Users Guide

Flex Address
Feature State in
CMC
Mode set in iDRAC IO Identity Feature
State in iDRAC
XML Conguration Persistence Policy Clear Persistence
Policy — Virtual
Address
Flex Address
enabled
Flex Address Mode Disabled VAM not congured Set to Flex Address Set to Flex Address
Flex Address
disabled
Flex Address Mode Enabled VAM congured Congured VAM
persists
Persistence only —
clear is not possible
Flex Address
disabled
Flex Address Mode Enabled VAM not congured Set to hardware
MAC address
No persistence
supported. Depends
on card behavior
Flex Address
disabled
Flex Address Mode Disabled Congured using
the path provided in
Lifecycle Controller
Lifecycle Controller
conguration
persists for that
cycle
No persistence
supported. Depends
on card behavior
Flex Address
disabled
Flex Address Mode Disabled VAM not congured Set to hardware
MAC address
Set to hardware
MAC address
Flex Address
enabled
Console Mode Enabled VAM congured Congured VAM
persists
Both persistence
and clear must work
Flex Address
enabled
Console Mode Enabled VAM not congured Set to hardware
MAC address
Set to hardware
MAC address
Flex Address
enabled
Console Mode Disabled Congured using
the path provided in
Lifecycle Controller
Lifecycle Controller
conguration
persists for that
cycle
No persistence
supported. Depends
on card behavior
Flex Address
disabled
Console Mode Enabled VAM congured Congured VAM
persists
Both persistence
and clear must work
Flex Address
disabled
Console Mode Enabled VAM not congured Set to hardware
MAC address
Set to hardware
MAC address
Flex Address
disabled
Console Mode Disabled Congured using
the path provided in
Lifecycle Controller
Lifecycle Controller
conguration
persists for that
cycle
No persistence
supported. Depends
on card behavior
Flex Address
enabled
Console Mode Disabled VAM not congured Set to hardware
MAC address
Set to hardware
MAC address
System behavior for FlexAddress and I/O Identity
FlexAddress
Feature State in
CMC
IO Identity Feature
State in iDRAC
Availability of
Remote Agent VA
for the Reboot
Cycle
VA Programming
Source
Reboot Cycle VA
Persistence
Behavior
Server with FA-
equivalent
Persistence
Enabled Disabled FlexAddress from
CMC
Per FlexAddress
spec
N/A, Enabled, or
Disabled
Enabled Yes - New or
Persisted
Remote Agent
Virtual Address
Per FlexAddress
spec
No Virtual Address
Cleared
Disabled Disabled
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