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There is no visible change if a feature card is removed. Feature cards can be removed and stored or may be left in place.
What happens if a feature card that was used in one chassis is removed and put into another chassis?
The Web interface displays the following error message:
This feature card was activated with a different chassis. It must be removed before accessing
the FlexAddress feature.
Current Chassis Service Tag = XXXXXXXX
Feature Card Chassis Service Tag = YYYYYYYY
An entry is added to the CMC log that states:
cmc <date timestamp> : feature 'FlexAddress@YYYYYYYY' not activated; chassis ID='XXXXXXXX'
What happens if the feature card is removed and a non-FlexAddress card is installed?
No activation or modications to the card should occur. The card is ignored by CMC. In this situation, the $racadm featurecard -s
command returns the following message:
No feature card inserted
ERROR: can't open file
If the chassis service tag is reprogrammed, what happens if there is a feature card bound to that chassis?
• If the original feature card is present in the active CMC on that or any other chassis, the Web interface displays the following error
message:
– This feature card was activated with a different chassis. It must be removed before
accessing the FlexAddress feature.
– Current Chassis Service Tag = XXXXXXXX
– Feature Card Chassis Service Tag = YYYYYYYY
– The original feature card is no longer eligible for deactivation on that or any other chassis, unless Dell Service re-programs the
original chassis service tag back into a chassis, and CMC that has the original feature card is made active on that chassis.
• The FlexAddress feature remains active on the originally bound chassis. The binding of that chassis feature is updated to reect the
new service tag.
Is an error message displayed if two feature cards are installed in the redundant CMC system?
No, there is no error message displayed. The feature card in the active CMC is active and installed in the chassis. The second card is
ignored by CMC.
Does the SD card have a write protection lock on it?
Yes it does. Before installing the SD card into the CMC module, verify the write protection latch is in the unlock position. The FlexAddress
feature cannot be activated if the SD card is write protected. In this situation, the $racadm feature -s command returns this message:
No features active on the chassis. ERROR: read only file system
What happens if there is no SD card in the active CMC module?
The $racadm featurecard -s command returns this message:
No feature card inserted.
What happens to FlexAddress feature if the server BIOS is updated from version 1.xx to version 2.xx?
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