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• 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.
• Fault-tolerant mode for shared storage SPERC 8.
• 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) addresses with chassis-assigned WWN/MAC addresses for a particular slot.
• iDRAC I/O Identity feature support for enhanced WWN/MAC Address Inventory.
• 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.
• Configure storage components on the chassis.
• Map PCIe slots to the servers and their identification.
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).
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