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Dell PowerEdge M600 User Manual

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About Your System

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The CMC provides multiple systems management functions for your
modular server:

Enclosure-level real-time automatic power and thermal management.

The CMC monitors system power requirements and supports the
optional Dynamic Power Supply Engagement mode so that the CMC
can enable or place power supplies in standby dynamically depending
on load and redundancy requirements to improve power efficiency.

The CMC reports real-time power consumption, which includes
logging high and low points with a time stamp.

Table 1-10.

CMC Module Features

Indicator

Pattern

Description

Network
interface
controller link
indicator

Off

LAN is not linked.

Green

LAN is linked.

Network
interface
controller
activity
indicator

Off

LAN is not active.

Amber
blinking

Indicates that the system CMC and the LAN
are communicating.

Power indicator Off

CMC does not have power.

Green

CMC has power.

Green
blinking

Firmware update in progress

Status/
identification
indicator

Off

This CMC is the standby CMC.

Blue (solid) This CMC is the primary CMC.

Blue
(blinking)

The CMC is being identified by the systems
management software.

Fault indicator Off

The CMC is operating normally.

Amber
blinking

A fault has occurred.

Serial
connector

None

Used for local configuration (115200 baud,
No parity, 8, 1)