Users Guide

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What is new in this release
This release of CMC for Dell EMC PowerEdge M1000e supports:
● Display of fan speed and temperature information using WSMan.
● LLDP opensource daemon to forward the LLDP packets to iDRAC through VLAN.
● Transferring CMC dumplogs to iDRAC.
Key Features
The CMC features are grouped into management and security features.
Management Features
The CMC provides the following management features:
● Redundant CMC environment.
● Dynamic Domain Name System (DDNS) registration for IPv4 and IPv6.
● Remote system management and monitoring using SNMP, a Web interface, iKVM, 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 CMC log.
● Firmware updates for various chassis components — Enables you to update the firmware for CMC, servers, iKVM, and I/O
module infrastructure devices.
● Firmware update of server components such as BIOS, Network Controllers, Storage Controllers, and so on across multiple
servers in the chassis using Lifecycle Controller.
● Server Component Update — Single Click all blade update using Network Share mode.
● Dell OpenManage software integration — Enables you to launch the CMC Web interface from Dell OpenManage Server
Administrator or IT Assistant.
● 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.
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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.
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