Dell Chassis Management Controller (CMC) for Dell PowerEdge VRTX, Version 2.0.4

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Dell Chassis Management Controller (CMC) for Dell PowerEdge VRTX, Version 2.0.4
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CMC_For_PowerEdge_VRTX2.04-RelNotes.pdf | 303.37 KB
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File Format: An archive of PDF files to provide help and procedural information to the customers
File Name: CMC_For_PowerEdge_VRTX2.04-RelNotes.pdf
File Size: 303.37 KB
Format Description
This format consists of an archive of PDF files used to provide help and procedural information to the customer. It is necessary to install the Adobe Acrobat Reader first to view the files in this archive.
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MD5:
550f61a60f856a8783d3d1cb90a9a561
SHA1:
acc58124842cd1b72933cb330b06274809d88375
SHA-256:
9e5f6d3b4fefdc2dccbef3e5e09762c978b54fe6dbdbb7e08566978f728e7cdb

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Fixes & Enhancements

Fixes:
-Fixed an issue where CMC sometimes does not notify or show storage changes until
a chassis powercycle, CMC reset, or failover is performed.
-Fixed an issue where CMC User Interface may become unresponsive while CMC is still
accessible through other interfaces such as CLI (SSH, Serial, telnet) and WSMAN.
Enhancements:
-N/A
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Version

2.04, A00

Release date

06 Jun 2015

Download Type

Firmware

Category

Chassis System Management

Importance

Urgent
Dell Technologies highly recommends applying this important update as soon as possible. The update contains critical bug fixes and changes to improve functionality, reliability, and stability of your Dell system. It may also include security fixes and other feature enhancements.

File Format: Dell Packages for Chassis Management Controller (CMC) ensure that specific validation criteria are met before performing updates
File Name: vrtx_cmc.bin
File Size: 49.23 MB
This is a large file. Depending on your connection speed, it may take some time to download.
Format Description:
Dell Packages for Chassis Management Controller (CMC) ensure that specific validation criteria are met before performing updates.
To ensure the integrity of your download, please verify the checksum value.
MD5:
1d7582f456f146145a20c6ba325d7a05
SHA1:
de6b90bf010906ff2db00be5c8d77ac7543f8824
SHA-256:
af89d9f96f97fb3938e990ec3354beb15aed0fcb15536f3b70345d10cee95851

File Format: The signature for Dell Packages for Chassis Management Controller (CMC) can be used to authenticate the identity of Dell™ in the correlated Package for CMC. You can download the Dell public GnuPG key by navigating to Dell | Linux Web Site
File Name: vrtx_cmc.bin.sign
File Size: 198 Bytes
This is a large file. Depending on your connection speed, it may take some time to download.
Format Description:
The signature for Dell Packages for Chassis Management Controller (CMC) can be used to authenticate Dell's identity in the correlated Package for CMC. You can download the Dell public GnuPG key by navigating to Dell | Linux Web Site.
To ensure the integrity of your download, please verify the checksum value.
MD5:
f0f10bd8130bdb8b2d046be88140ddd5
SHA1:
6684ed1cead160149beb5620bea1b031f02f10f1
SHA-256:
1375b662ac1366593066d76b530b6ce5aab9a5379073fb5112635a86b529db5c

File Format: External release notes
File Name: CMC_For_PowerEdge_VRTX2.04_RelNotes.txt
File Size: 20.8 KB
This is a large file. Depending on your connection speed, it may take some time to download.
Format Description:
This file format contains plain text which can be viewed with a standard text editor.
To ensure the integrity of your download, please verify the checksum value.
MD5:
cb72a516f8bfcd78d8bfc2bf7c4eddbc
SHA1:
d0bc1e870eb259d4a2d3883fbea3c63b753e818d
SHA-256:
edce3916d1d973b229f58b8061c88f46fa8bf2764c79f4d658dfd58c2f5f13a0

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Additional details

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2.12, A0022 Apr 2016
2.0.1, A0003 Feb 2015
2.0, A0001 Dec 2014
1.36, A0002 Oct 2014
1.20, A0021 Nov 2013
1.10, A0012 Nov 2013
1.00, A0017 Jul 2013
Download:
1. Click Download File to download the file.
2. When the File Download window appears, click Save to save the file to your hard drive.

Installation:
1. In the CMC web interface, click Chassis Overview, and then click Update.
2. On the Firmware Update page, in the CMC Firmware section, select the required
3. components under the Update Targets column for the CMC or CMCs (if standby
CMC is present) you want to update, and then click Apply CMC Update.
4. In the Firmware Image box, enter the path to the firmware image file on the
management station or shared network, or click Browse to browse through to
the file location. The default name of the CMC firmware image file is
vrtx_cmc.bin.
5. Click Begin Firmware Update, and then click Yes. The Firmware Update Progress
section displays information about the firmware update status.

For more information, see the Chassis Management Controller for PowerEdge VRTX
User's Guide available at www.dell.com/esmmanuals

Chassis: The following order is recommended while updating your system. Please refer to the online VRTX documentation on support.dell.com for detailed instructions on the update procedures.
- Update components for the module Server nodes in the chassis
Shared PERC8 driver
IDRAC
CPLD
BIOS
- Update VRTX Chassis components
HDD Firmware (Windows DUP)
CMC Firmware
VRTX Chassis Infrastructure Firmware
VRTX Storage Backplane Expander Firmware
Shared PERC8 Controller Firmware (Windows DUP)

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