Users Guide

Dell PowerEdge 12th Generation Server Minimum Supported BIOS Version
R720, R720xd, R620, T620, and M620 2.1.0
R820 2.0.15
R520, R320, R420, T420, T320, M520, and M420 2.0.19
M820 1.7.0
Supported NIC firmware versions for I/O Identity Optimization
In 13th generation Dell PowerEdge servers, the required NIC firmware is available by default.
The following table provides the NIC firmware versions for the I/O identity optimization feature.
Manufacturer Supported NIC Firmware Version
Broadcom cards 7.8.x
Intel cards 15.0.x
QLogic 82xx (CNA) 1.13.x / 6.0.0.x
Virtual/Flex Address and Persistence Policy behavior when iDRAC is set to
Flex Address mode or Console mode
The following table describes the Virtual address management (VAM) configuration and Persistence
Policy behavior depending on Flex Address feature state in CMC, mode set in iDRAC, I/O Identity feature
state in iDRAC, and XML configuration.
Flex Address
Feature State in
CMC
Mode set in
iDRAC
IO Identity
Feature State in
iDRAC
XML
Configuration
Persistence
Policy
Clear
Persistence
Policy —
Virtual Address
Flex Address
enabled
FlexAddress
Mode
Enabled Virtual address
management
(VAM)
configured
Configured
VAM persists
Set to Flex
Address
Flex Address
enabled
FlexAddress
Mode
Enabled VAM not
configured
Set to Flex
Address
No persistence
— Is set to Flex
Address
Flex Address
enabled
Flex Address
Mode
Disabled Configured
using the path
provided in
Lifecycle
Controller
Set to Flex
Address for that
cycle
No persistence
— Is set to Flex
Address
Flex Address
enabled
Flex Address
Mode
Disabled VAM not
configured
Set to Flex
Address
Set to Flex
Address
Flex Address
disabled
Flex Address
Mode
Enabled VAM configured Configured
VAM persists
Persistence
only — clear is
not possible
206