Users Guide

Recovering and Troubleshooting the Managed System303
Recovering and Troubleshooting the
Managed System
This section explains how to perform tasks related to recovering
and troubleshooting a crashed remote system using the iDRAC6
Web-based interface.
• "First Steps to Troubleshoot a Remote System"
• "Managing Power on a Remote System"
• "Using the POST Boot Logs"
• "Viewing the Last System Crash Screen"
First Steps to Troubleshoot a Remote System
The following questions are commonly used to troubleshoot high-level
problems in the managed system:
1
Is the system powered on or off?
2 If powered on, is the operating system functioning, crashed, or just frozen?
3 If powered off, did the power turn off unexpectedly?
For crashed systems, check the last crash screen (see "Viewing the Last
System Crash Screen"), and use console redirection and remote power
management (see "Managing Power on a Remote System") to restart the
system and watch the reboot process.
Managing Power on a Remote System
The iDRAC6 enables you to remotely perform several power management
actions on the managed system so you can recover after a system crash or
other system event.
Selecting Power Control Actions from the iDRAC6 Web-Based Interface
To perform power management actions using the Web-based interface,
see "Executing Power Control Operations on the Server."