Users Guide
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Overview
The Dell Chassis Management Controller (CMC) for Dell EMC 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 conguration and monitoring tasks.
• Remotely turn on and turn o chassis and servers.
• Enable alerts for events on servers and components in the server module.
• View the PCIe mapping information and reassign PCIe slots.
• 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 dened 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 conguration 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 congure CMC to send email alerts or SNMP trap alerts for warnings or errors such as temperature, hardware
misconguration, power outage, and fan speed.
NOTE: The terms “storage sled” and “storage module” are used interchangeably in this document.
Key Features
The CMC features are grouped into management and security features.
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