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CHAPTER 19
Configuring MAC Pools
This chapter includes the following sections:
• MAC Pools, page 295
• Creating a MAC Pool, page 295
• Deleting a MAC Pool, page 296
MAC Pools
A MAC pool is a collection of network identities, or MAC addresses, that are unique in their layer 2
environment and are available to be assigned to vNICs on a server. If you use MAC pools in service profiles,
you do not have to manually configure the MAC addresses to be used by the server associated with the service
profile.
In a system that implements multi-tenancy, you can use the organizational hierarchy to ensure that MAC pools
can only be used by specific applications or business services. Cisco UCS Manager uses the name resolution
policy to assign MAC addresses from the pool.
To assign a MAC address to a server, you must include the MAC pool in a vNIC policy. The vNIC policy is
then included in the service profile assigned to that server.
You can specify your own MAC addresses or use a group of MAC addresses provided by Cisco.
Creating a MAC Pool
Procedure
Step 1
In the Navigation pane, click the LAN tab.
Step 2
In the LAN tab, expand LAN > Pools
Step 3
Expand the node for the organization where you want to create the pool.
If the system does not include multitenancy, expand the root node.
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