Users Guide
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Overview
The Dell Chassis Management Controller (CMC) for PowerEdge FX2/FX2s is a Systems Management
hardware and software solution for managing the PowerEdge FX2/FX2s chassis. The CMC has its own
microprocessor and memory and is powered by the modular chassis into which it is plugged.
The CMC enables an IT administrator to:
• View inventory.
• Perform configuration and monitoring tasks.
• Remotely turn on and turn off chassis and servers.
• Enable alerts for events on servers and components in the server module.
• View the PCIe mapping information.
• Provide a one–many management interface to the iDRACs and I/O modules in the chassis.
The CMC provides multiple System Management functions for servers. Power and thermal management
are the primary functions of CMC, which are listed as follows:
• Enclosure-level real-time automatic power and thermal management.
– The CMC reports real-time power consumption, which includes logging high and low points with
a time stamp.
– The CMC supports setting an optional enclosure maximum power limit (System Input Power Cap),
which alerts and takes actions such as limiting the power consumption of servers, and/or
preventing the turning on of new servers to keep the enclosure under the defined maximum
power limit.
– The CMC monitors and automatically controls the functions of cooling fans based on actual
ambient and internal temperature measurements.
– The CMC provides comprehensive enclosure inventory and status or error reporting.
• The CMC provides a mechanism for centralized configuration of the:
– Network and security setting of the PowerEdge FX2/FX2s enclosure.
– Power redundancy and power ceiling settings.
– I/O switch and iDRAC network settings.
– First boot device on the server module.
– I/O fabric consistency checks between the I/O module and servers. CMC also disables
components, if necessary, to protect the system hardware.
– User access security.
– PCIe slots.
You can configure CMC to send email alerts or SNMP trap alerts for warnings or errors such as
temperature, hardware misconfiguration, power outage, and fan speed.
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