Dell EMC PowerEdge VRTX - Page 4

Launching CMC Using Other Systems Management Tools.........................................................................................33
Downloading and Updating CMC Firmware......................................................................................................................33
Setting Chassis Physical Location and Chassis Name.......................................................................................................33
Setting Chassis Physical Location and Chassis Name Using Web Interface................................................................33
Setting Chassis Physical Location and Chassis Name Using RACADM.......................................................................33
Setting Date and Time on CMC........................................................................................................................................33
Setting Date and Time on CMC Using CMC Web Interface........................................................................................34
Setting Date and Time on CMC Using RACADM........................................................................................................34
Conguring LEDs to Identify Components on the Chassis................................................................................................34
Conguring LED Blinking Using CMC Web Interface..................................................................................................34
Conguring LED Blinking Using RACADM.................................................................................................................. 34
Conguring CMC Properties............................................................................................................................................ 35
Conguring iDRAC Launch Method Using CMC Web Interface....................................................................................... 35
Conguring iDRAC Launch Method Using RACADM........................................................................................................35
Conguring Login Lockout Policy Attributes Using CMC Web Interface ..........................................................................35
Conguring Login Lockout Policy Attributes Using RACADM........................................................................................... 35
Understanding Redundant CMC Environment..................................................................................................................36
About Standby CMC.................................................................................................................................................. 36
CMC Failsafe Mode....................................................................................................................................................36
Active CMC Election Process.....................................................................................................................................37
Obtaining Health Status of Redundant CMC.............................................................................................................. 37
Conguring Front Panel....................................................................................................................................................37
Conguring Power Button.......................................................................................................................................... 37
Conguring LCD......................................................................................................................................................... 37
Accessing a Server Using KVM.................................................................................................................................. 38
3 Logging in to CMC........................................................................................................ 39
Accessing CMC Web Interface.........................................................................................................................................39
Logging in to CMC as a Local User, Active Directory User, or LDAP User.........................................................................39
Logging in to CMC Using a Smart Card............................................................................................................................40
Logging in to CMC Using Single Sign-on...........................................................................................................................41
Logging In To CMC Using Serial, Telnet, Or SSH Console..................................................................................................41
Accessing CMC Using RACADM.......................................................................................................................................41
Logging in to CMC Using Public Key Authentication.........................................................................................................42
Multiple CMC Sessions.....................................................................................................................................................42
Changing Default Login Password.................................................................................................................................... 42
Changing Default Login Password Using Web Interface............................................................................................. 43
Changing Default Login Password Using RACADM.................................................................................................... 43
Enabling or Disabling Default Password Warning Message .............................................................................................. 43
Enabling or Disabling Default Password Warning Message Using Web Interface........................................................ 43
Enabling or Disabling Warning Message to Change Default Login Password Using RACADM.....................................43
Use case scenarios...........................................................................................................................................................44
Conversion of External Shared PERC 8 card High Availability to Non-High Availability Mode using Web Interface.....44
Conversion of External Shared PERC 8 card Non-High Availability to High Availability Mode using Web Interface.....44
Conversion of External Shared PERC 8 card High Availability to Non-High Availability Mode using RACADM............44
Conversion of External Shared PERC 8 card Non-High Availability to High Availability Mode using RACADM............45
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