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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, and the
dependencies.
Table 40. Virtual/Flex Address and Persistence Policy behavior
Flex Address
Feature State in
CMC
Mode set in iDRAC IO Identity Feature
State in iDRAC
SCP 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
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
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