Dell Chassis Management Controller Version 4.1 User guide

Dell Chassis Management

Controller Firmware

Version 4.1

User’s Guide

Notes and Cautions

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Contents 3

Contents

1Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

What’s New For This Release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

CMC Management Features

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Security Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Chassis Overview

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Hardware Specifications

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

TCP/IP Ports

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Supported Remote Access Connections . . . . . . . . 27

Supported Platforms

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Supported Web Browsers

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Supported Management Console Applications

. . . . . 28

WS-Management Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Other Documents You May Need

. . . . . . . . . . . . 30

2 Installing and Setting Up CMC . . . . . . . . 33

Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Installing CMC Hardware

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Checklist for Integration of a Chassis

. . . . . . . 34

Basic CMC Network Connection

. . . . . . . . . . 35

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Daisy-chain CMC Network Connection . . . . . . 35

Installing Remote Access Software on a

Management Station

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Installing RACADM on a Linux

Management Station

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Uninstalling RACADM From a Linux

Management Station

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Configuring a Web Browser

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Proxy Server

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Microsoft Phishing Filter

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Certificate Revocation List (CRL) Fetching . . . . . 42

Downloading Files From CMC

With Internet Explorer

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Allow Animations in Internet Explorer . . . . . . . 43

Setting Up Initial Access to CMC . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Configuring CMC Network

. . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Configuring Networking Using the

LCD Configuration Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Accessing CMC Through a Network

. . . . . . . . . . 52

Installing or Updating CMC Firmware

. . . . . . . . . . 53

Downloading CMC Firmware

. . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Updating CMC Firmware Using

the Web Interface

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Updating CMC Firmware Using RACADM . . . . . 54

Configuring CMC Properties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Configuring Power Budgeting

. . . . . . . . . . . 55

Configuring CMC Network Settings

. . . . . . . . 55

Adding and Configuring Users

. . . . . . . . . . . 55

Adding SNMP and E-mail Alerts

. . . . . . . . . . 56

Configuring Remote Syslog

. . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

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Understanding the Redundant

CMC Environment

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

About the Standby CMC

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

CMC Failsafe Mode

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Active CMC Election Process

. . . . . . . . . . . 59

Obtaining Health Status of

Redundant CMC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

3 Configuring CMC to Use Command

Line Consoles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Command Line Console Features on CMC . . . . . . . 61

Using a Serial, Telnet, or SSH Console

. . . . . . . . . 62

Using a Telnet Console With CMC. . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Using SSH With CMC

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Enabling SSH on CMC

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Changing the SSH Port

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Enabling the Front Panel to

iKVM Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Configuring Terminal Emulation Software

. . . . . . . 65

Configuring Linux Minicom

. . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Connecting to Servers or I/O Modules With

the Connect Command

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Configuring the Managed Server BIOS for

Serial Console Redirection

. . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Configuring Windows for Serial

Console Redirection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Configuring Linux for Server Serial

Console Redirection During Boot. . . . . . . . . . 70

Configuring Linux for Server Serial

Console Redirection After Boot

. . . . . . . . . . 71

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4 Using the RACADM Command

Line Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Using a Serial, Telnet, or SSH Console . . . . . . . . . 75

Logging in to CMC

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Starting a Text Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Using RACADM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

RACADM Subcommands

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Accessing RACADM Remotely . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Enabling and Disabling the RACADM

Remote Capability

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Using RACADM Remotely. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

RACADM Error Messages

. . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Using RACADM to Configure CMC

. . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Configuring CMC Network Properties. . . . . . . . . . 83

Setting Up Initial Access to CMC

. . . . . . . . . . 84

Viewing Current Network Settings . . . . . . . . . 85

Configuring the Network LAN Settings

. . . . . . . 85

Configuring the Network Security

Settings (IPv4 Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Using RACADM to Configure Users

. . . . . . . . . . . 93

Adding a CMC User

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Using RACADM to Configure Public Key

Authentication over SSH

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Generating Public Keys for Windows

. . . . . . . . 96

Generating Public Keys for Linux

. . . . . . . . . . 97

RACADM Syntax Notes for CMC

. . . . . . . . . . 97

Viewing the Public Keys

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Adding the Public Keys

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Deleting the Public Keys

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

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Logging in Using Public

Key Authentication

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Enabling a CMC User With Permissions

. . . . . . 99

Disabling a CMC User

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Configuring SNMP and E-mail Alerting

. . . . . . . . . 100

Configuring Multiple CMCs in Multiple Chassis

. . . . 100

Creating a CMC Configuration File

. . . . . . . . . 101

Parsing Rules

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Modifying the CMC IP Address

