Security Features; Chassis Overview - Dell PS-M4110 User Manual

• 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.
• Graphical display of chassis component status and health.
• Support for single and multi-slot servers.
• LCD iDRAC configuration wizard supports 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.
• Multi-chassis management, allows up to eight other chassis to be visible from the lead chassis.
• 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 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 BIOS configuration information to hard disk and restore to same or different server.

Security Features

The CMC provides the following security features:
• Password-level security management — Prevents unauthorized access to a remote system.
• Centralized User authentication through:
– Active Directory using Standard Schema or an Extended Schema(optional.)
– Hardware-stored user IDs and passwords.
• Role-based authority — Enables an administrator to configure specific privileges for each user.
• User ID and password configuration through the Web interface.
• Web interface supports 128-bit SSL 3.0 encryption and 40-bit SSL 3.0 encryption (for countries where 128-bit is
not acceptable).
NOTE: Telnet does not support SSL encryption.
• Configurable IP ports (if applicable).
• Login failure limits per IP address, with login blocking from the IP address when the limit is exceeded.
• Configurable session auto time out, and more than one simultaneous sessions.
• Limited IP address range for clients connecting to the CMC.
• Secure Shell (SSH), which uses an encrypted layer for higher security.
• Single Sign-on, Two-Factor Authentication, and Public Key Authentication.

Chassis Overview

The following figure shows the facing edge of a CMC (inset) and the locations of the CMC slots in the chassis.
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