Dell Chassis Management Controller (CMC) for Dell PowerEdge VRTX, Version 3.0

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Dell Chassis Management Controller (CMC) for Dell PowerEdge VRTX, Version 3.0
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File Name: CMC_VRTX_3.00_A00.exe
File Size: 27.31 MB
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MD5:
bbceb65ebd8dd5d46ed53d89165569a5
SHA1:
5da927b0150fec2d9fb927d236bb3781b71a3b7c
SHA-256:
95acea83dfaf469202b6a3cb515fc27e48c5469cc3c26828602fda3ce68ab44a

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Fixes & Enhancements

Fixes:
- Fixed an issue causing failure of racresetcfg, when the six RSA-4096 or four
RSA-2048, and two 2048 DSA SSH public keys are uploaded to the CMC.

Enhancements:
- Supporting PowerEdge M640 blade server on the PowerEdge VRTX Chassis.
- Updating the physical mapping of TOR switch ports to Dell EMC's 14th generation server ports using LLDP open source package version 0.7.7.
- Unlocking the foreign SEDs from CMC GUI.
- Collecting CMC dumplogs as part of the server's SupportAssist tab.
- Integrating ZIP open source package version 3.0 for SupportAssist.
- Integrating LSOF open source package version 4.86 for SupportAssist.
- Monitoring "wear gauge" of SSDs.
- Monitoring CMC Fan sensors PWM using RACADM:
- getsensorinfo
- Integrating the event filter configurations on chassis profile XML file.
- Updating the OpenSSL open source package to version 1.0.2K.
- Updating the OpenSSH open source package to version 7.4p1.
- Updating enterprise OID in the SNMPv3 trap.
- Extending SNMP protocol and custom discovery port configuration in GUI.
- Extending SNMPv3 trap configuration support in WSMan.
- Configuring CMC using WSMan for the following SNMPv3 user attributes:
- userAdminSNMPv3Enable
- userAdminSNMPv3AuthenticationType
- userAdminSNMPv3PrivacyType
- Monitoring CMC using WSMan for the following sensors:
- Fan sensor speed
- Temperature sensor for chassis and servers
- Providing racadm commands to initiate/cancel consistency checks of all VDs:
- raid ccheckall
- raid cancelcheckall
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Version

3.00.200.201708033700, A00

Release date

21 Sep 2017

Download Type

Firmware

Category

Chassis System Management

Importance

Recommended
Dell Technologies recommends applying this update during your next scheduled update cycle. The update contains changes to maintain overall system health. It ensures that the system software remains current and compatible with other system modules (firmware, BIOS, drivers, and software) and may include other new features.

File Format: Dell Packages for Chassis Management Controller (CMC) ensure that specific validation criteria are met before performing updates
File Name: vrtx_cmc_3.00_A00.bin
File Size: 30.72 MB
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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:
c9edb9f4542cc1982ef3dc851a02ecf5
SHA1:
54f62a1a64084fd6d7a495d62d2b8d8b0dfd9cf0
SHA-256:
ee5bd88ccd56ac90c5e473fcda4402d2507c41f26d7620f4a1bb519e9f193d76

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_3.00_A00.bin.sign
File Size: 198 Bytes
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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:
159345478bc36ac71b91d7a9061901c3
SHA1:
cfedceb61cac705f034ce3ad7cb0d08c9d340d6c
SHA-256:
0e890985b6102406ab4e63fb47d50b3c5213d9efa6b83b563b7a8c22e4eff5b3

File Format: An archive of PDF files to provide help and procedural information to the customers
File Name: CMC_VRTX_3.00_ReleaseNotes_A00.pdf
File Size: 127.39 KB
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MD5:
6519c4b8cdbde88d36907ab313a57bef
SHA1:
7be876dc743b331736188f54c6d742a9287b1a77
SHA-256:
64f7e50c273e60ae24479bdd9fd8370c7a93ac23131cdf37c89950f9d07124ce

File Format: External release notes
File Name: CMC_VRTX_3.00_ReleaseNotes_A00.txt
File Size: 26.21 KB
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MD5:
da627656ea570a93f92e27afda510fd7
SHA1:
3d94150d4738778067c1b7e34f44864b98c87ee1
SHA-256:
2449f7d661f195193006f8de615c49ec490705b0a374f24ce46c01b8b4e04e61

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Additional details

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2.23, A0024 Apr 2017
2.22, A0001 Dec 2016
2.20, A0010 Oct 2016
2.12, A0022 Apr 2016
2.04, A0006 Jun 2015
2.0.1, A0003 Feb 2015
2.0, A0001 Dec 2014
1.36, A0002 Oct 2014
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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