Users Guide

The Network Interfaces page displays all the network interfaces that are available on the host
operating system.
2. To view the list of network interfaces associated with a network device, from the Network Device
FQDD drop-down menu, select a network device and click Apply.
The OS IP details are displayed in the Host OS Network Interfaces section.
3. From the Device FQDD column, click on the network device link.
The corresponding device page is displayed from the Hardware → Network Devices section, where
you can view the device details. For information about the properties, see the iDRAC Online Help.
4. For each network device, click the icon to display the additional details.
Similarly, you can view the host OS network interface information associated with a network device
from the
Hardware → Network Devices page. Click View Host OS Network Interfaces.
NOTE: For the ESXi host OS in the iDRAC Service Module v2.3.0 or later, the Description
column in the Additional Details list is displayed in the following format:
<List-of-Uplinks-Configured-on-the-vSwitch>/<Port-Group>/<Interface-
name>
Viewing network interfaces available on host OS using RACADM
Use the gethostnetworkinterfaces command to view the network interfaces available on the host
operating systems using RACADM. For more information, see the iDRAC RACADM Command Line
Reference Guide available at dell.com/esmmanuals.
Viewing FlexAddress mezzanine card fabric connections
In blade servers, FlexAddress allows the use of persistent, chassis-assigned World Wide Names and MAC
addresses (WWN/MAC) for each managed server port connection.
You can view the following information for each installed embedded Ethernet and optional mezzanine
card port:
• Fabrics to which the cards are connected.
• Type of fabric.
• Server-assigned, chassis-assigned, or remotely assigned MAC addresses.
To view the Flex Address information in iDRAC, configure and enable the Flex Address feature in Chassis
Management Controller (CMC). For more information, see the Dell Chassis Management Controller User
Guide available at dell.com/support/manuals. Any existing Virtual Console or Virtual Media session
terminates if the FlexAddress setting is enabled or disabled.
NOTE: To avoid errors that may lead to an inability to turn on the managed system, you must have
the correct type of mezzanine card installed for each port and fabric connection.
The FlexAddress feature replaces the server–assigned MAC addresses with chassis–assigned MAC
addresses and is implemented for iDRAC along with blade LOMs, mezzanine cards and I/O modules. The
iDRAC FlexAddress feature supports preservation of slot specific MAC address for iDRACs in a chassis.
The chassis–assigned MAC address is stored in CMC non–volatile memory and is sent to iDRAC during
an iDRAC boot or when CMC FlexAddress is enabled.
If CMC enables chassis–assigned MAC addresses, iDRAC displays the MAC address on any of the
following pages:
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