Recovering And Troubleshooting; The Idrac6; Using The Rac Log - Dell IDRAC6 User Manual

Recovering and Troubleshooting

the iDRAC6

This section explains how to perform tasks related to recovering and
troubleshooting a crashed iDRAC6.
You can use one of the following tools to troubleshoot your iDRAC6:
• RAC Log
• Diagnostics Console
• Identify Server
• Trace Log
• racdump
• coredump

Using the RAC Log

The RAC Log is a persistent log maintained in the iDRAC6 firmware. The
log contains a list of user actions (such as log in, log out, and security policy
changes) and alerts issued by the iDRAC6. The oldest entries are overwritten
when the log becomes full.
To access the RAC Log from the iDRAC6 user interface (UI):
1 In the System tree, click Remote Access.
2 Click the Logs tab and then click iDRAC Log.
The iDRAC Log provides the information listed in Table 20-1.
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