Users Guide

about making a redundant CMC active, see the Chassis Management Controller (CMC) Secure Digital (SD) Card
Technical Specification document.
When CMC restarts, verify the activation process. For more information about activating FlexAddress, see Verifying
Flexddress Activation.
Activating FlexAddress Plus
FlexAddress Plus is delivered on the FlexAddress Plus Secure Digital (SD) card along with the FlexAddress feature.
NOTE: The SD card labeled FlexAddress contains only the FlexAddressess and the card labeled FlexAddress Plus
contains FlexAddress and FlexAddress Plus. The card must be inserted into CMC to activate the feature.
Some servers may require more MAC addresses than FA can provide to CMC, on the basis of how they are configured.
For these servers, upgrading to FlexAddress Plus enables full optimization of the WWN/MACs configuration. Contact
Dell to obtain support for the FlexAddress Plus feature.
To activate the FlexAddress Plus feature, the following software updates are required: server BIOS, server iDRAC, and
CMC firmware. If these updates are not applied, only the FlexAddress feature is available. For information about the
minimum required versions of these components, see the Dell Chassis Management Controller (CMC) for Dell
PowerEdge VRTX Version 1.00 Release Notes at dell.com/support/manuals.
Verifying FlexAddress Activation
A Feature Card contains one or more of the following features: FlexAddress, FlexAddress Plus, and/or Extended Storage.
Run the following RACADM command to verify the SD feature card and its status:
racadm featurecard -s
Table 26. Status 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
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