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Troubleshooting Using iDRAC7 Video Capture Feature

Verifying iDRAC7 Enterprise license. Figure 1.

Managing and using boot captures

From the same menu where you obtained the Video Capture Player, the Boot Captures are organized

for ease of access and playback.

View the video recordings of the last three boot cycles either directly from the iDRAC7 Virtual Console

or offline using the video capture player. A boot cycle video logs the sequence of events for a boot

cycle. When the host system is rebooted, the boot cycle video file captures up to 2 MB of booting

details. The boot cycle videos are arranged in the order of latest to oldest as seen in Figure 2.

You have the ability to save any of the last three boot cycle videos for offline viewing.

Note: If iDRAC7 is reset, the boot capture video is not available as it is stored in RAM and is deleted.