. . . . . . . . . . . 105

Using RACADM to Configure Properties on iDRAC

. . . 106

Troubleshooting

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

5 Using the CMC Web Interface. . . . . . . . 111

Accessing the CMC Web Interface . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Logging In

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Logging Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Configuring Basic CMC Settings

. . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Setting the Chassis Physical Location and

Chassis Name

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Setting the Date and Time on CMC

. . . . . . . . . 114

Enabling Removable Flash Media . . . . . . . . . 115

Chassis Health Page. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Using Chassis Group

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Chassis Group Features

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Setting up a Chassis Group

. . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Removing a Member from the Leader

. . . . . . . 118

Disbanding a Chassis Group

. . . . . . . . . . . . 119

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Disabling an Individual Member at the

Member Chassis

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Launching a Member Chassis’s or Server’s

web page

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Synchronizing a New Member With Leader

Chassis Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Blade Inventory for MCM group

. . . . . . . . . 121

Saving the Blade Inventory Report . . . . . . . . 121

Chassis Component Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Chassis Graphics

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Chassis Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Selected Component Information . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Monitoring System Health Status

. . . . . . . . . . . 132

Viewing Chassis and Component

Summaries

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Viewing Power Budget Status . . . . . . . . . . 133

Viewing Server Model Name and

Service Tag

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Viewing the Health Status of All Servers. . . . . 133

Editing Slot Names

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Using Server’s Host Name as the

Slot Name. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Setting the First Boot Device for Servers

. . . . . 138

Viewing the Health Status of an

Individual Server

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Viewing the Health Status of IOMs

. . . . . . . . 147

Viewing the Health Status

of the Fans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Viewing the iKVM Status

. . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Viewing the Health Status of the PSUs

. . . . . . 151

Viewing Status of the

Temperature Sensors

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Viewing the LCD Status

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

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Viewing World Wide Name/Media Access

Control (WWN/MAC) IDs

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Fabric Configuration

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

WWN/MAC Addresses

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Configuring CMC Network Properties

. . . . . . . . . 157

Setting Up Initial Access to CMC

. . . . . . . . . . 157

Configuring the Network LAN Settings

. . . . . . . 158

Configuring CMC Network

Security Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Configuring VLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

Adding and Configuring CMC Users

. . . . . . . . . . . 168

User Types

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

Adding and Managing Users

. . . . . . . . . . . . 175

Configuring and Managing Microsoft

Active Directory Certificates

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

Common Settings

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

Standard Schema Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Extended Schema Settings

. . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

Managing Active Directory Certificates

. . . . . . . . 182

Kerberos Keytab

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

Configuring and Managing Generic Lightweight

Directory Access Protocol Services

. . . . . . . . . . 184

Selecting Your LDAP Servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

Managing LDAP Group Settings

. . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

Managing LDAP Security Certificates

. . . . . . . . . 187

Securing CMC Communications Using SSL

and Digital Certificates

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)

. . . . . . . . . . . . 188

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Certificate Signing Request (CSR) . . . . . . . . 189

Accessing the SSL Main Menu. . . . . . . . . . 190

Generating a New Certificate

Signing Request

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

Uploading a Server Certificate . . . . . . . . . . 194

Uploading Webserver Key and

Certificate

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

Viewing a Server Certificate . . . . . . . . . . . 195

Managing Sessions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

Configuring Services

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

Configuring Power Budgeting

. . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

Managing Firmware Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206

Viewing the Current Firmware Versions

. . . . . 207

Updating Firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208

Recovering iDRAC Firmware Using CMC

. . . . . 213

Updating Server Component Firmware

Using Lifecycle Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . 214

Managing iDRAC

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225

iDRAC QuickDeploy

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225

iDRAC Network Settings

. . . . . . . . . . . . . 228

Launching Remote Console from

CMC GUI

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231

Launching iDRAC using Single Sign-On

. . . . . 232

Server Cloning

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234

Capture Profile

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234

Apply Profile

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235

View BIOS Settings on Server

. . . . . . . . . . 235

Manage Stored Profiles

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235

Recent Profile Log

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235

Completion Status and Troubleshooting

. . . . . 236

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FlexAddress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236

Viewing FlexAddress Status

. . . . . . . . . . . . 236

Configuring FlexAddress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240

Chassis-Level Fabric and Slot

FlexAddress Configuration

. . . . . . . . . . . . . 241

Server-Level Slot FlexAddress

Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242

Remote File Sharing

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242

Frequently Asked Questions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245

