Users Guide

About FlexAddress Plus
The FlexAddress Plus is a new feature added to the feature card version 2.0. It is an upgrade from
FlexAddress feature card version 1.0. FlexAddress Plus contains more MAC addresses than the
FlexAddress feature. Both features allow the chassis to assign World Wide Name/Media Access Control
(WWN/MAC) addresses to Fibre Channel and Ethernet devices. Chassis assigned WWN/MAC addresses
are globally unique and specific to a server slot.
Activating FlexAddress
FlexAddress is delivered on a Secure Digital (SD) card that must be inserted into CMC to activate the
feature. To activate a FlexAddress feature, software updates may be required. If you are not activating
FlexAddress, these updates are not required. The updates (listed in the following table) include server
module BIOS and CMC firmware. You must apply these updates before you enable FlexAddress. If these
updates are not applied, the FlexAddress feature may not function as expected.
NOTE: FlexAddress cannot be activated on the DELL monolithic servers.
Table 24. Prerequisites for Activating FlexAddress
Component Minimum Required Version
Server Module BIOS
• M820
• M620
• M520
NOTE: The BIOS version for M520, M620, and M820 must be
1.7.6 or later.
NOTE: In case of a full–height server, Flex address is not
supported for the extension slots.
iDRAC7 Version 1.40.40 and later
LC–USC Version 1.1.5 and later
CMC Version 1.0 or later
To make sure proper deployment of the FlexAddress feature, update the BIOS and the firmware in the
following order:
1. Update the server module BIOS.
2. Update iDRAC firmware on the server module.
3. Update all CMC firmware in the chassis; if redundant CMCs are present, make sure both are updated.
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