Users Guide

28 Installing and Setting Up the DRAC 4
Managed system software will install your choices from the following
components on the managed system: the appropriate version of Server
Administrator and the appropriate DRAC 4 agent or only the DRAC 4 agent.
NOTE: Do not install the DRAC 4 management station software and the DRAC 4
managed system software on the same system.
Depending on the operating system, the DRAC 4 agent consists of either
Microsoft Windows services, Novell NLMs, or Red Hat Enterprise Linux
agents. The DRAC 4 agent automatically starts when you boot the managed
system. If you install only the DRAC 4 agent, you will not have the ability to
view the system’s last crash screen or use the Watchdog feature. For more
information about the last crash screen, see "Viewing the Last System Crash
Screen." For more information about the Watchdog feature, see "System
Information."
Configuring the Managed System to Capture the Last Crash Screen
Before the DRAC 4 can capture the last crash screen, configure the managed
system with the following prerequisites.
1
Install the managed system software. For more information about
installing the managed system software, see the
Server Administrator
User's Guide
.
2 Run a supported Microsoft Windows operating system with the Windows
"automatically reboot" feature deselected in the
Windows Startup and
Recovery Settings
.
3 Enable the watchdog timer and set the watchdog recovery action to Reset ,
Power Off , or Power Cycle . To configure the watchdog timer, you must use
Server Administrator or IT Assistant. For information about how to
configure the watchdog timer, see the
Server Administrator User's Guide or
the
IT Assistant User's Guide . To ensure that the last crash screen can be
captured, the watchdog timer must be set to 30 seconds or greater. The
default setting is 480 seconds or 8 minutes.
The last crash screen is not available when the Watchdog recovery action is
set to
Shutdown or Power Cycle if the managed system is powered off.