Users Guide

To use remote RACADM from your management
station, install remote RACADM using the Dell
Systems Management Tools and Documentation
DVD that is available with your system. For more
information on Remote RACADM
Web Interface Provides remote access to CMC using a graphical
user interface. The Web interface is built into the
CMC firmware and is accessed through the NIC
interface from a supported web browser on the
management station. For a list of supported Web
browsers, see the Supported Browsers section in
the Dell System Software Support Matrix at
dell.com/support/manuals.
Telnet Provides command line access to CMC through
the network. The RACADM command line interface
and the connect command, which is used to
connect to the serial console of a server or IO
module, are available from the CMC command
line.
NOTE: Telnet is not a secure protocol and is
disabled by default. Telnet transmits all data,
including passwords in plain text.
SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is a
set of protocol definitions for managing devices on
the networks. The CMC provides access to SNMP,
which allows you to use SNMP tools to query the
CMC for Systems Management information. The
CMC MIB file can be downloaded from the CMC
Web interface, go to Chassis Overview → Network
→ Services → SNMP. See the Dell OpenManage
SNMP Reference Guide for more information
about the CMC MIB.
The following example show how the net-snmp
snmpget
command can be used to get the chassis
service tag from the CMC.
snmpget -v 1 -c <CMC community name>
<CMC IP address>.
1.3.6.1.4.1.674.10892.2.1.1.6.0
WS-MAN The WSMAN Services is based on the Web Services
for Management (WSMAN) protocol to perform
one-to-many systems management tasks. You can
use WS-MAN client such as WinRM client
(Windows) or the OpenWSMAN client (Linux) to
use the LC-Remote Services functionality. You can
also use Power Shell and Python script the WS-
MAN interface.
WSMAN is a Simple Object Access Protocol
(SOAP)–based protocol used for systems
management. CMC uses WS–Management to
convey Distributed Management Task Force
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