Users Guide

Recovering and Troubleshooting the DRAC 5 271
Recovering and Troubleshooting
the DRAC 5
This section explains how to perform tasks related to recovering and
troubleshooting a crashed DRAC 5.
You can use one of the following tools to troubleshoot your DRAC 5:
•RAC Log
• Diagnostic Console
•Trace Log
• racdump
• coredump
Using the RAC Log
The RAC Log is a persistent log maintained in the DRAC 5 firmware. The
log contains a list of user actions (such as log in, log out, and security policy
changes) and alerts issued by the DRAC 5. The oldest entries are overwritten
when the log becomes full.
To access the RAC Log from the DRAC 5 user interface (UI):
1
In the System tree, click Remote Access .
2 Click the Logs tab and then click RAC Log .
The RAC Log provides the information listed in Table 16-1.