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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 CMC to activate the feature.
Some servers, such as the PowerEdge M710HD, may require more MAC
addresses than FA can provide to CMC, depending on how they are
configured. For these servers, upgrading to FA+ enables 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 is available. For information on the
minimum required versions of these components see the CMC 4.0 Readme
at support/dell.com/manuals.