Users Guide

Monitoring and Alert Management 243
Monitoring and Alert Management
This section explains how to monitor the DRAC 5 and procedures to
configure your system and the DRAC 5 to receive alerts.
Configuring the Managed System to Capture the Last Crash Screen
Before the DRAC 5 can capture the last crash screen, you must 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 Last Crash Screen (disabled by default).
To enable using local RACADM, open a command prompt and type the
following commands:
racadm config -g cfgRacTuning -o
cfgRacTuneAsrEnable 1
4
Enable the Auto Recovery timer and set the Auto Recovery action to
Reset , Power Off , or Power Cycle . To configure the Auto Recovery timer,
you must use Server Administrator or IT Assistant.
For information about how to configure the
Auto Recovery timer, see the
Server Administrator User's Guide . To ensure that the last crash screen can
be captured, the
Auto Recovery timer must be set to 60 seconds or greater.
The default setting is 480 seconds.
The last crash screen is not available when the
Auto Recovery action is set
to
Shutdown or Power Cycle if the managed system is powered off.