Troubleshooting CMC

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247

6 Using FlexAddress. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249

Activating FlexAddress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250

Verifying FlexAddress Activation

. . . . . . . . . . 252

Deactivating FlexAddress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253

Deactivating FlexAddress

. . . . . . . . . . . . . 254

Configuring FlexAddress Using the CLI . . . . . . . . . 254

Additional FlexAddress Configuration

for Linux

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255

Viewing FlexAddress Status Using the CLI

. . . . . . . 256

Configuring FlexAddress Using the GUI

. . . . . . . . . 256

Wake-On-LAN with FlexAddress

. . . . . . . . . . 256

Troubleshooting FlexAddress

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257

Command Messages

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260

FlexAddress DELL SOFTWARE LICENSE

AGREEMENT

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263

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Frequently Asked Questions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266

7 Using FlexAddress Plus. . . . . . . . . . . . . 267

Activating FlexAddress Plus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267

FlexAddress vs FlexAddress Plus

. . . . . . . . . . . 268

8 Using the CMC Directory Service . . . . . 269

Using CMC with Microsoft Active Directory . . . . . 269

Active Directory Schema Extensions

. . . . . . . 269

Standard Schema Versus

Extended Schema. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269

Standard Schema Active Directory Overview

. . . . . 270

Configuring Standard Schema Active

Directory to Access CMC

. . . . . . . . . . . . . 272

Configuring CMC With Standard

Schema Active Directory and

Web Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272

Configuring CMC With Standard

Schema Active Directory and RACADM . . . . . 275

Extended Schema Overview

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276

Active Directory Schema Extensions

. . . . . . . 276

Overview of the RAC Schema Extensions

. . . . 277

Active Directory Object Overview

. . . . . . . . 277

Configuring Extended Schema

Active Directory to Access Your CMC . . . . . . 282

Extending the Active Directory Schema

. . . . . 282

Installing the Dell Extension to the

Active Directory Users and

Computers Snap-In . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289

Adding CMC Users and Privileges

to Active Directory

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290

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Configuring CMC With Extended Schema

Active Directory and the Web Interface

. . . . . . 292

Configuring CMC With Extended Schema

Active Directory and RACADM

. . . . . . . . . . . 295

Frequently Asked Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . 297

Configuring Single Sign-On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300

System Requirements

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300

Configuring Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301

Configuring Active Directory

. . . . . . . . . . . . 301

Configuring CMC

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302

Uploading the Kerberos Keytab File . . . . . . . . 302

Enabling Single Sign-On

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303

Configuring the Browser For Single

Sign-On Login. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304

Logging into CMC Using Single Sign-On

. . . . . . 305

Configuring Smart Card Two-Factor

Authentication

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306

System Requirements

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306

Configuring Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306

Configuring Active Directory

. . . . . . . . . . . . 306

Configuring CMC

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307

Uploading the Kerberos Keytab File . . . . . . . . 307

Enabling Smart Card Authentication

. . . . . . . . 308

Configuring the Browser For

Smart Card Login

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308

Logging into CMC Using Smart Card

. . . . . . . . 309

Troubleshooting the Smart Card Login

. . . . . . . 310

Using CMC with Generic LDAP

. . . . . . . . . . . . . 310

Configuring the Generic LDAP Directory

to Access CMC

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311

Configuring Generic LDAP Directory

Service Using CMC Web-Based Interface

. . . . . 312

Selecting Your LDAP Servers

. . . . . . . . . . . . 314

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Managing LDAP Group Settings . . . . . . . . . 315

