Users Guide

238 Monitoring and Alert Management
Disabling the Windows Automatic Reboot Option
To ensure that the iDRAC6 Web-based interface last crash screen feature
works properly, disable the Automatic Reboot option on managed systems
running the Microsoft Windows Server
®
2008 and Windows Server 2003
operating systems.
Disabling the Automatic Reboot Option in Windows 2008 Server
1
Open the Windows
Control Panel
and double-click the
System
icon.
2
Click
Advanced
System Settings
under
Ta sk s
on the left.
3
Click the
Advanced
tab.
4
Under
Startup and Recovery
, click
Settings
.
5
Deselect the
Automatically Restart
check box.
6
Click
OK
twice.
Disabling the Automatic Reboot Option in Windows Server 2003
1
Open the Windows
Control Panel
and double-click the
System
icon.
2
Click the
Advanced
tab.
3
Under
Startup and Recovery
, click
Settings
.
4
Deselect the
Automatically Reboot
check box.
5
Click
OK
twice.
Configuring Platform Events
Platform event configuration provides a mechanism for configuring the
remote access device to perform selected actions on certain event messages.
These actions include reboot, power cycle, power off, and triggering an alert
(Platform Events Trap [PET] and/or e-mail).
The filterable Platform Events include the following:
Fan Critical Assert Filter
Battery Warning Assert Filter
Battery Critical Assert Filter
Discrete Voltage Critical Assert Filter