Users Guide

• CMC alert — Alerts you about potential managed node issues through an email message or SNMP

trap.

• Remote power management — Provides remote power management functions, such as shut down

and reset on any chassis component, from a management console.

• 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.

• 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.

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

• Graphical display of chassis component status and health.

• Support for single and multi-slot servers.

• LCD iDRAC configuration wizard support for iDRAC network configuration.

• iDRAC single sign-on.

• Network time protocol (NTP) support.

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

• Forced CMC failover and virtual reseat of servers.

• iDRAC reset without rebooting the operating system.

• Support for storage array configuration using RACADM — Allows you to configure IP, join or create

group, and select fabric for storage arrays using RACADM.

• Multi-chassis management:

– capability to view up to eight group member chassis from the lead chassis.

– capability to select chassis configuration properties from lead chassis and push to Group

members.

– capability for Group members to keep their chassis settings synchronized with the lead chassis.

• Support to save server settings and configuration information to hard disk and restore to same or

different server.

Security Features

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 configure specific privileges for each user.

• User ID and password configuration through the Web interface.

NOTE: 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.

• Configurable IP ports (if applicable).

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