Users Guide

44 Configuring iDRAC6 Enterprise
Enabling FlexAddress through RACADM
You cannot enable FlexAddress from iDRAC6. Enable FlexAddress at the slot
and fabric levels from CMC.
1
From CMC console, enable FlexAddress for the managed server on the
slot with the following RACADM command:
racadm setflexaddr -i <slot_no> 1 , where <slot_no> is
the slot number on which to enable FlexAddress.
2 Next, from CMC console, enable FlexAddress at the fabric level by
executing the following RACADM command:
racadm setflexaddr -f <fabric_name> 1 , where
<fabric_name> is A, B, or C.
3 To enable FlexAddress for all iDRAC6s in the chassis, from the CMC
console, execute the following RACADM command:
racadm setflexaddr -f idrac 1
See the RACADM Command Line Reference Guide for iDRAC and CMC for
more information on CMC RACADM subcommands.
Remote Syslog
iDRAC6 Remote Syslog feature allows you to remotely write the RAC log and
the System Event Log (SEL) to an external syslog server. You can read all logs
from the entire server farm from a central log.
The Remote Syslog protocol does not need any user authentication. To enter
logs in the Remote Syslog server, ensure that there is proper network
connectivity between iDRAC6 and the Remote Syslog server and that the
Remote Syslog server is running on the same network as iDRAC6. The
Remote Syslog entries are carried in UDP packets sent to the Remote Syslog
server’s syslog port. If network failures occur, iDRAC6 does not send the same
log again. The remote logging happens real time as and when the logs are
recorded in iDRAC6
’s RAC log and SEL log. You can also change iDRAC6
Remote Syslog settings through CMC.