User's Manual

Overview 19
• Firmware updates for various components - CMC, servers, iKVM,
and I/O module infrastructure devices
• Dell OpenManage™ software integration — Enables you to launch
the CMC Web interface from Dell OpenManage Server Administrator
or IT Assistant
• CMC alert — Alerts you to potential managed node issues through an
e-mail message or SNMP trap
• Remote power management — Provides remote power management
functions, such as shutdown and reset on any chassis component, from a
management console
•Power usage reporting
• Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption — Provides secure remote system
management through the Web interface
• Password-level security management — Prevents unauthorized access to a
remote system
• Role-based authority — Provides assignable permissions for different
systems management tasks
• Launch point for the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC)
Web interface
• Support for WS-Management
•
FlexAddress ™ feature - Replaces the factory-assigned World Wide
Name/Media Access Control (WWN/MAC) IDs with chassis-assigned
WWN/MAC IDs for a particular slot; an optional upgrade (for more
information, see "
Using FlexAddress" )
• Graphical display of chassis component status and health
• Support for single and multi-slot servers
• Update multiple iDRAC management consoles firmware at once
• LCD iDRAC configuration wizard supports iDRAC network configuration
• iDRAC single sign-on