Viewing Flexaddress Information For Individual Servers; Configuring Flexaddress; Wake-On-Lan With Flexaddress - Dell PowerEdge VRTX User Manual

Viewing FlexAddress Information for Individual Servers

To view FlexAddress information for a particular server using the CMC Web interface:
1. In the left pane, expand Server Overview.
All the servers inserted in the chassis are listed.
2. Click the server you want to view.
The Server Status page is displayed.
3. Click the Setup tab, and then click FlexAddress.
The FlexAddress page is displayed that provides the WWN configuration and MAC addresses for the selected
server. For more information, see the

Configuring FlexAddress

FlexAddress is an optional upgrade that allows server modules to replace the factory-assigned WWN/MAC ID with a
WWN/MAC ID provided by the chassis.
NOTE: In this section, the term FlexAddress also indicates FlexAddress Plus.
NOTE: By using the racresetcfg subcommand, you can reset the Flex Address of a CMC to its factory-default
setting, which is "disabled". The RACADM syntax is:
racadm racresetcfg -c flex
For more information about the FlexAddress-related RACADM commands and data about the other factory-default
Chassis Management Controller for PowerEdge VRTX RACADM Command Line Reference
properties, see the
Guide available at dell.com/support/manuals.
You must purchase and install the FlexAddress upgrade to configure the FlexAddress. If the upgrade is not purchased
and installed, the following text is displayed on the Web interface:
Optional feature not installed. See the Dell Chassis Management Controller
Users Guide for information on the chassis-based WWN and MAC address
administration feature. To purchase this feature, please contact Dell at
www.dell.com.
If you purchase FlexAddress with your chassis, it is installed and active when you turn on your system. If you purchase
FlexAddress separately, you must install the SD feature card using the instructions in the
Controller (CMC) Secure Digital (SD) Card Technical Specification document available at dell.com/support/manuals.
The server must be turned off before you begin configuration. You can enable or disable FlexAddress on a per-fabric–
basis. Additionally, you can enable or disable the feature on a per-slot–basis. After you enable the feature on a per-
fabric–basis, you can select slots to be enabled. For example, if Fabric-A is enabled, any slots that are enabled have
FlexAddress enabled only on Fabric-A. All other fabrics use the factory-assigned WWN/MAC on the server.

Wake-On-LAN with FlexAddress

When the FlexAddress feature is deployed for the first time on a given server module, it requires a power-down and
power-up sequence for FlexAddress to take effect. FlexAddress on Ethernet devices is programmed by the server
module BIOS. For the server module BIOS to program the address, it needs to be operational which requires the server
module to be powered up. When the power-down and power-up sequences complete, the chassis-assigned MAC IDs
are available for Wake-On-LAN (WOL) function.
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