Dell Chassis Management Controller, User Manual

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What Is New In This Release
This release of CMC supports:
• Cisco FEX switch
• FC16 switch — Brocade M6505
• Mezzanine cards
– QLogic FC16 2P QME2662
– Emulex FC16 LPm16002B-D
• One-to- many agent free, OS independent firmware update capability for supported 12G Fibre Channel (FC)
mezzanine cards
• Updating firmware for Dell PowerEdge M IO Aggregator
• Saving the BIOS configuration information to the hard disk and restoring the information to the same or different
server.
• Configuring Dell EqualLogic PS-M4110 blade array using RACADM
• Multi-chassis management:
– capability to select chassis configuration properties from Lead Chassis and push to Group Members
– capability for Group Members to keep their chassis settings synchronized with the Lead Chassis
• Display of indication that the Chassis is fresh air compliant — The term "Fresh Air" is displayed after the Model
name.
• Resetting iDRAC without rebooting the operating system.
Key Features
The CMC features are grouped into management and security features.
Management Features
The CMC provides the following management features:
• Redundant CMC Environment.
• Dynamic Domain Name System (DDNS) registration for IPv4 and IPv6.
• Remote system management and monitoring using SNMP, a Web interface, iKVM, Telnet or SSH connection.
• Monitoring — Provides access to system information and status of components.
• Access to system event logs — Provides access to the hardware log and CMC log.
• Firmware updates for various chassis components — Enables you to update the firmware for CMC, servers,
iKVM, and I/O module infrastructure devices.
• Firmware update of server components such as BIOS, Network Controllers, Storage Controllers, and so on
across multiple servers in the chassis using Lifecycle Controller.
• Dell OpenManage software integration — Enables you to launch the CMC Web interface from Dell OpenManage
Server Administrator or IT Assistant.
• CMC alert — Alerts you about potential managed node issues through an e-mail message or SNMP trap.
• Remote power management — Provides remote power management functions, such as shutdown and reset on
any chassis component, from a management console.
• Power usage reporting.
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