Server Management; Enclosure Management - Dell PowerEdge M1000e Technical Manual

Management connections transfer health and control traffic throughout the chassis. The system
management fabric is architected for 100BaseT Ethernet over differential pairs routed to each
module. There are two 100BaseT interfaces between CMCs, one switched and one unswitched. All
system management Ethernet is routed for 100 Mbps signaling. Every module has a management
network link to each CMC, with redundancy provided at the module level. Failure of any individual
link will cause failover to the redundant CMC.

Server management

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Enclosure management

The CMC provides secure remote management access to the chassis and installed modules. The
M1000e must have at least one CMC and supports an optional redundant module, each occupying a
slot accessible through the back of the chassis. Redundancy is provided in an Active — Standby
pairing of the modules and failover occurs when the active module has failed or degraded. The CMC
interfaces through dual stacking 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports and one serial port. The CMC serial
port interface provides common management of up to six I/O modules through a single connection.
The CMC provides many features, including:
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Deployment
LCD-based deployment wizard
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Single secure interface for inventory, configuration, monitoring, and alerting for server
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modules, chassis infrastructure and I/O Modules
Centralized configuration for iDRAC, I/O Modules and CMC
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One-to-many iDRAC configuration
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One-to-many blade boot device selection
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One-to-many vMedia file share
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Customized slot naming
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I/O module configuration and launch
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WWN/MAC display and persistence with FlexAddress; manages FlexAddress ports
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Support for Network Time Protocol (NTP)
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Monitoring and troubleshooting
User interface entry point (web, telnet, SSH, serial)
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Monitoring and alerting for chassis environmental conditions or component health
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thresholds. This includes but is not limited to the following:
Real-time power consumption
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Power supplies
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Fans
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Power allocation
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Temperature
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CMC redundancy
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I/O fabric consistency
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Consolidated status reporting and event logs
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Email and SNMP alerting
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Support for remote syslog
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Blade events displayed in CMC
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Consolidated chassis, blade, and I/O Inventory
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