Users Guide

To deactivate the FlexAddress feature and restore the SD card:
racadm feature -d -c flexaddress
The command returns the following status message if it is successfully deactivated:
feature FlexAddress is deactivated on the chassis successfully.
If the chassis is not powered-down prior to execution, the command fails with the following error
message:
ERROR: Unable to deactivate the feature because the chassis is powered ON
For further information on the command, see the feature command section of the Chassis Management
Controller for Dell PowerEdge M1000e RACADM Command Line Reference Guide.
Configuring FlexAddress
FlexAddress is an optional upgrade that allows server modules to replace the factory-assigned
WWN/MAC ID with a WWN/MAC ID provided by the chassis.
NOTE: In this section, the term FlexAddress also indicates FlexAddress Plus.
You must purchase and install the FlexAddress upgrade to configure the FlexAddress. If the upgrade is not
purchased and installed, the following text is displayed on the Web interface:
Optional feature not installed. See the Dell Chassis Management Controller
Users Guide for information on the chassis-based WWN and MAC address
administration feature. To purchase this feature, please contact Dell at
www.dell.com.
If you purchase FlexAddress with your chassis, it is installed and active when you power up your system. If
you purchase FlexAddress separately, you must install the SD feature card using the instructions in the
Chassis Management Controller (CMC) Secure Digital (SD) Card Technical Specification document at
dell.com/support/manuals.
The server must be turned off before you begin configuration. You can enable or disable FlexAddress on
a per fabric basis. Additionally, you can enable or disable the feature on a per slot basis. After you enable
the feature on a per-fabric basis, you can then select slots to be enabled. For example, if Fabric-A is
enabled, any slots that are enabled have FlexAddress enabled only on Fabric- A. All other fabrics use the
factory-assigned WWN/MAC on the server.
Selected slots have FlexAddress enabled for all fabrics that are enabled. For example, it is not possible to
enable Fabric-A and B, and have Slot 1 be FlexAddress enabled on Fabric-A but not on Fabric-B.
NOTE: Make sure that the Blade Servers are powered off before changing the fabric level (A, B, C, or
DRAC) flex address.
Related Concepts
Wake-On-LAN with FlexAddress
Configuring FlexAddress for Chassis-Level Fabric and Slots
Configuring FlexAddress for Server-Level Slots
Additional FlexAddress Configuration for Linux
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