Administrator Guide

● IPv6 communication between iSM to iDRAC over OS-BMC Passthru (Windows and Linux).
For more information, see https://www.dell.com/support/article/sln310557 and https://www.dell.com/support/article/
sln311300.
Dell EMC OpenManage Enterprise—Modular Edition
The Dell EMC OpenManage Enterprise—Modular Edition (OME-Modular Edition) helps to transform how you manage the
infrastructure and enable the business quickly. It is a unified web/RESTful API interface that manages all the nodes including
compute, storage, and networking. It helps reduce costs and consolidates multiple tools for ease of access and monitoring. The
simplified administration helps deploy and monitor at scale, from one to many chassis, with the support for remote management.
The Agile and intelligent automation drives faster hardware rollouts and reduces repetitive tasks for accelerated lifecycle
management.
It runs on the PowerEdge M9002m management module (MM) firmware. OME-Modular facilitates configuration and
management of a stand-alone PowerEdge MX7000 chassis or group of MX7000 chassis from one Graphical User Interface
(GUI). You can use OME-Modular to deploy servers and update firmware. You can also manage the overall health of the chassis
and its components such as compute sleds, networks, input or output modules (IOMs), and storage devices. OME-Modular also
facilitates hardware enabling:
● Connectivity of management network
● Discovery, inventory
● Monitoring and power control operations and thermal functions
You can use OME-Modular to manage key workloads on the MX7000 platforms.
● Large and unstructured data and analytics
● Hyper converged and traditional workloads
● Database workloads
● Software defined storage
● HPC and performance workloads
The lead chassis in the Multi Chassis Management (MCM) enables you to perform the following tasks across up to 20 chassis:
● Manage servers across multiple MX chassis.
● Deploy or update servers from lead chassis without launching the member chassis web interface.
● Manage fabric switch engines in SmartFabric mode using the OME-Modular web interface.
● Manage alert log and actions.
● Manage virtual MAC/WWN identity pools.
● Deploy compute sleds using server profiles and templates.
OME-Modular offers simple and static roles such as the chassis administrator, compute manager, fabric manager, storage
manager, and viewer roles while, OpenManage Enterprise offers static and dynamic groups with role-based access control
(RBAC).
For more information about OME-Modular Edition, see https://www.dell.com/OME-modular.
Chassis Management Controller
The Chassis Management Controller is an embedded systems management hardware and software solution for managing
multiple servers, I/O modules, and shared power or cooling using either a web interface or a command-line interface.
The CMC uses the iDRAC technology to update BIOS or component firmware and configure BIOS settings in a one-to-many
operation.
CMC is available for the following chassis:
● PowerEdge M1000e—This chassis is Dell’s first blade server solution. It provides the infrastructure (industry-leading power
and cooling, networking, and blade manageability) for companies who choose to deploy blade-based server solutions. A
single Chassis Management Controller interface with multichassis management capability can manage and see up to nine
chassis, 288 servers, 54 power supplies, and 81 fans with no additional cabling. The chassis has slots for two, redundant
CMC modules, so that administrators can connect to the chassis even if one Chassis Management Controller module is not
working.
● PowerEdge VRTX—The chassis is a revolutionary, easy-to-manage, remote, and office-optimized platform that converges
servers, storage, and networking into a compact package. One of the key features is that it provides shared storage across
multiple server nodes and the on-board RAID controller. It can hold up to four server nodes, up to 48 TB of integrated,
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Systems Management Product Overview