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• Power usage reporting.

• Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption — Provides secure remote system management through the web interface.

• Launch point for the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) web interface.

• Support for WS-Management.

• Multi-node Sled adaptation. PowerEdge FM120x4 is a multi-node Sled.

• Chassis Power Limit Monitoring.

• iDRAC IO Identity feature support for enhanced WWN/MAC Address Inventory.

• 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.

• Graphical display of chassis component status and health.

• Support for single and multi-slot servers.

• iDRAC single sign-on.

• Network time protocol (NTP) support.

• Enhanced server summary, power reporting, and power control pages.

• Multi-chassis management, allows up to 19 other chassis to be visible from the lead chassis.

NOTE: Multi-Chassis Management is not supported on IPv6 networks.

• Local and remote iDRAC RACADM proxy feature to manage storage sleds in the FX2s chassis.

Security features

The CMC provides the following security features:

• Password-level security management — Prevents unauthorized access to a remote system.

• Centralized user authentication through:

– Active Directory using Standard Schema or an Extended Schema (optional).

– Hardware-stored user IDs and passwords.

• Role-based authority — Enables an administrator to congure specic privileges for each user.

• User ID and password conguration through the web interface. Web interface supports 128-bit SSL 3.0 encryption and 40-bit SSL 3.0

encryption (for countries where 128-bit is not acceptable).

NOTE

: Telnet does not support SSL encryption.

• Congurable IP ports (if applicable).

• Login failure limits per IP address, with login blocking from the IP address when the limit is exceeded.

• Congurable session auto time out, and more than one simultaneous sessions.

• Limited IP address range for clients connecting to CMC.

• Secure Shell (SSH), which uses an encrypted layer for higher security.

• Single Sign-on, Two-Factor Authentication, and Public Key Authentication.

• CMC Signed Image — Used to protect the rmware image from undetected modication using digital signature.

Chassis overview

A Back Panel view of the chassis is given here with a table that lists the parts and devices available in the CMC.

Overview