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If the chassis service tag is reprogrammed, what happens if there is a feature card bound to that
chassis?
• If the original feature card is present in the active CMC on that or any other chassis, the Web interface
displays the following error message:
This feature card was activated with a different chassis. It must be removed
before accessing the FlexAddress feature.
Current Chassis Service Tag = XXXXXXXX
Feature Card Chassis Service Tag = YYYYYYYY
The original feature card is no longer eligible for deactivation on that or any other chassis, unless Dell
Service reprograms the original chassis service tag back into a chassis, and CMC that has the original
feature card is made active on that chassis.
• The FlexAddress feature remains activated on the originally-bound chassis. The binding of that chassis
feature is updated to reflect the new service tag.
Is an error message displayed if two feature cards are installed in a redundant CMC system?
A feature card in the active CMC is active and installed in the chassis. The second card is ignored by CMC.
Does the SD card have a write-protection lock on it?
Yes it does. Before installing the SD card into the CMC module, verify the write protection latch is in the
unlock position. The FlexAddress feature cannot be activated if the SD card is write protected. In this
situation, the $racadm feature -s command returns this message:
No features active on the chassis. ERROR: read only file system
What happens if there is no SD card in the active CMC module?
The $racadm featurecard -s command returns this message:
No feature card inserted.
What happens to FlexAddress feature if the server BIOS is updated from version 1.xx to version 2.xx?
The server module must be turned off before it can be used with FlexAddress. After the server BIOS
update is complete, the server module does not get chassis-assigned addresses until the server is power
cycled.
How can an SD card be recovered if the SD card was not in the chassis when the deactivation
command was run on the FlexAddress?
The issue is that the SD card cannot be used to install FlexAddress on another chassis, if it was not in
CMC when FlexAddress was deactivated. To recover use of the card, insert the card back into a CMC in
the chassis that it is bound to, reinstall FlexAddress, and then deactivate the FlexAddress.
The SD card is properly installed and all the firmware or software updates are installed. The
FlexAddress is active, the server deployment screen does not display the options to deploy it? What is
wrong?
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