Users Guide

284 Recovering and Troubleshooting the iDRAC6
Using the Trace Log
The internal iDRAC6 Trace Log is used by administrators to debug iDRAC6
alerting and networking issues.
To access the Trace Log from the iDRAC6 Web-based interface:
1
In the System tree, click Remote Access .
2 Click the Diagnostics tab.
3 Ty pe t h e gettracelog command, or the racadm gettracelog command in
the Command field.
NOTE: You can use this command from the command line interface also.
See "gettracelog" for more information.
Table 21-3. Diagnostic Commands
Command Description
arp Displays the contents of the Address Resolution Protocol
(ARP) table. ARP entries may not be added or deleted.
ifconfig Displays the contents of the network interface table.
netstat Prints the content of the routing table. If the optional
interface number is provided in the text field to the right of
the netstat option, then netstat prints additional information
regarding the traffic across the interface, buffer usage, and
other network interface information.
ping <IP
Address>
Verifies that the destination IP address is reachable from the
iDRAC6 with the current routing-table contents.
A destination IP address must be entered in the field to the
right of this option. An Internet control message protocol
(ICMP) echo packet is sent to the destination IP address
based on the current routing-table contents.
gettracelog Displays the iDRAC6 trace log. See "gettracelog" for more
information.