What is new in this release
This release of CMC for Dell EMC PowerEdge VRTX supports:
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Displaying fan speed and temperature information using WSMan.
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Integrating the LLDP opensource daemon to forward the LLDP packets to iDRAC through VLAN.
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Transferring CMC dumplogs to iDRAC.
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Unlocking secure foreign configuration using the CMC web interface.
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Displaying wear gauge details of Solid State Drives (SSDs).
Key Features
The CMC features are grouped into management and security features.
Management Features
CMC provides the following management features:
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Redundant CMC environment.
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Dynamic Domain Name System (DDNS) registration for IPv4 and IPv6.
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Login management and configuration for local users, Active Directory, and LDAP.
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Advanced cooling options such and ECM (Enhanced Cooling Mode) and Fan Offset can be enabled to provide additional cooling
for improved performance.
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Remote system management and monitoring using SNMP, a web interface, KVM, Telnet, or SSH connection.
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Monitoring — Provides access to system information and status of components.
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Access to system event logs — Provides access to the hardware log and chassis log.
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Firmware updates for various chassis components — Enables you to update the firmware for CMC, iDRAC on servers, chassis
infrastructure, and chassis storage.
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Firmware update of server components such as BIOS, network controllers, storage controllers, and so on across multiple servers
in the chassis using Lifecycle Controller.
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Dell OpenManage software integration — Enables you to launch the CMC web interface from Dell OpenManage Server
Administrator or OpenManage Essentials (OME) 1.2.
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CMC alert — Alerts you about potential managed node issues through Remote syslog email message or SNMP trap.
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Remote power management — Provides remote power management functions, such as turn off and reset of any chassis
component, from a management console.
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Power usage reporting.
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Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption — Provides secure remote system management through the web interface.
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Launch point for the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) web interface.
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Support for WS-Management.
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FlexAddress feature — Replaces the factory-assigned World Wide Name/Media Access Control (WWN/MAC) addresses with
chassis-assigned WWN/MAC addresses for a particular slot.
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iDRAC I/O Identity feature support for enhanced WWN/MAC Address Inventory.
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Graphical display of chassis component status and health.
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Support for single and multi-slot servers.
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LCD iDRAC configuration wizard supports for iDRAC network configuration.
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iDRAC single sign-on.
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Network time protocol (NTP) support.
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Enhanced server summary, power reporting, and power control pages.
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Forced CMC failover and virtual reseat of servers.
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Multi-chassis management, allows up to eight other chassis to be visible from the lead chassis.
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