Users Guide

• What is new in this release

• Key Features

• Chassis Overview

• Minimum CMC Version

• Supported Remote Access Connections

• Supported Platforms

• Supported Web Browsers

• Managing Licenses

• Viewing Localized Versions of the CMC Web Interface

• Supported Management Console Applications

• How to use this Guide

• Other Documents You May Need

• Accessing documents from the Dell EMC support site

What is new in this release

This release of CMC for Dell EMC PowerEdge VRTX supports:

• Displaying chassis name in the CLI prompt.

• Enabling and setting iDRAC DNS name in the QuickDeploy Settings and iDRAC Network Settings sections on the Deploy iDRAC

page.

• Displaying DNS name on the Server Status and Slot Names pages.

• Two new COMMs cards Intel 10Gb NICs -- Dell P/N C4D5P and 4V7G2.

Key Features

The CMC features are grouped into management and security features.

Management Features

CMC provides the following management features:

• Redundant CMC environment.

• Dynamic Domain Name System (DDNS) registration for IPv4 and IPv6.

• Login management and conguration for local users, Active Directory, and LDAP.

• Advanced cooling options such and ECM (Enhanced Cooling Mode) and Fan Oset can be enabled to provide additional cooling for

improved performance.

• Remote system management and monitoring using SNMP, a web interface, KVM, Telnet, or SSH connection.

• Monitoring — Provides access to system information and status of components.

• Access to system event logs — Provides access to the hardware log and chassis log.

• Firmware updates for various chassis components — Enables you to update the rmware for CMC, iDRAC on servers, chassis

infrastructure, and chassis storage.

• Firmware update of server components such as BIOS, network controllers, storage controllers, and so on across multiple servers in the

chassis using Lifecycle Controller.

• Dell OpenManage software integration — Enables you to launch the CMC web interface from Dell OpenManage Server Administrator

or OpenManage Essentials (OME) 1.2.

• CMC alert — Alerts you about potential managed node issues through Remote syslog email message or SNMP trap.

• Remote power management — Provides remote power management functions, such as turn o and reset of any chassis component,

from a management console.

Overview