Owner's Manual

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Overview
The Dell Chassis Management Controller (CMC) is a hot-pluggable systems
management hardware and software solution designed to provide remote
management capabilities and power control functions for Dell PowerEdge
M1000e chassis systems.
You can configure the CMC to send e-mail alerts or SNMP trap alerts for
warnings or errors related to temperatures, hardware misconfigurations,
power outages, and fan speeds.
The CMC, which has its own microprocessor and memory, is powered by the
modular chassis into which it is plugged. To get started with the CMC, see
"Installing and Setting Up the CMC" on page 29.
What’s New For This Release
This release of CMC supports the following features:
• Resolves a known issue in CMC 3.0 and CMC 3.1 firmware versions,
which may allow a non-Administrator user to perform Administrator
operations over the WS-MAN interface.
• Support for the following new hardware:
– QLogic QME8242-k CNA mezzanine card
– PowerConnect M8024-k 10Gb ethernet switch
– Dell 10Gb ethernet pass through -k
– QLogic QMD8252-k CNA NDC
– Broadcom 57712-k NDC
• Firmware update of server component(s) across multiple servers in the
chassis using Lifecycle Controller.
• Extended non-volatile (persistent) storage, using 2GB Secure Digital (SD)
media in the CMC card slot(s).
• Quick launch links when using chassis groups.