Activating Flexaddress Plus; Verifying Flexaddress Activation - Dell PS-M4110 User Manual

Activating FlexAddress Plus

FlexAddress Plus is delivered on the FlexAddress Plus Secure Digital (SD) card along with the FlexAddress feature.
NOTE: The SD card labeled FlexAddress only contains FlexAddress and the card labeled FlexAddress Plus contains
FlexAddress and FlexAddress Plus. The card must be inserted into CMC to activate the feature.
Some servers, such as the PowerEdge M710HD, may require more MAC addresses than FA can provide to CMC,
depending on how they are configured. For these servers, upgrading to FA+ enables full optimization of the WWN/MACs
configuration. Contact Dell to obtain support for the FlexAddress Plus feature.
To activate the FlexAddress Plus feature, the following software updates are required: server BIOS, server iDRAC, and
CMC firmware. If these updates are not applied, only FlexAddress feature is available. For information on the minimum
required versions of these components, see the

Verifying FlexAddress Activation

Use the following RACADM command to verify the SD feature card and its status:
racadm featurecard -s
Table 30. Status Messages Returned by featurecard -s Command
Status Message
No feature card inserted.
The feature card inserted is valid and contains the
following feature(s) FlexAddress: The feature card is
bound to this chassis.
The feature card inserted is valid and contains the
following feature(s) FlexAddress: The feature card is
bound to another chassis, svctag = ABC1234, SD card SN
= 01122334455
The feature card inserted is valid and contains the
following feature(s) FlexAddress: The feature card is not
bound to any chassis.
Use the following RACADM command to display all activated features on the chassis:
racadm feature -s
The command returns the following status message:
Feature = FlexAddress
Date Activated = 8 April 2008 - 10:39:40
Feature installed from SD-card SN = 01122334455
If there are no active features on the chassis, the command returns a message:
racadm feature -s
No features active on the chassis
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Actions
Check CMC to verify that the SD card was properly
inserted. In a redundant CMC configuration, ensure that
the CMC with the SD feature card installed is the active
CMC and not the standby CMC.
No action required.
Remove the SD card; locate and install the SD card for the
current chassis.
The feature card can be moved to another chassis or can
be reactivated on the current chassis. To reactivate on the
current chassis, enter racadm racreset until the
CMC module with the feature card installed becomes
active.