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Dell PowerEdge M1000e Chassis Management Controller Firmware Version 5.1 User’s Guide

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Activating FlexAddress

FlexAddress is delivered on a Secure Digital (SD) card that must be inserted into CMC to activate the feature. To activate the 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, I/O mezzanine BIOS or firmware, 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.

Component Minimum Required Version
Ethernet Mezzanine card - Broadcom M5708t, 5709, 5710
  • Boot code firmware 4.4.1 or later
  • iSCSI boot firmware 2.7.11 or later
  • PXE firmware 4.4.3 or later
FC Mezzanine card - QLogic QME2472, FC8 BIOS 2.04 or later
FC Mezzanine card - Emulex LPe1105-M4, FC8 BIOS 3.03a3 and firmware 2.72A2 or later
Server Module BIOS
  • PowerEdge M600 – BIOS 2.02 or later
  • PowerEdge M605 – BIOS 2.03 or later
  • PowerEdge M805
  • PowerEdge M905
  • PowerEdge M610
  • PowerEdge M710
  • PowerEdge M710hd
PowerEdgeM600/M605 LAN on motherboard (LOM)
  • Boot code firmware 4.4.1 or later
  • iSCSI boot firmware 2.7.11 or later
iDRAC
  • Version 1.50 or later for PowerEdge xx0x systems
  • Version 2.10 or later for PowerEdge xx1x systems
CMC Version 1.10 or later
  • NOTE: Any system ordered after June 2008 has the correct firmware versions.

To make sure proper deployment of the FlexAddress feature, update the BIOS and the firmware in the following order:

  1. Update all mezzanine card firmware and BIOS.
  2. Update server module BIOS.
  3. Update iDRAC firmware on the server module.
  4. Update all CMC firmware in the chassis; if redundant CMCs are present, ensure both are updated.
  5. Insert the SD card into the passive module for a redundant CMC module system or into the single CMC module for a non-redundant system.
    • NOTE: If CMC firmware that supports FlexAddress (version 1.10 or later) is not installed, the feature is not activated.

      See the Chassis Management Controller (CMC) Secure Digital (SD) Card Technical Specification document for SD card installation instructions.

    • NOTE: The SD card contains a FlexAddress feature. Data contained on the SD card is encrypted and may not be duplicated or altered in any way as it may inhibit system function and cause the system to malfunction.
    • NOTE: Your use of the SD card is limited to one chassis only. If you have multiple chassis, you must purchase additional SD cards.

    Activation of the FlexAddress feature is automatic on restart of CMC with the SD feature card installed; this activation causes the feature to bind to the current chassis. If you have the SD card installed on the redundant CMC, activation of the FlexAddress feature does not occur until the redundant CMC is made active. See the Chassis Management Controller (CMC) Secure Digital (SD) Card Technical Specification document for information on how to make a redundant CMC active.

    When CMC restarts, verify the activation process. For more information, see Verifying FlexAddress Activation .

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