Users Guide

Manage PowerEdge MX chassis
The way that you manage an MX7000X chassis is different from managing other Dell EMC chassis such as M1000e, VRTX, and FX2.
You can manage an MX chassis in a standalone mode having public IPs for Management Module and iDRAC IPs. Also, you can configure
an MX chassis in the Multi-Chassis Management (MCM) mode having one lead and multiple members.
Dell EMC OpenManage Enterprise-Modular supports wired MCM groups. In the wired type, the chassis is daisy-chained or wired through
a redundant port on the management module. The chassis that you select for creating the group must be daisy-chained to at least one
chassis. For more information about creating the chassis group, see Dell EMC OpenManage Enterprise-Modular for PowerEdge MX7000
User's Guide at dell.com/support.
You can manage the servers present in an MX chassis in two ways:
1. Managing the servers using a host credential profile: The standard and recommended way of managing the servers where all the
functions are supported. In this case, the chassis is discovered only after MX host inventory is complete. For more information about
creating a host credential profile, see Create host credential profile.
2. Managing the servers using a chassis credential profile: If you choose to manage your hosts using the chassis credential profile,
OMIVV features such as, inventory, monitoring, firmware, and driver updates are supported. For more information about managing
chassis and host using the chassis credential profile, see Create chassis credential profile.
NOTE: OMIVV does not support managing the PowerEdge MX chassis with backup lead configuration.
NOTE: If the IPv4 address of the iDRAC is disabled, you can choose to manage the server using the chassis credential
profile. If you are managing the server using the chassis credential profile, the following OMIVV functions are not
supported:
• iDRAC Lockdown mode
• Ability to use this server as a reference server to capture System Profile
• OS deployment
• Getting or updating CSIOR status
• Server configuration compliance
• Few inventory-related information
NOTE: The hosts with a public IPv4 iDRAC IP can also be managed using the chassis credential profile. However, it is
not recommended because the above listed functions are not supported.
Chassis and host management using the Unified Chassis
Management IP
If an iDRAC IPv4 is disabled for a host that is managed using host credential profile, the host inventory fails and chassis is not discovered.
In such cases, the chassis must be added manually and should be associated to a chassis credential profile to manage the chassis and its
associated hosts.
If you choose to manage your hosts using the Unified Chassis Management IP, OMIVV features such as, inventory, monitoring, firmware,
and driver updates are supported. The following are the high-level description of the tasks to manage the hosts and chassis using the
Unified Chassis Management IP:
1. Add an MX chassis.
For information about adding an MX chassis, see Add PowerEdge MX Chassis .
2. Create a chassis credential profile and associate the hosts.
For more information about creating a chassis credential profile, see Create chassis credential profile.
3. View jobs for both chassis and host that is managed using the chassis credential profile.
4. View chassis and host inventory.
For more information about host and chassis inventory, see View host inventory job and View chassis inventory job.
5. Perform firmware update on hosts that are managed using chassis.
For more information about firmware update, see Firmware update.
NOTE: Bare-metal workflow is not supported when the hosts are managed using chassis.
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