Serial Numbers

Serial numbers are generated in pools of 128 to 46656 elements. By default, the appliance has 46,000 serial numbers.

In the Edit screen, by default, virtual addresses and identifiers are enabled so server profiles will be configured with virtual addresses and identifiers.

You can assign the following types of addresses:
  • Generated: Assigned during appliance setup. Serial numbers are prefixed with VCG.
  • Custom: Defines the starting and ending addresses. Serial numbers are prefixed with VCU.
There can be more than one of each type of pool: multiple autogenerated and custom pools.
NOTE:
  • If you enable one or more virtual addresses or identifiers, a newly created server profile will be able to use them. When you disable virtual addresses, server profiles can only use physical addresses and identifiers.

    There must be at least one enabled pool range.

  • For the starting address in the pool, when you enable virtual addresses or identifiers, the predefined range is selected. The predefined range is large and randomly generated to prevent conflicts between profiles created in different realms.

    You can only assign a serial number with the prefix of VCU to prevent collisions with VCM and VCEM-defined ranges.

    Example:
    • VCU97JK000 – VCU97JK35R is a range of 4096 serial numbers.

You can remove the pool of identifiers and make them unavailable.

The Add auto-generated button generates a pool of 46656 identifiers and is available only when editing. The Add custom range button generates a user-supplied pool of identifiers and is available only when editing.

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