Users Guide

364 Recovering and Troubleshooting the Managed System
Problem Solving Tools
This section describes iDRAC6 utilities you can use to diagnose problems
with your system, especially when you are trying to solve problems remotely.
• Checking the system health
• Checking the System Event Log for error messages
• Checking the POST codes
• Viewing the last crash screen
• Viewing the Most Recent Boot Sequences
• Checking the Server Status Screen on the LCD for Error Messages
• Viewing iDRAC6 log
• Viewing system information
• Identifying the managed server in the chassis
• Using the diagnostics console
• Managing power on a remote system
Checking the System Health
When you log in to iDRAC6 Web interface, the System Summary screen
displays the health of the system components. Table 19-3 describes the
meaning of the system health indicators.
Messages in iDRAC6 Log See "Viewing iDRAC6 Log" on page 377.
Table 19-3. Server Health Indicators
Indicator Description
A green check mark indicates a healthy (normal) status condition.
A yellow triangle containing an exclamation point indicates a warning
(noncritical) status condition.
A red X indicates a critical (failure) status condition.
A question mark icon indicates that the status is unknown.
Table 19-2. Trouble Indicators
(continued)
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