Dell Chassis Management Controller (CMC) Version 2.
Release Type and Definition The Dell Chassis Management Controller (CMC) Version 1.35 for Dell PowerEdge VRTX is a System Management hardware and software solution for managing the Dell PowerEdge VRTX chassis. Version 2.0 Release Date December 2014 Previous Version 1.36 Importance RECOMMENDED: Dell recommends applying this update during your next scheduled update cycle. The update contains feature enhancements or changes that will help keep your system software current.
Supported platforms M630, M520, M620, and M820 servers Supported Server Modules • Mainboard firmware: 2.00 or later • iDRAC7 Version: 1.66.56 or later • iDRAC8 Version: 2.05.05 or later (M630 Servers) • PowerEdge M520 BIOS Version: 2.1.3 or later • PowerEdge M620 BIOS Version: 2.2.7 or later • PowerEdge M820 BIOS Version: 2.0.24 or later • PowerEdge M820 BIOS Version: 0.3.35 or later What’s New? Release 2.0 • 13th generation M630 Blade Server enablement for VRTX Chassis.
Audit-LIC-Critical, Audit-LIC-Warning and Audit-LIC-Informational. This issue has been fixed in this Release. Note: After updating to CMC 1.35 firmware version, verify the CMC alert configuration settings on the Chassis Event's page. Release 1.31 • Occasional occurrences of older chassis log messages related to storage. Release 1.30 • Telnet and SSH access issues with VLAN enabled. • SNMP walk when traversing certain OIDs. • PK authentication public key upload issue.
Known Issues Issue 1: Description XWKGY_Intel10G card shows Flex disabled address after racresetcfg of CMC in Network Device Page and OS. Resolution Virtual reseat or Physical reseat of the server. Versions/Systems Affected All CMC versions including CMC 2.0 for Dell PowerEdge VRTX and PowerEdge servers with iDRAC7 or earlier. Issue 2: Description Io-Identity values are displayed partially in the cmc getmacaddress -c all for 8F6NV(Intel). Resolution None Versions/Systems Affected CMC 2.
Issue 5: Description After Shared PERC8 controller update, RAID related operations may take longer to report status.. Resolution Wait for the operation status to report. Versions/Systems Affected CMC version 2.0 for Dell PowerEdge VRTX. Limitations None for this release. Installation Prerequisites Before setting up your CMC environment, download the latest version of CMC firmware for PowerEdge VRTX from the Dell Support Website at dell.com/support/.
Server Node Updates Visit support.dell.com and download the latest available Windows DUP versions of the following programmable components for the server node model (M520, M620, M630 or M820) used in the VRTX chassis to be updated: • BIOS • iDRAC7/8 • CPLD Also, download the latest available Shared PERC8 driver for the operating system installed on the server node. Note: If the OS is VMWare ESXi, the driver is part of the Dell ESXi image.
4) Update the VRTX chassis infrastructure firmware using the Chassis Overview -> Update tab in the CMC web interface. This update results in the chassis power cycling automatically and may result in a CMC controller reset as well. As e result, the CMC web interface becomes inaccessible for several minutes. 5) Update the VRTX storage backplane expander firmware using the Storage -> Update tab in the CMC web interface.
Accessing Documents From Dell Support Site To access the documents from Dell Support site: 1. Go to dell.com/support/manuals. 2. In the Tell us about your Dell system section, under No, select Choose from a list of all Dell products and click Continue. 3. In the Select your product type section, click Software, Monitors, Electronics & Peripherals. 4. In the Choose your Dell Software, Monitors, Electronics & Peripherals section, click Software. 5.
