Users Guide

ManualsBrandsDell ManualsActive System ManagerDRAC5 Version 1.40 with Dell OpenManage 5.5

14 Contents

15 Recovering and Troubleshooting

the Managed System

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263

First Steps to Troubleshoot a Remote System . . . . . . 263

Managing Power on a Remote System

. . . . . . . . . 263

Selecting Power Control Actions from the

DRAC 5 GUI

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264

Viewing System Information

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265

Main System Chassis

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265

Remote Access Controller

. . . . . . . . . . . . . 266

Using the System Event Log (SEL)

. . . . . . . . . . . . 267

Using the Command Line to View System Log

. . . 268

Using the POST and Operating System Boot Logs

. . . 268

Viewing the Last System Crash Screen

. . . . . . . . . 269

16 Recovering and Troubleshooting

the DRAC 5

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271

Using the RAC Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271

Using the Command Line

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273

Using the Diagnostic Console

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273

Using the Trace Log

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274

Using the racdump

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275

Using the coredump

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275