Managing LDAP Security Certificates . . . . . . 315

Configuring Generic LDAP Directory

Service Using RACADM

. . . . . . . . . . . . . 316

Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317

Getting Help

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317

9 Power Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319

AC Redundancy Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320

Power Supply Redundancy Mode . . . . . . . . 321

No Redundancy Mode

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322

Power Budgeting for Hardware Modules

. . . . 323

Server Slot Power Priority Settings. . . . . . . . 326

Dynamic Power Supply Engagement

. . . . . . . 327

Redundancy Policies

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329

AC Redundancy

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329

Power Supply Redundancy

. . . . . . . . . . . . 329

No Redundancy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330

Power Conservation and Power

Budget Changes

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330

Power Supply and Redundancy

Policy Changes in System Event Log . . . . . . . 337

Redundancy Status and Overall

Power Health

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339

Configuring and Managing Power. . . . . . . . . . . 339

Viewing the Health Status of the PSUs

. . . . . . 339

Viewing Power Consumption Status . . . . . . . 342

Viewing Power Budget Status

. . . . . . . . . . 346

Configuring Power Budget and

Redundancy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352

Assigning Priority Levels to Servers

. . . . . . . 357

Setting the Power Budget

. . . . . . . . . . . . 358

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Server Power Reduction to

Maintain Power Budget

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359

Executing Power Control Operations

on the Chassis

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360

Executing Power Control

Operations on an IOM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361

Executing Power Control

Operations on a Server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362

External Power Management

. . . . . . . . . . . 365

Using RACADM

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367

Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367

10 Using the iKVM Module. . . . . . . . . . . . . 369

iKVM User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369

Security

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369

Scanning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369

Server Identification

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370

Video

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370

Plug and Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370

FLASH Upgradable

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370

Physical Connection Interfaces

. . . . . . . . . . . . . 370

iKVM Connection Precedences

. . . . . . . . . . 371

Tiering Through the ACI Connection

. . . . . . . . 371

Using OSCAR

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372

Navigation Basics

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372

Configuring OSCAR

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373

Managing Servers With iKVM

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376

Peripherals Compatibility and Support

. . . . . . . 376

Viewing and Selecting Servers

. . . . . . . . . . . 376

Setting Console Security

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380

Scanning Your System

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386

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Broadcasting to Servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387

Managing iKVM From CMC

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389

Enabling or Disabling the Front Panel

. . . . . . 389

Enabling the Dell CMC Console

Through iKVM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390

Viewing the iKVM Status and Properties

. . . . . 390

Updating the iKVM Firmware

. . . . . . . . . . . 392

Troubleshooting

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394

11 I/O Fabric Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . 399

Fabric Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400

Invalid Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401

Invalid Mezzanine Card (MC)

Configuration

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402

Invalid IOM-Mezzanine Card

(MC) Configuration

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402

Invalid IOM-IOM Configuration. . . . . . . . . . 402

Fresh Power-up Scenario

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402

Monitoring IOM Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403

Viewing the Health Status of an

Individual IOM

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406

Configuring Network Settings for an

Individual IOM

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408

Troubleshooting IOM Network Settings . . . . . 410

12 Troubleshooting and Recovery . . . . . . . 411

Chassis Monitoring Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412

Gathering Configuration information and

Chassis Status and Logs

. . . . . . . . . . . . . 412

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Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412

Supported Interfaces. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412

CLI RACDUMP

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413

Remote RACDUMP

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414

Remote RACDUMP Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414

Telnet RACDUMP

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415

Configuring LEDs to Identify Components

on the Chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415

Configuring SNMP Alerts

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416

Downloading SNMP Management

Information Base (MIB) File . . . . . . . . . . . . 423

Configuring E-mail Alerts

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423

First Steps to Troubleshooting a

Remote System

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 426

Monitoring Power and Executing

Power Control Commands on the Chassis

. . . . . . . 427

Viewing Power Budget Status

. . . . . . . . . . . 427

Executing a Power Control Operation

. . . . . . . 427

Power Troubleshooting

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 428

Managing Lifecycle Controller jobs

on a remote system

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431

Viewing Chassis Summaries

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432

Viewing Chassis and Component

Health Status

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436

Viewing the Event Logs

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437

Viewing the Hardware Log

. . . . . . . . . . . . . 437

Viewing the CMC Log

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440

Using the Diagnostic Console

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441

Resetting Components

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442

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Troubleshooting Network Time

Protocol (NTP) Errors

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445

Interpreting LED Colors and Blinking Patterns . . . . 447

Troubleshooting a Non-responsive CMC

. . . . . . . 450

Observing the LEDs to Isolate

the Problem

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450

Obtain Recovery Information From the

DB-9 Serial Port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451

Recovering the Firmware Image

. . . . . . . . . 452

Troubleshooting Network Problems

. . . . . . . . . . 453

Resetting Forgotten Administrator Password

. . . . . 453

Saving and Restoring Chassis Configuration

Settings and Certificates

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456

Troubleshooting Alerting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457

13 Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 459

Using the LCD Panel Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . 459

LCD Navigation

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 459

Main Menu

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460

LCD Setup Menu

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461

Language Setup Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461

Default Screen

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461

Graphical Server Status Screen

. . . . . . . . . 462

Graphical Module Status Screen. . . . . . . . . 463

Enclosure Menu Screen

. . . . . . . . . . . . . 463

Module Status Screen

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 464

Enclosure Status Screen

. . . . . . . . . . . . . 464

IP Summary Screen

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 464

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Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465

LCD Hardware Troubleshooting

. . . . . . . . . . . . . 465

Front Panel LCD Messages

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468

LCD Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468

LCD Module and Server Status Information

. . . . . . . 475

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 481

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Dell Chassis Management Controller Version 4.1 User guide

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