Dell Chassis Management Controller Version 2.3 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.