System Behavior For Flexaddress And I/O Identity - Dell iDRAC 8 User Manual

Flex Address Mode set in iDRAC IO Identity Feature
Feature State in
CMC
Flex Address Flex Address Mode
enabled
Flex Address Flex Address Mode
disabled
Flex Address Flex Address Mode
disabled
Flex Address Flex Address Mode
disabled
Flex Address Flex Address Mode
disabled
Flex Address Console Mode
enabled
Flex Address Console Mode
enabled
Flex Address Console Mode
enabled
Flex Address Console Mode
disabled
Flex Address Console Mode
disabled
Flex Address Console Mode
disabled
Flex Address Console Mode
enabled

System behavior for FlexAddress and I/O Identity

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