Users Guide

Backup the CMC Congurations and Server
Congurations.
1 To back up Chassis conguration, see Saving or Restoring Chassis Conguration section.
2 To save the congurations of a server, use the Server Cloning feature of CMC.
For information, see the Conguring Prole Settings Using Server Clone.
3 Save the existing congurations of a server to an external storage card, using the CMC Web interface.
For information, see the Adding or Saving Prole section.
4 Apply the congurations saved on the external storage card to the required server, using the CMC Web interface .
For information, see the Applying Prole section.
Update Firmware for Management Consoles Without
Servers Downtime
You can update rmware for management consoles for CMC, iDRAC and Lifecycle Controller without downtime on the servers:
1 In a scenario, where both the primary and the standby CMC is present, you can update the CMC rmware without servers or IOMs
downtime.
2 To update rmware on the primary CMC, see the Updating Firmware section.
When you update rmware on the primary CMC, the standby CMC takes on the role of the primary CMC. Hence, IOMs and servers
downtime does not occur.
NOTE
: The rmware update process impacts only the management consoles of IOM and iDRAC servers. There is no impact
on the external connectivity between the servers and IOMs.
3 To update iDRAC or Lifecycle Controller rmware without a downtime of chassis, perform the update using the Lifecycle Controller
service. For information on updating server component rmware using Lifecycle Controller, see the Upgrading Server Component
Firmware section.
NOTE
: While updating any other components such as Mezzanine cards, NDC controllers, and BIOS, a downtime of the
servers occurs.
Extended Power Performance Scenarios - Using Web
Interface
Scenario 1: When EPP is enabled with 3000W PSU:
• The following options in the Web interface are grayed out and not available for selection:
– Server Based Power Management (SBPM).
– Redundancy Policy: Power Supply Redundancy and No Redundancy.
– Server Performance Over Power Redundancy (SPOPR).
– Dynamic Power Supply Engagement (DPSE).
– Allow 110 VAC Operation.
• Changing the System Input Power Cap value to less than or equal to 13300 W, displays the following message:
System Input Power Cap cannot be set to less than or equal to 13300 W (45381 BTU/h) while
Extended Power Performance is enabled.
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