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Using FlexAddress Plus 233
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Using FlexAddress Plus
The FlexAddress Plus is a new feature added to the feature card version 2.0. It
is an upgrade from FlexAddress feature card version 1.0. FlexAddress Plus
contains more MAC addresses than the FlexAddress feature. Both features
allow the chassis to assign WWN/MAC (World Wide Name/Media Access
Control) addresses to Fibre Channel and Ethernet devices. Chassis assigned
WWN/MAC addresses are globally unique and specific to a server slot.
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 only contains FlexAddress and the card
labeled FlexAddress Plus contains FlexAddress and FlexAddress Plus. The card
must be inserted into the CMC to activate the feature.
Some servers, such as the PowerEdge M710HD, require more MAC addresses
than FA can provide to the CMC. For these servers, upgrading to FA+ will
enable full optimization of the WWN/MACs configuration. Please 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 FlexAddress feature will be available.
Table 7-1. Updates Required for Flexadress Plus
Component Minimum required version
Server Module BIOS PowerEdge M710hd
iDRAC
Version 3.0 or later
CMC
Version 3.0 or later