Dell PowerEdge M1000e Technical Manual page 63

The CMC 3.2 release added:
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Firmware update of server component(s) across multiple servers in the chassis using Lifecycle
Controller.
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Extended Non-Volatile (persistent) Storage, using 2 GB Secure Digital (SD) media in the CMC
card slot(s).
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Power Cap can be set to 16685W AC.
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Chassis Group Quick Launch and Single-Sign On (SSO) from the leader to iDRAC GUI and KVM.
The CMC 4.0 added:
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Blade server BIOS capture and one-to-many apply
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Cloning of the lead chassis configuration to members
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Cluster-wide inventory report makes it easy to find empty slots or blades with a specific
configurations of CPU and memory
The CMC 4.2 added:

Enables initial PowerEdge M I/O Aggregator deployment for server administrators in CMC and
from consoles
The CMC 4.3 added:

Extended one-to-many firmware update to include update capability for supported 12
generation Fiber Channel (FC) mezzanine cards
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Enables update of Dell PowerEdge M IO Aggregator firmware from the CMC GUI
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Enables saving the blade server BIOS capture to hard disk for restoring to the same or a different
chassis
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RACADM support to configure Dell EqualLogic PS-M4110 Blade Array
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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
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Capability to reset iDRAC7 without rebooting the blade server from the CMC

Default key size for Certificate Signing Requests changed from 1024 to 2048
The CMC 4.4 added:

Support for DC power supplies

Blade server configuration capture
Expanded to include multiple server components such as iDRAC7 with Lifecycle Controller,
—
and NIC
Can be assigned to a chassis slot and applied on server insertion
—

Enhanced reporting for Dell PowerEdge M I/O Aggregator to include FCoE, uplink and downlink
status, and stacking information
Dell recommends upgrading to the latest version of CMC to ensure optimal performance over the
widest possible range of blade server configurations. For more information on CMC features, see the
Dell PowerEdge M1000e Enclosure Owner's Manual
PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide
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on Dell.com/Support/Manuals.
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