Enclosure Management - Dell PowerEdge M1000e Technical Manual

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Integration with Microsoft® Active Directory®
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Security, Local and Active Directory
Traditional IPMI-based BMC features like hardware monitoring and power control are supported.
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Unified Server Configurator (USC): Consolidated interface for OS install, hardware
configuration, updates, and diagnostics
Reduces task time and speed of deployment
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Eliminates media for OS drivers during OS install and update
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Eliminates multiple control ROM options for hardware configuration
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Eases firmware updates with roll-back capability
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Embedded Diagnostics
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Parts Replacement: Automatically updates RAID/NIC firmware to previous levels after parts
replacement.
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Persistent Life Cycle Log
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Out-of-Band Configuration/Update: With the introduction of Lifecycle Controller (LCC) 1.3,
customers and console vendors can initiate and schedule an upgrade to device firmware and
pre-OS software out-of-band. This is useful during ―bare metal‖ deployment scenarios or
change management in operating systems where firmware updates were not possible in the
past (i.e., virtualization).
Updates are staged on the Lifecycle Controller and applied immediately or during a
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scheduled maintenance window.
Lifecycle controller 1.3 supports updates with BIOS, diagnostics, driver pack, USC,
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RAID controller firmware, iDRAC6 firmware, and NIC firmware.
More information on the

14.3 Enclosure Management

The CMC provides secure remote management access to the chassis and installed modules. The
M1000e must have at least one CMC and supports an optional redundant module, each occupying a
slot accessible through the rear of the chassis. Redundancy is provided in an Active—Standby pairing
of the modules and failover occurs when the active module has failed or degraded. The CMC
interfaces through dual stacking 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports and one serial port. The CMC serial port
interface provides common management of up to six I/O modules through a single connection.
The CMC provides many features, including:
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Deployment
o LCD based deployment ―wizard‖
o Single secure interface for inventory, configuration, monitoring, and alerting for
server modules, chassis infrastructure and I/O Modules
o Centralized configuration for iDRAC, I/O Modules and CMC
o 1:Many iDRAC configuration
o 1:Many Blade Boot Device Selection
o 1:Many vMedia File share
o Customized Slot Naming
o IO Module Configuration and Launch
o WWN/MAC Display & Persistence w/ FlexAddress; Manages FlexAddress Ports
o Support for Network Time Protocol (NTP)
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Monitoring and Troubleshooting
o User interface entry point (web, telnet, SSH, serial)
PowerEdge M1000e Technical Guide
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generation servers offers additional features including:
iDRAC and Lifecycle Controller can be found on support.dell.com.
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