User's Manual

152 Using FlexAddress
Activating FlexAddress
FlexAddress is delivered on a Secure Digital (SD) card that must be inserted
into the CMC to provide the chassis-assigned WWN/MAC IDs. To activate
the FlexAddress feature there are several required updates; if you are not
activating FlexAddress these updates are not required. The updates 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.
To ensure 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 the firmware or BIOS that supports FlexAddress is not installed, you will
see an error on the server health page and FlexAddress will not be activated.
Component Minimum required version
Ethernet mezzanine card - Broadcom
M5708t
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 BIOS 2.04 or later
FC mezzanine card - Emulex LPe1105-
M4
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
™ M600/M605 LAN on
motherboard (LOM)
Boot code firmware 4.4.1 or later
iSCSI boot firmware 2.7.11 or later
iDRAC Version 1.11 or later
CMC Version 1.10 or later