Managing Virtual Mac Address Pool; Creating Mac Pool; Adding Mac Addresses; Removing Mac Addresses - Dell EMC PowerEdge VRTX User Manual

For more information, see the CMC Online Help.

Managing Virtual MAC Address Pool

You can create, add, remove, and deactivate MAC addresses by using the Managing Virtual MAC Address Pool. You can only use
unicast MAC addresses in the Virtual MAC Address Pool. The following MAC address ranges are allowed in CMC.
• 02:00:00:00:00:00 - F2:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF
• 06:00:00:00:00:00 - F6:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF
• 0A:00:00:00:00:00 - FA:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF
• 0E:00:00:00:00:00 - FE:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF
To view the Manage Virtual MAC Address option by the CMC web interface, in the system tree, go to Chassis Overview → Server
Overview. Click Setup → Profiles → Boot Identity Profiles. The Manage Virtual MAC Address Pool section is displayed.
NOTE: The virtual MAC Addresses are managed in the vmacdb.xml file in the network share. A hidden lock file
(.vmacdb.lock) is added and removed from the network share to serialize boot identity operations from multiple chassis.

Creating MAC Pool

You can create MAC pool in the network by using the Manage Virtual MAC Address Pool option available in the CMC web
interface.
NOTE: The Create MAC Pool section is displayed only if the MAC address database (vmacdb.xml) is not available in the
network share. In this case, the Add MAC Address and Remove MAC Address options are disabled.
To create a MAC pool:
1. Go to the Server Profiles page. In the Boot Identity Profiles → Manage Virtual MAC Address Pool section.
2. Enter the starting MAC address of the MAC address pool in the Starting MAC Address field.
3. Enter the count of the MAC addresses in the Number of MAC Addresses field.
4. Click Create MAC Pool to create the MAC address pool.
After the MAC address database is created in the network share, the Manage Virtual MAC Address Pool displays the list and
status of the MAC addresses that are stored in the network share. This section now enables you to add or remove MAC
addresses from the MAC Address Pool.

Adding MAC Addresses

You can add a range of MAC addresses to the network share by using the Add MAC Addresses option available in the CMC web
interface.
NOTE: You cannot add a MAC address that exists in the MAC address pool. An error is displayed indicating that the
newly added MAC address exists in the pool.
To add MAC addresses to the network share:
1. Go to the Server Profiles page. In the Boot Identity Profiles → Manage Virtual MAC Address Pool section, click Add MAC
Addresses.
2. Enter the starting MAC address of the MAC address pool in the Starting MAC Address field.
3. Enter the count of the MAC addresses that you want to add, in the Number of MAC Addresses field.
The valid values are from 1 to 3000.
4. Click OK to add MAC addresses.
For more information, see the CMC Online Help.
For more information, see the CMC for Dell PowerEdge FX2/FX2s Online Help.

Removing MAC Addresses

You can remove a range of MAC addresses from the network share by using the Remove MAC Addresses option available in the
CMC web interface.
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