Users Guide

Chassis Group Inventory and Firmware Version

The Chassis Group Firmware Version page displays the group inventory and firmware versions of the servers and the server

components in the chassis. This page also enables you to organize the inventory information and filter the firmware versions view. The

displayed view is based on the servers or any of the following chassis server components:

• BIOS

• iDRAC

• CPLD

• USC

• Diagnostics

• OS Drivers

• RAID

• NIC

NOTE: The inventory information displayed for the chassis group, member chassis, servers, and server components is

updated every time a chassis is added or removed from the group.

Viewing Chassis Group Inventory

To view the chassis group using CMC web interface, in the left pane, select Group. Click Properties > Firmware Version. The Chassis

Group Firmware Version page displays all the chassis in the group.

Viewing Selected Chassis Inventory Using Web Interface

To view the selected chassis inventory using CMC Web interface:

1. In the system tree, select Group. click Properties > Firmware Version.

The Chassis Group Firmware Version page displays all the chassis in the group.

2. In the Select a Chassis section, select the member chassis for which you want to view the inventory.

The Firmware View Filter section displays the server inventory for the selected chassis and the firmware versions of all the server

components.

Viewing Selected Server Component Firmware Versions

Using Web Interface

To view the firmware versions of selected server components using CMC web interface:

1. In the left pane, select Group. Click Properties > Firmware Version.

The Chassis Group Firmware Version page displays all the chassis in the group.

2. In the Select a Chassis section, select the member chassis for which you want to view the inventory.

3. In the Firmware View Filter section, select Components.

4. In the Components list, select the required component- BIOS, iDRAC, CPLD, USC, Diagnostics, OS Drive, RAID devices (up to 2),

and NIC devices (up to 6), for which you want to view the firmware version.

The firmware versions of the selected component for all the servers in the selected member chassis are displayed.

Chassis Configuration Profiles

The Chassis Configuration Profiles feature enables you to configure the chassis with the chassis configuration profiles stored in the

network share or local management station, and also restore configuration of the chassis.

To access the Chassis Configuration Profiles page in the CMC web interface, in the system tree, go to Chassis Overview and click

Setup > Profiles. The Chassis Configuration Profiles page is displayed.

You can perform the following tasks by using the Chassis Configuration Profiles feature:

• Configure a chassis using chassis configuration profiles in local management station for initial configuration.

• Save the current chassis configuration settings to an XML file on the network share or local management station.

• Restore the chassis configuration.

Configuring CMC