Owner's Manual

24 CMC Overview
• Remote power management — Provides remote power management
functions, such as shutdown and reset on any chassis component, from a
management console
• Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption — Provides secure remote system
management through the Web interface
• Password-level security management — Prevents unauthorized access to a
remote system
• Role-based authority — Provides assignable permissions for different
systems management tasks
• Launch point for the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC)
Web interface
• Support for WS-Management (for more information, see "WS-
Management Support" on page 28)
Security Features
The CMC provides the following security features:
• User authentication through Microsoft
®
Active Directory
®
(optional) or
hardware-stored user IDs and passwords
• Role-based authority, which enables an administrator to configure specific
privileges for each user
• User ID and password configuration through the Web interface
• Web interface supports 128-bit SSL encryption and 40-bit SSL encryption
(for countries where 128-bit is not acceptable)
NOTE: Telnet does not support SSL encryption.
• Configurable IP ports (where applicable)
• Login failure limits per IP address, with login blocking from the IP address
when the limit is exceeded
• Limited IP address range for clients connecting to the CMC
• Secure Shell (SSH), which uses an encrypted layer for higher security