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Table 30. Supported cards for I/O Identity Optimization (continued)
Manufacturer Type
Emulex
• LPM16002 Mezz FC16
• LPe16000 PCIe FC16
• LPe16002 PCIe FC16
• LPM16002 Mezz FC16
• LPM15002
• LPe15000
• LPe15002
• OCm14104B-UX-D
• OCm14102B-U4-D
• OCm14102B-U5-D
• OCe14102B-UX-D
• OCm14104B-UX-D
• OCm14102B-U4-D
• OCm14102B-U5-D
• OCe14102B-UX-D
• OCm14104-UX-D rNDC 10Gb
• OCm14102-U2-D bNDC 10Gb
• OCm14102-U3-D Mezz 10Gb
• OCe14102-UX-D PCIe 10Gb
Supported NIC firmware versions for IO 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.
Virtual or 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.
Table 31. Virtual/Flex Address and Persistence Policy behavior
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
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