Users Guide

Viewing Chassis Group Inventory

To view the chassis group using CMC Web interface, in the system tree, select Group. Click Properties → Firmware Version. The

Chassis Group Firmware Version page displays all the chassis in the group.

Viewing Selected Chassis Inventory Using Web Interface

To view the selected chassis inventory using CMC Web interface:

1. In the system tree, select Group. click Properties → Firmware Version.

The Chassis Group Firmware Version page displays all the chassis in the group.

2. In the Select a Chassis section, select the member chassis for which you want to view the inventory.

The Firmware View Filter section displays the server inventory for the selected chassis and the firmware versions of all the

server components.

Viewing Selected Server Component Firmware Versions Using Web Interface

To view the firmware versions of selected server components using CMC Web interface:

1. In the system tree, select Group. Click Properties → Firmware Version.

The Chassis Group Firmware Version page displays all the chassis in the group.

2. In the Select a Chassis section, select the member chassis for which you want to view the inventory.

3. In the Firmware View Filter section, select Components.

4. In the Components list, select the required component- BIOS, iDRAC, CPLD, USC, Diagnostics, OS Drive, RAID devices (up to

2), and NIC devices (up to 6), for which you want to view the firmware version.

The firmware versions of the selected component for all the servers in the selected member chassis are displayed.

NOTE: The firmware versions of USC, Diagnostics, OS Drive, RAID devices, and NIC devices of servers are not

available if:

• The server belongs to the 10th generation of PowerEdge servers. These servers do not support Lifecycle Controller.

• The server belongs to the 11th generation of PowerEdge servers, but the iDRAC firmware does not support Lifecycle

Controller.

• The CMC firmware version of a member chassis is earlier to version 4.45. In this case, the components of all the

servers in this chassis are not displayed, even if the servers support Lifecycle Controller.

Obtaining Certificates

The following table lists the types of certificates based on the login type.

Table 15. : Types of Login and Certificate

Single Sign-on using Active Directory Trusted CA certificate Generate a CSR and get it signed from a

Certificate Authority

Smart Card login as Active Directory user

• User certificate

• Trusted CA certificate

• User Certificate — Export the smart

card user certificate as Base64-

encoded file using the card

management software provided by

the smart card vendor.

• Trusted CA certificate — This

certificate is issued by a CA.

Active Directory user login Trusted CA certificate This certificate is issued by a CA.