Users Guide

Figure 12. FlexAdress (FA) vs FlexPlusAddress (FA+) Features
Activating FlexAddress
FlexAddress is delivered on a Secure Digital (SD) card that must be inserted into CMC to activate the feature. To activate the FlexAddress
feature, software updates may be required; if you are not activating FlexAddress these updates are not required. The updates (listed in the
following table) include server module BIOS, I/O mezzanine BIOS or rmware, and CMC rmware. Apply these updates before you enable
FlexAddress. If these updates are not applied, the FlexAddress feature may not function as expected.
Table 37. Minimum software versions for activating FlexAddress
Component Minimum Required Version
Ethernet Mezzanine card — Broadcom M5708t, 5709, 5710
• Boot code rmware 4.4.1 or later
• iSCSI boot rmware 2.7.11 or later
• PXE rmware 4.4.3 or later
FC Mezzanine card — QLogic QME2472, FC8 BIOS 2.04 or later
FC Mezzanine card — Emulex LPe1105-M4, FC8 BIOS 3.03a3 and rmware 2.72A2 or later
Server Module BIOS
• PowerEdge M600 — BIOS 2.02 or later
• PowerEdge M605 — BIOS 2.03 or later
• PowerEdge M805
• PowerEdge M905
• PowerEdge M610
• PowerEdge M710
• PowerEdge M710hd
PowerEdgeM600/M605 LAN on motherboard (LOM)
• Boot code rmware 4.4.1 or later
• iSCSI boot rmware 2.7.11 or later
iDRAC
• Version 1.50 or later for PowerEdge xx0x systems
• Version 2.10 or later for PowerEdge xx1x systems
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