Users Guide

Virtual/Flex Address and Persistence Policy behavior when iDRAC is set to
Flex Address mode or Console mode
The following table describes the Virtual address management (VAM) configuration and Persistence
Policy behavior depending on Flex Address feature state in CMC, mode set in iDRAC, I/O Identity feature
state in iDRAC, and XML configuration.
Flex Address
Feature State in
CMC
Mode set in
iDRAC
IO Identity
Feature State in
iDRAC
XML
Configuration
Persistence
Policy
Clear
Persistence
Policy —
Virtual Address
Flex Address
enabled
FlexAddress
Mode
Enabled Virtual address
management
(VAM)
configured
Configured
VAM persists
Set to Flex
Address
Flex Address
enabled
FlexAddress
Mode
Enabled VAM not
configured
Set to Flex
Address
No persistence
— Is set to Flex
Address
Flex Address
enabled
Flex Address
Mode
Disabled Configured
using the path
provided in
Lifecycle
Controller
Set to Flex
Address for that
cycle
No persistence
— Is set to Flex
Address
Flex Address
enabled
Flex Address
Mode
Disabled VAM not
configured
Set to Flex
Address
Set to Flex
Address
Flex Address
disabled
Flex Address
Mode
Enabled VAM configured Configured
VAM persists
Persistence
only — clear is
not possible
Flex Address
disabled
Flex Address
Mode
Enabled VAM not
configured
Set to hardware
MAC address
No persistence
supported.
Depends on
card behavior
Flex Address
disabled
Flex Address
Mode
Disabled Configured
using the path
provided in
Lifecycle
Controller
Lifecycle
Controller
configuration
persists for that
cycle
No persistence
supported.
Depends on
card behavior
Flex Address
disabled
Flex Address
Mode
Disabled VAM not
configured
Set to hardware
MAC address
Set to hardware
MAC address
Flex Address
enabled
Console Mode Enabled VAM configured Configured
VAM persists
Both
persistence and
clear must work
Flex Address
enabled
Console Mode Enabled VAM not
configured
Set to hardware
MAC address
Set to hardware
MAC address
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