Dell Chassis Management Controller Version 3.0 for Dell EMC PowerEdge VRTX User's Guide

Viewing FlexAddress Activation Status

A Feature Card contains one or more of the following features: FlexAddress, FlexAddress Plus, and/or Extended Storage.

To view the chassis FlexAddress status using the CMC web interface, click Chassis Overview > Setup.

The General Chassis Settings page is displayed.

The FlexAddress has a value Active or Not Active. The value Active indicates that the feature is installed on the chassis and Not Active indicates that the feature is not installed and not in use on the chassis.

Run the following RACADM command to view the SD feature card status:

racadm featurecard -s

The following message is displayed:

Active CMC:
The feature card inserted is valid, serial number CN0H871T1374036T00MXA00
The feature card contains the following feature(s)
       FlexAddress: bound
       FlexAddressPlus: bound
       ExtendedStorage: bound
Standby CMC:
The feature card contains the following feature(s)
       ExtendedStorage: bound

NOTE The secondary CMC is optional and the output for the standby CMC is displayed only if the standby CMC is available in the chassis.

Table 1. Status Messages Returned by the featurecard -s CommandThe following table contains messages returned by the featurecard —s command.
Status Message	Actions
No feature card inserted.	Check CMC to verify that the SD card was properly inserted. In a redundant CMC configuration, ensure that the CMC with the SD feature card installed is the active CMC and not the standby CMC.
The feature card inserted is valid and contains the following feature(s) FlexAddress: bound.	No action required.
The feature card inserted is valid and contains the following feature(s) FlexAddress: bound to another chassis, svctag=ABC1234, SD card SN = 1122334455.	Remove the SD card; locate and install the SD card for the current chassis.
The feature card inserted is valid and contains the following feature(s) FlexAddress: not bound.	The feature card can be moved to another chassis or can be reactivated on the current chassis. To reactivate on the current chassis, enter racadm racreset until the CMC module with the feature card installed becomes active.

Use the following RACADM command to display all activated features on the chassis:

racadm feature -s

The command returns the following status message:

Feature Name = FlexAddress             
       Date/time Activated = 05 Oct 2013 - 11:50:49  
       Feature installed from SD-card serial number = CN0H871T1374036T00MXA00 

       Feature Name = FlexAddressPlus         
       Date/time Activated = 05 Oct 2013 - 11:50:49  
       Feature installed from SD-card serial number = CN0H871T1374036T00MXA00 

       Feature Name = ExtendedStorage
       Current Status = redundant, active
       Date/time Activated = 05 Oct 2013 - 11:50:58
       Feature installed from SD-card serial number = CN0H871T1374036T00MXA00

If there are no active features on the chassis, the command returns a message:

racadm feature -s
No features active on the chassis

Dell Feature Cards may contain more than one feature. After any feature included on a Dell Feature Card has been activated on a chassis, any other features that may be included on that Dell Feature Card cannot be activated on a different chassis. In this case, the racadm feature -s command displays the following message for the affected features:

ERROR: One or more features on the SD card are active on another chassis

For more information about the feature and featurecard commands, see the Chassis Management Controller for PowerEdge VRTX RACADM Command Line Reference Guide available at the support site.

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Viewing FlexAddress Activation Status

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