Users Guide

Adding Virtual IQN Identities
At a time, you can add as less as one and as many as 1,024 virtual IQN identities at one time. The
maximum number of virtual IQN identities that ASM can manage is 16,000.
1. On the
Virtual IQN page of the Create Virtual Identity Pool wizard, in the Number of Virtual iSCSI
Identities box type the total number of virtual IQN identities that you want to add (any whole number
between 1 and 1,024).
2. In the
IQN Prefix box, type the IQN prefix that to be added at the beginning of the IQN.
Examples of possible prefixes include product types, serial numbers, host identifiers, and software
keys.
NOTE
: The IQN prefix cannot exceed 213 characters, must contain only alphanumeric
characters (uppercase and lowercase), and the following special characters: – _ , : .
3. Select
Auto Generate Identities if needed during deployments check box to automatically generate
the Virtual IQN addresses during the deployment, if required.
Adding Virtual WWPN Identities
At a time, you can add as few as one and as many as 1,024 virtual WWPN identities. The maximum
number of virtual WWPN identities that ASM can manage is 16,000.
1. On the
Virtual WWPN page of the Create Virtual Identity Pool wizard, in the Number of Virtual
WWPN Identities box, type the total number of virtual WWPN identities that you want to add (any
whole number between 1 and 1,024).
2. From
WWPN Prefix drop-down list, select the WWPN prefix to be added to the beginning of the
WWPN.
3. Select
Auto Generate Identities if needed during deployments check box to automatically generate
the Virtual WWPN addresses during the deployment, if required.
Adding Virtual WWNN Identities
At a time, you can add as few as one and as many as 1,024 virtual WWNN identities. The maximum
number of virtual WWNN identities that ASM can manage is 16,000.
1. On the
Virtual WWNN page of the Create Virtual Identity Pool wizard, in Number of Virtual WWNN
Identities type the total number of virtual WWNN identities that you want to add (any whole number
between 1 and 1,024).
2. From the
WWNN Prefix drop-down list, select the WWNN prefix to be added to the beginning of the
WWNN.
3. Select
Auto Generate Identities if needed during deployments check box if you want to
automatically generate the Virtual WWNN addresses during the deployment.
Deleting Virtual Identity Pools
NOTE
: You cannot delete a Global virtual identity pool, and you cannot delete the virtual identity
pools that are currently associated with a template or if the virtual identity pools contain identities in
an Assigned or
Reserved state.
1. In the left pane, click
Settings, and then click Virtual Identity Pools.
2. On the
Virtual Identity Pools page, select the check boxes next to the virtual identity pools that you
want to delete, and then click Delete.
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