Users Guide

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 https://www.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 on page 41.
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 on
page 46.
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
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.
NOTE: OMIVV does not support managing the PowerEdge MX chassis with backup lead configuration.
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 on page 124.
2. Create a chassis credential profile and associate the hosts.
For more information about creating a chassis credential profile, see Create chassis credential profile on page 46.
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 on page 84 and View chassis inventory
job on page 86.
5. Perform firmware update on hosts that are managed using chassis.
For more information about firmware update, see Firmware update on page 140.
NOTE: Bare-metal workflow is not supported when the hosts are managed using chassis.
Add PowerEdge MX Chassis
A host with valid IPv4 iDRAC IP can be added to host credential profile and during the host inventory, the associated MX
chassis gets discovered automatically and displayed on the Dell EMC Chassis page.
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Chassis Management