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Dell Chassis Management Controller Version 2.0 for PowerEdge FX2 and FX2s User's Guide

Overview

The Dell Chassis Management Controller (CMC) for Dell EMC PowerEdge FX2/FX2s is a Systems Management hardware and software solution for managing the PowerEdge FX2/FX2s chassis. The CMC has its own microprocessor and memory and is powered by the modular chassis into which it is plugged.

The CMC enables an IT administrator to:
  • View inventory.
  • Perform configuration and monitoring tasks.
  • Remotely turn on and turn off chassis and servers.
  • Enable alerts for events on servers and components in the server module.
  • View the PCIe mapping information and reassign PCIe slots.
  • Provide a one–many management interface to the iDRACs and I/O modules in the chassis.
The CMC provides multiple System Management functions for servers. Power and thermal management are the primary functions of CMC, which are listed as follows:
  • Enclosure-level real-time automatic power and thermal management.
    • The CMC reports real-time power consumption, which includes logging high and low points with a time stamp.
    • The CMC supports setting an optional enclosure maximum power limit (System Input Power Cap), which alerts and takes actions such as limiting the power consumption of servers, and/or preventing the turning on of new servers to keep the enclosure under the defined maximum power limit.
    • The CMC monitors and automatically controls the functions of cooling fans based on actual ambient and internal temperature measurements.
    • The CMC provides comprehensive enclosure inventory and status or error reporting.
  • The CMC provides a mechanism for centralized configuration of the:
    • Network and security setting of the PowerEdge FX2/FX2s enclosure.
    • Power redundancy and power ceiling settings.
    • I/O switch and iDRAC network settings.
    • First boot device on the server module.
    • I/O fabric consistency checks between the I/O module and servers. CMC also disables components, if necessary, to protect the system hardware.
    • User access security.
    • PCIe slots.

You can configure CMC to send email alerts or SNMP trap alerts for warnings or errors such as temperature, hardware misconfiguration, power outage, and fan speed.

NOTE The terms “storage sled” and “storage module” are used interchangeably in this document.

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