Users Guide

What is new in this release
This release of CMC for Dell EMC PowerEdge VRTX supports:
• Displaying fan speed and temperature information using WSMan.
• Integrating the LLDP opensource daemon to forward the LLDP packets to iDRAC through VLAN.
• Transferring CMC dumplogs to iDRAC.
• Unlocking secure foreign conguration using the CMC web interface.
• 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:
• Redundant CMC environment.
• Dynamic Domain Name System (DDNS) registration for IPv4 and IPv6.
• Login management and conguration for local users, Active Directory, and LDAP.
• Advanced cooling options such and ECM (Enhanced Cooling Mode) and Fan Oset can be enabled to provide additional cooling
for improved performance.
• Remote system management and monitoring using SNMP, a web interface, KVM, 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 chassis log.
• Firmware updates for various chassis components — Enables you to update the rmware for CMC, iDRAC on servers, chassis
infrastructure, and chassis storage.
• 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 OpenManage Essentials (OME) 1.2.
• CMC alert — Alerts you about potential managed node issues through Remote syslog email message or SNMP trap.
• Remote power management — Provides remote power management functions, such as turn o and reset of any chassis
component, from a management console.
• Power usage reporting.
• Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption — Provides secure remote system management through the web interface.
• Launch point for the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) web interface.
• Support for WS-Management.
• 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.
• iDRAC I/O Identity feature support for enhanced WWN/MAC Address Inventory.
• Graphical display of chassis component status and health.
• Support for single and multi-slot servers.
• LCD iDRAC conguration wizard supports for iDRAC network conguration.
• 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.
• Multi-chassis management, allows up to eight other chassis to be visible from the lead chassis.
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