Users Guide

Setting Date and Time on CMC Using CMC Web Interface

To set the date and time on CMC:

In the left pane, click Chassis Overview → Setup → Date/Time.

2. To synchronize the date and time with a Network Time Protocol (NTP) server, on the Date/Time page, select Enable NTP and

specify up to three NTP servers. To manually set the date and time, clear the Enable NTP option, and then edit the Date and

Time elds.

3. Select the Time Zone from the drop-down menu, and then click Apply.

Setting Date and Time on CMC Using RACADM

To set the date and time using the command line interface, see the cong command and cfgRemoteHosts database property

group sections in the Chassis Management Controller for PowerEdge VRTX RACADM Command Line Reference Guide available at

dell.com/support/manuals.

Conguring LEDs to Identify Components on the Chassis

You can enable the LEDs of components (chassis, servers, physical disk drives, virtual disks, and I/O Modules) to blink so that you

can identify the component on the chassis.

NOTE: To modify these settings, you must have the Chassis Conguration Administrator privilege.

Conguring LED Blinking Using CMC Web Interface

To enable blinking for one, multiple, or all component LEDs:

• In the left pane, go to any of the following pages:

– Chassis Overview → Troubleshooting.

– Chassis Overview → Chassis Controller → Troubleshooting.

– Chassis Overview → Server Overview → Troubleshooting.

NOTE: Only servers can be selected on this page.

– Chassis Overview → I/O Module Overview → Troubleshooting.

– Storage → Troubleshooting → Identify.

NOTE: Physical disk per enclosures, virtual disks per enclosures, and external storage component LED can be

selected on this page.

To enable blinking of a component LED, select the Select/Deselect All option corresponding to the physical disk drive or virtual disk

or enclosures, and then click Blink. To disable blinking of a component LED, clear the Select/Deselect All option corresponding to

the LED, and then click Unblink.

Conguring LED Blinking Using RACADM

Open a serial/Telnet/SSH text console to CMC, log in, and type:

racadm setled -m <module> [-l <ledState>], where <module> species the module whose LED you want to

congure. Conguration options:

• server-n where n = 1-4

• switch-1

• cmc-active

and <ledState> species whether or not the LED should blink. Conguration options: