Dell POWEREDGE M1000E User Manual

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NOTE: Using more than one interface at the same time may generate unexpected results.

Table 7. CMC Interfaces

Interface

Description

Web interface

Provides remote access to CMC using a graphical user interface. The Web
interface is built into the CMC firmware and is accessed through the NIC interface
from a supported Web browser on the management station.
For a list of supported Web browsers, see the Supported Browsers section in the

Readme

at dell.com/support/manuals.

Remote RACADM command line
interface

Use this command line utility to manage CMC and its components. You can use
remote or firmware RACADM:

Remote RACADM is a client utility that runs on a management station. It uses

the out-of-band network interface to run RACADM commands on the managed

system and uses the HTTPs channel. The –r option runs the RACADM

command over a network.

Firmware RACADM is accessible by logging in to CMC using SSH or telnet.

You can run the firmware RACADM commands without specifying the CMC IP,

user name, or password. After you enter the RACADM prompt, you can

directly run the commands without the racadm prefix.

Chassis LCD Panel

Use the LCD on the front panel to:

View alerts, CMC IP or MAC address, user programmable strings.

Set DHCP

Configure CMC static IP settings.

To reset CMC without rebooting the server, press and hold the System

Identification

button for 16 seconds.

Telnet

Provides command line access to CMC through the network. The RACADM
command line interface and the connect command, which is used to connect to
the serial console of a server or IO module, are available from the CMC command
line.

NOTE: Telnet is not a secure protocol and is disabled by default. Telnet
transmits all data, including passwords in plain text. When transmitting
sensitive information, use the SSH interface.

SSH

Use SSH to run RACADM commands. It provides the same capabilities as the
Telnet console using an encrypted transport layer for higher security. The SSH
service is enabled by default on CMC and can be disabled.

WS-MAN

The LC-Remote Services is based on the WS-Management protocol to do one-to-
many systems management tasks. You must use WS-MAN client such as WinRM
client (Windows) or the OpenWSMAN client (Linux) to use the LC-Remote
Services functionality. You can also use Power Shell and Python to script to the
WS-MAN interface.
Web Services for Management (WS-Management) is a Simple Object Access

Protocol (SOAP)–based protocol used for systems management. CMC uses WS–

Management to convey Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF) Common

Information Model (CIM)–based management information. The CIM information

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