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CMC - Unable to login to member chassis from lead chassis in Chassis Group configuration.

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Symptoms

For ease of CMC administration, you may configure a CMC Chassis Group.


The CMC that the group is setup on is considered the Lead Chassis. All subsequent CMCs joined to the Chassis Group are considered Member Chassis. When joining a Member Chassis, it is reqired to provide the administrative credentials.

If the password of the Member Chassis contains any of the following special characters, a login failure will appear on the Chassis Group administration page: "Member 1 Login Failed"
 

&
+
?
%

 

 

SLN302762_en_US__1icon Note: The above characters are considered supported per the CMC User Guide.

 

The issue will be fixed in the next release of the CMC firwamre:

 
CMC Version
M1000e 5.2
FX2 1.4
VRTX 2.2


As a workaround the CMC password can be changed to use any of the other supported special characters.

Cause

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Resolution

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Affected Products

Dell Chassis Management Controller Version 1.32 for Dell PowerEdge FX2, Dell Chassis Management Controller Version 2.11 for Dell PowerEdge VRTX, Dell Chassis Management Controller Version 5.12 for Dell PowerEdge M1000E