Dell Chassis Management Controller for Dell EMC PowerEdge FX2 Version 2.20 Release Notes

• Changing the iDRAC DNS name from CMC.
• Enabling CLI prompt to display chassis name.
• Supporting two new COMMs cards Intel 10Gb NICs—Dell P/N C4D5P and 4V7G2

Release 2.10

• Supporting PowerEdge FD332 HBA330 storage solution on PowerEdge FX2s chassis.
• Updating the Linux kernel open source package to version 4.9.31.
• Enabling windows file sharing protocol version SMBv2 and SMBv3.
• Updating the OpenSSH open source package to version 7.6p1. The minimum key length required for SSH is 1024 bits.
• Supporting slot names with a length of 24 characters to identify individual servers.
• Enabling SNMP trap for the TMP8501 alert.
• Extending fabric flex address configuration support in chassis profile .xml file.
• Supporting 128-bit session identifiers.
• Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) 140-2 cryptography capability. The CMC 2.00 release is FIPS certified version (Certification Number: #2861).
• Firmware and driver refresh of COMMs cards on Dell's 14th generation of PowerEdge servers.

Release 2.0

• Supporting PowerEdge FC640 sled on the PowerEdge FX2/FX2s chassis.
• Enabling Fault Tolerant Power Supply Redundancy control.
• 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.
• Supporting X16 Gen 3 PCIe IDT retimer Mezz Card.
• 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 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
• Supporting 2400W PSU on CMC version >= 1.4x.

Release 1.42

• Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) certified. Certification Number: #2861. For details, see www.csrc.nist.gov/groups/STM/cmvp/documents/140-1/140val-all.htm#2861

Release 1.41

• Updated the OpenSSL open source package to version 1.0.2j.

Release 1.40

• Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) 140-2 cryptography capability.
• Disabling AC Power Recovery.
• Performing racresetcfg from CMC GUI.
• Updating the OpenSSL open source package to version 1.0.2f.
• Updating the OpenSSH open source package to version 7.1p1.
• Updating glibc to version 2.23 to address new security vulnerabilities.
• TLS 1.2 and TLS 1.1 by default.
• User configuration option to enable TLS 1.0 using RACADM.
• SNMPv3 configuration only in RACADM.
• Querying the health status of the chassis components using WSMan.
• Initiating Quick Deploy of blade through RACADM.
• Configuring CMC using WSMan for the following features:
  • Host Name of Chassis
  • IP Configuration
  • DNS
  • DNS Registration
  • NTP
  • Change Default Password
• Sending alerts when the power state of an IOM changes and when a power ON of IOM fails.
• Populating CMC Device name correctly in the inventory.

Release 1.32

• Quick link to the Dell Tech Center from CMC Web GUI.

Release 1.30

• Firmware and driver refresh of COMMs cards on Dell's 13th generation of PowerEdge servers.
• Capture and replicate chassis configurations through XML, based on the Chassis Configuration Profile.
• Support for blinking server identification LED from Quick Link on the Homepage.
• Backup or restore through XML, based on the Chassis Configuration Profile.
• Create and deploy a library of Boot Identity Profiles (boot from iSCSI/SAN configurations) to enable quick restore of workload to a spare server.
• Populate iDRAC DNS setting from the CMC Quick Deploy page.
• Display iDRAC DNS name as the slot name.
• Option to view iDRAC LCLog results directly in CMC after applying a Server Configuration Profile.
• Support for Secure IOM mode. Secure IOM provides additional CMC security to support IOMs running in UC-APL secured environments.
• Support for launching IOA GUI on the Homepage and I/O Module overview page.