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February 4th, 2023 00:00

VRTX LCD - Critical Error

X Hi there I have a VRTX chassis and am getting this "The Chassis Management Controller/Management Module (CMC/MM) cannot communicate with the ~~1~ control panel because of internal issues." however I can't see anything wrong and the LCD screen works no issues. Any help on this would be much appreciated.

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February 5th, 2023 14:00

Hello thanks for choosing Dell. Could you perform a cold boot (plug out power cables for about 3 mins) during maintenance including chassis?

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February 5th, 2023 21:00

Hi there, this has been done and same result.

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February 5th, 2023 21:00

Hi @diaz.cloud,

 

Can you please check and confirm if you have also received an event message informing "The internal communication between the Chassis Management Controller (CMC) and the control panel is restored".

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February 7th, 2023 20:00

I do not happen to see that log in the chassis log or the hardware log. Below photo is the only thing I see in regards to this issue.Screen Shot 2023-02-07 at 8.49.35 PM.png

 

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February 7th, 2023 21:00

Hello, have you tried the recommended actions in the screenshot you attached?

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February 7th, 2023 22:00

Yes as mentioned previously, this unit has been power cycled quite a few times and left without power for some time as well.

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February 8th, 2023 02:00

Hi @diaz.cloud,

 

Can you please refer to the below document and try to reset the CMC.

 

https://dell.to/3x2rlrr

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February 8th, 2023 12:00

After performing the CMC reset there is no change to the critical error regarding the LCD screen, any ideas on what to do next?

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February 8th, 2023 13:00

As your other colleague has already mentioned this, I do not see the restored message. Additionally the LCD is completely functional so not quite sure what is going on here.

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February 8th, 2023 13:00

Hello https://dell.to/3x8lzV2,

 

It looks like this is an error that can occur but resolves shortly after that.

 

Do you see any entry near that error that says communication restored,

Message ID = HWC8503

Message = The internal communication between the Chassis Management Controller (CMC) and the control panel is restored.

 

Knowledge Base Article Number: 000146758

CMC - Event HWC8504 "Chassis Management Controller cannot communicate with the control panel"

https://dell.to/40DAdBb

Solution:

Hardware replacement is not needed. While there was a communication error, communication was successfully restored in a timely manner.  The issue occurs across the I2C bus which is a low level (100kHz to 400kHz) serial synchronous communication bus.  It is not uncommon to observe a communication error from time to time across this bus.

 

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February 8th, 2023 20:00

Hello,  now what I would try re plugging the cable for this bit to see how it's chained from the MB to the LCD : https://dell.to/40FX9Qp;

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June 25th, 2025 18:31

Hello, I too am getting this error. Only, its occurring daily and multiple times throughout the day. I've attempted the above steps as well with no positive results...

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June 26th, 2025 03:16

Hello, may we ask if your CMC firmware has been brought up to date?

I would say though, if there's no impact on running service, I would not worry about it much.

Respectfully,

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