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Management connections transfer health and control traffic throughout the chassis. The system
management fabric is architected for 100BaseT Ethernet over differential pairs routed to each
module. There are two 100BaseT interfaces between CMCs, one switched and one unswitched. All
system management Ethernet is routed for 100 Mbps signaling. Every module has a management
network link to each CMC, with redundancy provided at the module level. Failure of any individual
link will cause failover to the redundant CMC.
14.2 Server Management
The server module base management solution includes additional features for efficient deployment
and management of servers in a modular server form factor. The base circuit, which integrates the
baseboard management controller (BMC) function with hardware support for Virtual KVM (vKVM) and
Virtual Media (vMedia), is the integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC). iDRAC has two
Ethernet connections, one for each CMC, providing system management interface redundancy.
Highlights of the iDRAC solution include the following:
• Dedicated management interface for high‐performance management functions
• Virtual Media
• Virtual KVM
• IPMI 2.0 Out Of Band management
• Serial over LAN redirection
• SMASH CLP
• Blade status and inventory
• Active power management
• Integration with Active Directory
• Security, Local and Active Directory
Traditional IPMI based Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) features like hardware monitoring
and power control are supported.
The Lifecycle controller on eleventh-generation PowerEdge servers offers additional features
including the following:
• Consolidated interface for OS install, hardware configuration, updates, and diagnostics
o Reduces task time and speed of deployment
o Eliminates physical media for OS drivers during OS install and update
o Eliminates multiple control ROM options for hardware configuration
o Eases firmware updates with roll-back capability
• Embedded diagnostics
• Parts replacement: Automatically updates RAID/NIC firmware to previous levels after parts
replacement.
• Persistent lifecycle log includes ability to add entries
• Out-of-Band configuration/update: With the introduction of Lifecycle Controller (LC) 1.3,
customers and console vendors can initiate and schedule an upgrade to device firmware and
pre-OS software out-of-band. This is useful during bare-metal deployment scenarios or change
management in operating systems where firmware updates were not possible in the past (i.e.,
virtualization).