This section explains the concept for separating tenants of address pools.
MAC addresses and WWNs can be stored together in an address pool. However, as the required resources differ based on the types of servers and server virtualization software, when managing different servers, division of the access pool simplifies management. The method of division should be matched to that of the server pool.
MAC address (Media Access Control address) | WWN | |
|---|---|---|
Blade servers (VIOM is required) | Yes | Yes |
Rack mount servers (HBA address rename is required) | No | Yes |
Yes: Necessary
No: Not necessary
MAC address (Media Access Control address) | WWN | |
|---|---|---|
RHEL5-Xen, KVM | Yes | No |
Excluding RHEL5-Xen, KVM | No | No |
Yes: Necessary
No: Not necessary
In the following cases, separate address pools:
When separating the LAN for each tenant, and registering MAC addresses for firewalls etc.
When separating the SAN for each tenant, and setting WWNs for fibre channel switch zoning
When using software that is aware of MAC addresses for license authentication etc.
