Activating flexaddress – Dell POWEREDGE M1000E User Manual

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Initial System Configuration

For example:(starting_mac)00188BFFDCFA + 0xCF =

(ending_mac)00188BFFDDC9

NOTE:

You must lock the SD card prior to inserting in the USB "Memory Card

Reader" to prevent accidently modifying any of the contents. You must unlock the

SD card before inserting into the CMC.

FlexAddress Plus

The FlexAddress Plus is a new feature added to the feature card version 2.0.

FlexAddress Plus expands the number of MAC addresses to 3136 from the

original FlexAddress pool of 208.

Activating FlexAddress

FlexAddress is delivered on a Secure Digital (SD) card that must be inserted

into the CMC to provide the chassis-assigned WWN/MAC IDs. To activate

the FlexAddress feature, perform several required updates; if you are not

activating FlexAddress, these updates are not required. The updates, which

are listed in the following table, include server module BIOS, I/O mezzanine

BIOS or firmware, and CMC firmware. You must apply these updates before

you enable FlexAddress. If these updates are not applied, the FlexAddress

feature may not function as expected.

NOTE:

All systems purchased after June 2008 have the correct firmware versions

installed.

Component

Minimum Required Version

Ethernet mezzanine card - Broadcom

M5708t

Boot code firmware 4.4.1 or later
iSCSI boot firmware 2.7.11 or later
PXE firmware 4.4.3 or later

FC mezzanine card - QLogic QME2472 BIOS 2.04 or later
FC mezzanine card - Emulex LPe1105-

M4

BIOS 3.03a3 and firmware 2.72A2 or

later

Server Module BIOS

(PowerEdge M600) BIOS 2.02 or later
(PowerEdge M605) BIOS 2.03 or later

PowerEdge M600/M605 LAN on

motherboard (LOM)

Boot code firmware 4.4.1 or later
iSCSI boot firmware 2.7.11 or later

iDRAC

Version 1.11 or later

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