Skip to main content
  • Place orders quickly and easily
  • View orders and track your shipping status
  • Enjoy members-only rewards and discounts
  • Create and access a list of your products
  • Manage your Dell EMC sites, products, and product-level contacts using Company Administration.

Dell PowerEdge M1000e Chassis Management Controller Firmware Version 5.1 User’s Guide

PDF

LCD Module and Server Status Information

The tables in this section describe status items that are displayed on the front panel LCD for each type of component in the chassis.

Table 1. CMC Status
Item Description
Example: CMC1, CMC2 Name or Location.
No Errors If there are no errors then the message “No Errors” is displayed, else error messages are listed. Critical errors are listed first, followed by warnings.
Firmware Version Only displays on an active CMC. Displays Standby for the standby CMC.
IP4 <enabled, disabled> Displays current IPv4 enabled state only on an active CMC.
IP4 Address: <address, acquiring> Only displays if IPv4 is enabled only on an active CMC.
IP6 <enabled, disabled> Displays current IPv6 enabled state only on an active CMC.
IP6 Local Address: <address> Only displays if IPv6 is enabled only on an active CMC.
IP6 Global Address: <address> Only displays if IPv6 is enabled only on an active CMC.
MAC: <address> Displays the CMC's MAC address.
Table 2. Chassis or Enclosure Status
Item Description
User Define Name Example: “Dell Rack System”. You can set this option through the CMC Command Line Interface (CLI) or Web interface.
Error Messages If there are no errors then the message “No Errors” is displayed, else error messages are listed. Critical errors are listed first, followed by warnings.
Model Number Example "PowerEdgeM1000e".
Power Consumption Current power consumption in watts.
Peak Power Peak power consumed in watts.
Minimum Power Minimum power consumed in watts.
Ambient Temperature Current ambient temperature in degrees Celsius.
Service Tag The factory-assigned service tag.
CMC redundancy mode Non-Redundant or Redundant.
PSU redundancy mode Non-Redundant, AC Redundant, or DC Redundant.
Table 3. Fan Status
Item Description
Name/Location Example: Fan1, Fan2, and so on.
Error Messages If no error then "No Errors" is shown; otherwise error messages are listed, critical errors first, then warnings.
RPM Current fan speed in RPM.
Table 4. PSU Status
Item Description
Name/Location Example: PSU1, PSU2, and so on.
Error Messages If there are no errors then the message “No Errors” is displayed, else error messages are listed. Critical errors are listed first, followed by warnings.
Status Offline, Online, or Standby.
Maximum Wattage Maximum Wattage that PSU can supply to the system.
Table 5. IOM Status
Item Description
Name/Location Example: IOM A1, IOM B1. and so on.
Error Messages If there are no errors then the message “No Errors” is displayed, else error messages are listed. Critical errors are listed first, followed by warnings. For more information see LCD Error Messages.
Status Off or On.
Model Model of the IOM.
Fabric Type Networking type.
IP address Only shows if IOM is On. This value is zero for a pass through type IOM.
Service Tag The factory-assigned service tag.
Table 6. iKVM Status
Item Description
Name iKVM.
No Error If there are no errors then the message “No Errors” is displayed, else error messages are listed. Critical errors are listed first, followed by warnings. For more information see LCD Error Messages.
Status Off or On.
Model/Manufacture A description of the iKVM model.
Service Tag The factory-assigned service tag.
Part Number The Manufacturer part number.
Firmware Version iKVM firmware version.
Hardware Version iKVM hardware version.
  • NOTE: This information is dynamically updated
Table 7. Server Status
Item Description
Example: Server 1, Server 2, etc. Name/Location.
No Errors If there are no errors then the message “No Errors” is displayed, else error messages are listed. Critical errors are listed first, followed by warnings. For more information see LCD Error Messages.
Slot Name Chassis slot name. For example, SLOT-01.
  • NOTE: You can set this table through the CMC CLI or Web interface.
Name Name of the server, which the user can set through Dell OpenManage. The name is displayed only if iDRAC has finished booting, and the server supports this feature, else iDRAC booting messages are displayed.
Model Number Displays if iDRAC finished booting.
Service Tag Displays if iDRAC finished booting.
BIOS Version Server BIOS firmware version.
Last POST Code Displays the last server BIOS POST code messages string.
iDRAC Firmware Version Displays if iDRAC finished booting.
  • NOTE: iDRAC version 1.01 is displayed as 1.1. There is no iDRAC version 1.10.
IP4 <enabled, disabled> Displays the current IPv4 enabled state.
IP4 Address: <address, acquiring> Only displays if IPv4 is enabled.
IP6 <enabled, disabled> Only displays if iDRAC supports IPv6. Displays current IPv6-enabled state.
IP6 Local Address: <address> Only displays if iDRAC supports IPv6 and IPv6 is enabled.
IP6 Global Address: <address> Only displays if iDRAC supports IPv6 and IPv6 is enabled.
FlexAddress enabled on Fabrics Only displays if the feature is installed. Lists the fabrics enabled for this server (that is, A, B, C).

The information in the table is dynamically updated. If the server does not support this feature, then the following information does not appear, else Server Administrator options are as follows:

  • Option “None” = No strings must be displayed on the LCD.
  • Option “Default” = No Effect.
  • Option “Custom” = Allows you to enter a string name for the server.

The information is displayed only if iDRAC has completed booting. For more information on this feature, see the Chassis Management Controller for Dell PowerEdge M1000e RACADM Command Line Reference Guide at dell.com/support/manuals.


Rate this content

Accurate
Useful
Easy to understand
Was this article helpful?
0/3000 characters
  Please provide ratings (1-5 stars).
  Please provide ratings (1-5 stars).
  Please provide ratings (1-5 stars).
  Please select whether the article was helpful or not.
  Comments cannot contain these special characters: <>()\