Dell Chassis Management Controller (CMC) Version 2.
Release Type and Definition The Dell Chassis Management Controller (CMC) for Dell PowerEdge VRTX is a System Management hardware and software solution for managing the Dell PowerEdge VRTX chassis. Version 2.20 Release Date October 2016 Previous Version 2.12 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.
What is Supported? Supported Web Browsers for CMC for Dell PowerEdge VRTX CMC version 2.20 is supported on the following web browsers: Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 Microsoft EDGE Safari version 7.1 Safari version 8.
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.
Fixed an issue with Server/Host operating system (OS) network flap, which occurs occasionally on Modular platforms for a short duration during CMC initialization. Fixed an issue with Server/Host OS network port off, which occurs after CMC is reset on full-height Modular platforms, when the second network daughter card is not installed. Fixed an issue causing the CMC Web GUI to become unresponsive while using Active Directory login with WinRM.
In fault-tolerant (Redundant) mode, the controller associated with virtual disks or physical disk drives is the active controller. When saving Server Profile under "Server Overview > Setup > Profiles", the list of characters that are not supported for the Profile Name include the characters hash(#), comma(,), and question mark(?). You may see an impact in the performance of the Graphical User Interface with this release of CMC.
Resolution Wait for the operation status to report. Versions/Systems Affected CMC version 2.01 for Dell PowerEdge VRTX. Issue 4: Description An error occurs while importing CMC configuration file using local racadm or remote racadm. Resolution This issue occurs when IPv6 is enabled or disabled from the configuration file. Enable or disable IPv6 using the command, “racadm config -g cfgIPv6LanNetworking -o cfgIPv6Enable 0”. Versions/Systems Affected CMC 2.
Resolution Create less than 1500 MAC address in the Microsoft Edge browser. Use other supported browsers for more than 1500 MAC addresses. Versions/Systems Affected CMC Version 2.20 or later for Dell PowerEdge VRTX Issue 2: Description Racresetcfg does not work when the six RSA-4096 or four RSA-2048, and two 2048 DSA SSH public keys are uploaded to the CMC. Resolution Do not upload six RSA-4096 or four RSA-2048, and two 2048 DSA SSH public keys to the CMC. Versions/Systems Affected CMC Version 2.
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.
6) Verify that all installed Shared PERC8 controllers are enabled by checking the Storage -> Controllers tab in the CMC web interface. If the second Shared PERC8 controller is displayed as “Disabled PERC (Integrated 2)”, use the CMC command: ‘racadm raid enableperc:RAID.ChassisIntegrated.2-1’ to enable the previously disabled controller prior to performing Step 7 below. The VRTX chassis power cycles after the Shared PERC8 enablement command is run.
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