Configuring Flexaddress; Wake-On-Lan With Flexaddress; Configuring Flexaddress For Chassis-Level Fabric And Slots - Dell PS-M4110 User Manual

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.
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 power up your system. If you
purchase FlexAddress separately, you must install the SD feature card using the instructions in the
Management Controller (CMC) Secure Digital (SD) Card Technical Specification document 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 then 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.
Selected slots have FlexAddress enabled for all fabrics that are enabled. For example, it is not possible to enable Fabric-
A and B, and have Slot 1 be FlexAddress enabled on Fabric-A but not on Fabric-B.
NOTE: Make sure that the Blade Servers are powered off before changing the fabric level (A, B, C, or DRAC) flex
address.
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Wake-On-LAN with FlexAddress

Configuring FlexAddress for Chassis-Level Fabric and Slots

Configuring FlexAddress for Server-Level Slots
Additional FlexAddress Configuration for Linux
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.
Configuring FlexAddress for Chassis-Level Fabric and Slots
At the chassis level, you can enable or disable the FlexAddress feature for fabrics and slots. FlexAddress is enabled on a
per-fabric basis and then slots are selected for participation in the feature. Both fabrics and slots must be enabled to
successfully configure FlexAddress.
Configuring FlexAddress for Chassis-Level Fabric and Slots Using CMC Web Interface
To enable or disable fabrics and slots to use the FlexAddress feature using the CMC Web interface:
1. In the system tree, go to Server Overview, and then click Setup → FlexAddress. .
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