Users Guide

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 conguration 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 dened 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 conguration 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 congure CMC to send email alerts or SNMP trap alerts for warnings or errors such as temperature, hardware misconguration,

power outage, and fan speed.

NOTE

: The terms “storage sled” and “storage module” are used interchangeably in this document.

Topics:

• Key Features

• Chassis overview

• Supported remote access connections

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