MX Networking SmartFabric infrastructure.

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Instructions

Create identity pools

 
Identity pools are recommended, but not required. Virtual identity pools are used with server templates to automate network onboarding of computing sleds. Perform the following steps to create an ID pool.
 
For more details, see the Create Identity Pools section of the Dell EMC PowerEdge MX Networking Deployment Guide 
 
Steps
 
1. Open the OME-M console.
2. From the navigation menu, click Configuration, then click Identity Pools.
3. In the Network panel, click Create. The Create Identity Pool window displays.
4. Type Ethernet CNA into the Pool Name box.
5. Optionally, enter a description in the Description box.
6. Click Next.
7. Click to select the Include Ethernet Virtual MAC Addresses option.
8. In the Starting MAC Address box, type a unique MAC address (for example, 06:3C:F9:A4:CC:00).
9. Type 255 in the Number of Virtual MAC Identities box, click Next, then click Next again.
10. Select the Include FCoE Identity option if using FCoE.
11. In the Starting MAC Address box, type a unique MAC address (for example, 06:3C:F9:A4:CD:00).
12. Type 255 in the Number of FCoE identities box for FCoE scenarios.
13. Click Finish, then click Finish again.


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See this video on How to Create Identity Pools.


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For more details, see the Create Identity Pools section of the Dell EMC PowerEdge MX Networking Deployment Guide 

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Affected Products

MX Series, Dell EMC Networking MX5108n, Dell EMC Networking MX7116n, Dell EMC Networking MX9116n, PowerEdge MX7000
Article Properties
Article Number: 000192287
Article Type: How To
Last Modified: 30 Nov 2021
Version:  2
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