Deactivating flexaddress, Viewing flexaddress information, Viewing flexaddress information for chassis – Dell POWEREDGE M1000E User Manual

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Dell Feature Cards may contain more than one feature. Once any feature included on a Dell Feature Card has been
activated on a chassis, any other features that may be included on that Dell Feature Card cannot be activated on a
different chassis. In this case, the racadm feature -s command displays the following message for the affected features:
ERROR: One or more features on the SD card are active on another chassis

For more information on the feature andfeaturecard commands, see the

RACADM Command Line Reference Guide for

iDRAC7 and CMC.

Deactivating FlexAddress

The FlexAddress or feature can be deactivated and the SD card returned to a pre-installation state using a RACADM
command. There is no deactivation function within the Web interface. Deactivation returns the SD card to its original
state where it can be installed and activated on a different chassis. The term FlexAddress, in this context, implies both
FlexAddress and FlexAddressPlus.

NOTE: The SD card must be physically installed in CMC, and the chassis must be powered-down before executing
the deactivation command.

If you execute the deactivation command with no card installed, or with a card from a different chassis installed, the
feature is deactivated and no change is made to the card.
To deactivate the FlexAddress feature and restore the SD card:
racadm feature -d -c flexaddress

The command returns the following status message if it is successfully deactivated:
feature FlexAddress is deactivated on the chassis successfully.

If the chassis is not powered-down prior to execution, the command fails with the following error message:
ERROR: Unable to deactivate the feature because the chassis is powered ON

For further information on the command, see the feature command section of the

RACADM Command Line Reference

Guide for iDRAC7 and CMC.

Viewing FlexAddress Information

You can view status information for the entire chassis or for an individual server. The information displayed includes:

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Fabric configuration.

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FlexAddress is active or not active.

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Slot number and name.

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Chassis-assigned and server-assigned addresses.

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Addresses in use.