Users Guide

NOTE: On Microsoft Windows, if iSM events get logged under System logs instead of Application logs, restart the Windows
Event Log service or restart the host OS.
Automatic system recovery options
The Automatic system recovery feature is a hardware-based timer. If a hardware failure occurs, the Health Monitor may not be called, but
the server is reset as if the power switch was activated. ASR is implemented using a "heartbeat" timer that continuously counts down. The
Health Monitor frequently reloads the counter to prevent it from counting down to zero. If the ASR counts down to zero, it is assumed that
the operating system has locked up and the system automatically attempts to reboot.
You can perform automatic system recovery operations such as reboot, power cycle, or power o the server after a specied time interval.
This feature is enabled only if the operating system watchdog timer is disabled. If OpenManage Server Administrator is installed, this
monitoring feature is disabled to avoid duplicate watchdog timers.
Windows Management Instrumentation providers
WMI is a set of extensions to the Windows Driver Model that provides an operating system interface through which instrumented
components provide information and notication. WMI is Microsoft's implementation of the Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM)
and Common Information Model (CIM) standards from the Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF) to manage Server hardware,
operating systems and applications. WMI Providers helps to integrate with Systems Management Consoles such as Microsoft System
Center and enables scripting to manage Microsoft Windows Servers.
You can enable or disable the WMI option in iDRAC. iDRAC exposes the WMI classes through the iDRAC Service Module providing the
server’s health information. By default, WMI information feature is enabled. The iDRAC Service Module exposes the WSMAN monitored
classes in iDRAC through WMI. The classes are exposed in the root/cimv2/dcim namespace.
The classes can be accessed using any of the standard WMI client interfaces. For more information, see the prole documents.
The following examples use the DCIM_account class to illustrate the capability that WMI information feature provides in iDRAC Service
Module. For the details of the supported classes and proles, see the WSMAN proles documentation available at Dell TechCenter.
Table 46. Examples
CIM Interface WinRM WMIC PowerShell
Enumerate instances of a class
winrm e wmi/root/cimv2/
dcim/dcim_account
wmic /namespace:\\root
\cimv2\dcim PATH
dcim_account
Get-WmiObject
dcim_account -
namespace root/cimv2/
dcim
Get a specic instance of a
class
winrm g wmi/root/cimv2/
dcim/DCIM_Account?
CreationClassName=DCIM_
Account
+Name=iDRAC.Embedded.
1#Users.
2+SystemCreationClassNa
me=DCIM_SPComputerSyste
m+SystemName=systemmc
wmic /namespace:\\root
\cimv2\dcim PATH
dcim_account where
Name="iDRAC.Embedded.
1#Users.16"
Get-WmiObject -
Namespace root
\cimv2\dcim -Class
dcim_account -filter
"Name='iDRAC.Embedded.
1#Users.16'"
Get associated instances of an
instance
winrm e wmi/root/cimv2/
dcim/* -
dialect:association -
filter:
{object=DCIM_Account?
CreationClassName=DCIM_
wmic /namespace:\\root
\cimv2\dcim PATH
dcim_account where
Name='iDRAC.Embedded.
1#Users.2' ASSOC
Get-Wmiobject -
Query "ASSOCIATORS OF
{DCIM_Account.CreationC
lassName='DCIM_Account'
,Name='iDRAC.Embedded.
1#Users.
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