User's Manual

Using FlexAddress 217

NOTE: Any system ordered after June 2008 will have the correct firmware

versions.

To ensure proper deployment of the FlexAddress feature, update the BIOS

and the firmware in the following order:

Update all mezzanine card firmware and BIOS.

Update server module BIOS.

Update iDRAC firmware on the server module.

Update all CMC firmware in the chassis; if redundant CMCs are present,

ensure both are updated.

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 the 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 the CMC restarts, verify the activation process by using the steps in

the next section, "Verifying FlexAddress Activation" on page 217.

Verifying FlexAddress Activation

To ensure proper activation of FlexAddress, RACADM commands can be

used to verify the SD feature card and FlexAddress activation.