Key Features; Management Features - Dell PowerEdge VRTX User Manual

– Storage components.
– PCIe slots.
You can configure CMC to send email alerts or SNMP trap alerts for warnings or errors such as temperature, hardware
misconfiguration, power outage, fan speed, and blowers.

Key Features

The CMC features are grouped into management and security features.

Management Features

CMC provides the following management features:
• Redundant CMC environment.
• Dynamic Domain Name System (DDNS) registration for IPv4 and IPv6.
• Login management and configuration for local users, Active Directory, and LDAP.
• Advanced cooling options such and ECM (Enhanced Cooling Mode) and Fan Offset can be enabled to provide
additional cooling for improved performance.
• Remote system management and monitoring using SNMP, a web interface, KVM, 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 chassis log.
• Firmware updates for various chassis components — Enables you to update the firmware for CMC, iDRAC on
servers, chassis infrastructure, and chassis storage.
• Firmware update of server components such as BIOS, network controllers, storage controllers, and so on
across multiple servers in the chassis using Lifecycle Controller.
• Dell OpenManage software integration — Enables you to launch the CMC web interface from Dell OpenManage
Server Administrator or OpenManage Essentials (OME) 1.2.
• CMC alert — Alerts you about potential managed node issues through Remote syslog email message or SNMP
trap.
• Remote power management — Provides remote power management functions, such as turn off and reset of 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.
• Graphical display of chassis component status and health.
• Support for single and multi-slot servers.
• LCD iDRAC configuration wizard supports 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.
• Multi-chassis management, allows up to eight other chassis to be visible from the lead chassis.
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