Creating or importing an address manager template

You can create or import an address manager template.

1. Select the Templates tab.
2. Right-click Address Manager Template.
   
3. Select the Import or Create choice:
   • Import

     Select this choice to import an existing Blade Address Manager .csv configuration file. Specify a name for the imported file. Use this as a starting point to edit, then create a new configuration file based on the imported configuration.

   • Create

     Select this choice to add a chassis to the configuration and specify a name for the template.

4. Select the Ethernet, Fibre Channel, or SAS tab to enter or view the generic configuration information.
   • Ethernet
     • To assign Ethernet MAC addresses to bays, click the Enable check box. Then select IBM in the drop down list to automatically assign addresses. Select User Defined in the drop down list to edit the MAC address range.
       Some Ethernet expansion cards have a range of MAC addresses per port. The range is defined by specifying two MAC addresses per port: MAC A and MAC B. To define a range of MAC addresses for a port, click the Use a range of MAC addresses check box. Then, specify a value from 1 to 255 in the Range field.

       Note: The default values allow the JS22 and JS12 onboard HEA Ethernet adapter to use virtual addresses. A ranging Ethernet address must be applied to port 1 and the minimum value allowed is 16. Even though the 16 MAC range for the onboard HEA adapter is declared via port 1, the actual routing of the 16 MAC range is determined by the operating system configuration.
     • Define the generic VLAN ID.
     • Define port ranging and applicable ports.
     • Select Use virtual ports to include virtual ports in the template. Virtual ports allow additional virtualization across physical ports and use the Ethernet address range that is assigned to the physical ports. Each virtual port can have its own associated MAC address or VLAN ID. Physical ports 5 and 7 each have four associated virtual ports that share the bandwidth of the physical ports.
   • Fibre Channel
     • To assign Fibre Channel WWN addresses to bays, click the Enable check box. Select either Qlogic or Emulex to automatically assign addresses. Select User Defined to edit the Fibre Channel address range.
       Valid address range for Qlogic:

       • First port: 21:80:00:E0:8B:0X:XX:XX
       • Second port: 21:81:00:E0:8B:2X:XX:XX
       Valid address range for Emulex:

       • WWNN: 2F:FE:00:00:C9:XX:XX:XX through 2F:FF:00:00:C9:XX:XX:XX
       • WWPN: 2F:FC:00:00:C9:XX:XX:XX through 2F:FD:00:00:C9:XX:XX:XX
     • Define WWN stepping.
     • Select and define the boot targets.
   • SAS
     • To assign storage target WWPN addresses to bays, click the Enable check box. Then, select the Vendor type and enter the range of addresses.
       • IBM Valid address range: 50:05:07:60:1A:80:00:00h to 50:05:07:60:1A:BF:FF:FFh
       • LSI Valid address range: 50:00:62:B0:00:11:17:00h to 50:00:62:B0:00:12:16:FFh
     • Define SAS stepping.
     • Select and define the boot targets.
5. Click Next to view Advanced Settings. Use Advanced Settings to change the configuration settings for an individual chassis, blade, or port.
   • Enable or disable individual blades.
   • Define additional blade offsets for multi-wide blade support.
   • Edit settings for individual ports:
     • Enable or disable the port
     • Modify associated addresses
     • Modify VLAN IDs
   • Edit boot targets for individual blades.