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

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Configuring FlexAddress

FlexAddress is an optional upgrade that allows server modules to replace the factory-assigned WWN/MAC ID with a WWN/MAC ID provided by the chassis.
  • NOTE: In this section, the term FlexAddress also indicates FlexAddress Plus.
You must purchase and install the FlexAddress upgrade to configure the FlexAddress. If the upgrade is not purchased and installed, the following text is displayed on the Web interface:
Optional feature not installed. See the Dell Chassis Management Controller Users Guide for information on the chassis-based
                                 WWN and MAC address administration feature. To purchase this feature, please contact Dell at www.dell.com.
                              

If you purchase FlexAddress with your chassis, it is installed and active when you power up your system. If you purchase FlexAddress separately, you must install the SD feature card using the instructions in the Chassis Management Controller (CMC) Secure Digital (SD) Card Technical Specification document at dell.com/support/manuals.

The server must be turned off before you begin configuration. You can enable or disable FlexAddress on a per fabric basis. Additionally, you can enable or disable the feature on a per slot basis. After you enable the feature on a per-fabric basis, you can then select slots to be enabled. For example, if Fabric-A is enabled, any slots that are enabled have FlexAddress enabled only on Fabric- A. All other fabrics use the factory-assigned WWN/MAC on the server.

Selected slots have FlexAddress enabled for all fabrics that are enabled. For example, it is not possible to enable Fabric-A and B, and have Slot 1 be FlexAddress enabled on Fabric-A but not on Fabric-B.
  • NOTE: Make sure that the Blade Servers are powered off before changing the fabric level (A, B, C, or DRAC) flex address.

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