User's Manual

18 CMC Overview
• Dell OpenManage™ software integration — Enables you to launch the
CMC Web interface from Dell OpenManage Server Administrator or IT
Assistant
• CMC alert — Alerts you to 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
• 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 23)
•
FlexAddress ™ feature - Replaces the factory-assigned World Wide
Name/Media Access Control (WWN/MAC) IDs with chassis-assigned
WWN/MAC IDs for a particular slot; an optional upgrade (for more
information, see
"Using FlexAddress" on page 173 )
• Graphical display of chassis component status and health
• Support for single and multi-slot servers
• Update multiple iDRAC management consoles firmware at once
• LCD iDRAC configuration wizard, improved iDRAC network
configuration
• iDRAC single sign-on
• Network time protocol (NTP) support
• Enhanced server summary, power reporting, and power control pages
• Forced CMC failover, and virtual "reseat" of servers