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Configuring persistence policy settings

Using IO identity, you can configure policies specifying the system reset and power cycle behaviors that determine the persistence

or clearance of the virtual address, initiator, and storage target settings. Each individual persistence policy attribute applies to all

ports and partitions of all applicable devices in the system. The device behavior changes between auxiliary powered devices and

non-auxiliary powered devices.

NOTE: The Persistence Policy feature may not work when set to default, if the VirtualAddressManagement attribute is

set to FlexAddress mode on iDRAC and if the FlexAddress feature is disabled in CMC. Ensure that you set the

VirtualAddressManagement attribute to Console mode in iDRAC or enable the FlexAddress feature in CMC.

You can configure the following persistence policies:

• Virtual Address: Auxiliary powered devices

• Virtual Address: Non-Auxiliary powered devices

• Initiator

• Storage target

Before applying the persistence policy, make sure to:

• Inventory the network hardware at least once, that is, enabled Collect System Inventory On Restart.

• Enable I/O Identity Optimization.

Events are logged to the Lifecycle Controller log when:

• I/O Identity Optimization is enabled or disabled.

• Persistence policy is changed.

• Virtual address, initiator and target values are set based on the policy. A single log entry is logged for the configured devices and

the values that are set for those devices when the policy is applied.

Event actions are enabled for SNMP, email, or WS-eventing notifications. Logs are also included in the remote syslogs.

Default values for persistence policy

Persistence Policy

AC Power Loss Cold Boot Warm Boot

Virtual Address: Auxiliary

Powered Devices

Not selected Selected Selected

Virtual Address: Non-Auxiliary

Powered Devices

Not selected Not selected Selected

Initiator Selected Selected Selected

Storage Target Selected Selected Selected

NOTE: When a persistent policy is disabled and when you perform the action to lose the virtual address, re-enabling the

persistent policy does not retrieve the virtual address. You must set the virtual address again after you enable the

persistent policy.

NOTE: If there is a persistence policy in effect and the virtual addresses, initiator, or storage targets are set on a CNA-

device partition, do not reset or clear the values configured for virtual addresses, initiator, and storage targets before

changing the VirtualizationMode or the personality of the partition. The action is performed automatically when you

disable the persistence policy. You can also use a configuration job to explicitly set the virtual address attributes to 0s

and the initiator and storage targets values as defined in iSCSI initiator and storage target default values.