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Table 31. Virtual/Flex Address and Persistence Policy behavior (continued)
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
disabled
Flex Address Mode Enabled VAM not
configured
Set to hardware
MAC address
No persistence
supported.
Depends on card
behavior
Flex Address
disabled
Flex Address Mode Disabled Configured using
the path provided
in Lifecycle
Controller
Lifecycle Controller
configuration
persists for that
cycle
No persistence
supported.
Depends on card
behavior
Flex Address
disabled
Flex Address Mode Disabled VAM not
configured
Set to hardware
MAC address
Set to hardware
MAC address
Flex Address
enabled
Console Mode Enabled VAM configured Configured VAM
persists
Both persistence
and clear must
work
Flex Address
enabled
Console Mode Enabled VAM not
configured
Set to hardware
MAC address
Set to hardware
MAC address
Flex Address
enabled
Console Mode Disabled Configured using
the path provided
in Lifecycle
Controller
Lifecycle Controller
configuration
persists for that
cycle
No persistence
supported.
Depends on card
behavior
Flex Address
disabled
Console Mode Enabled VAM configured Configured VAM
persists
Both persistence
and clear must
work
Flex Address
disabled
Console Mode Enabled VAM not
configured
Set to hardware
MAC address
Set to hardware
MAC address
Flex Address
disabled
Console Mode Disabled Configured using
the path provided
in Lifecycle
Controller
Lifecycle Controller
configuration
persists for that
cycle
No persistence
supported.
Depends on card
behavior
Flex Address
enabled
Console Mode Disabled VAM not
configured
Set to hardware
MAC address
Set to hardware
MAC address
System behavior for FlexAddress and IO Identity
Table 32. System behavior for FlexAddress and IO 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
Server with VAM
Persistence Policy
Feature
Enabled Disabled FlexAddress from
CMC
Per FlexAddress
spec
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