Administrator Guide

host OS are also displayed. By default, this monitoring feature is enabled. This feature is available even if

Server Administrator is installed on the host OS.

Lifecycle Controller log replication into operating system

Replicates the Lifecycle Controller (LC) logs to the OS logs. All events that have the OS Log option as the

target (in the Alerts page or in the equivalent RACADM or WSMAN interfaces) are replicated in the OS log

using the iDRAC Service Module. This is similar to the System Event Log (SEL) replication performed by

Server Administrator.

The default set of logs to be included in the OS logs are the same as the logs configured for SNMP traps/

alerts. Only the events logged in the LC log after the iDRAC Service Module was installed are replicated to

the OS Log. If Server Administrator is installed, the monitoring feature is disabled to avoid duplicate SEL

entries in the OS log.

Automatic system recovery feature

Automatic System Recovery feature is a hardware-based timer, which is used to reset the server in the

event of a hardware failure. You can perform automatic system recovery operations such as reboot,

power cycle, or power off after a specified time interval. This feature is enabled only when the operating

system watchdog timer is disabled. If Server Administrator is installed, the monitoring feature is disabled

to avoid duplicate watchdog timers.

Windows Management Instrumentation Providers

Windows Management Instrumentation Providers available with iDRAC Service Module exposes hardware

data through Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI). WMI is a set of extensions to the Windows

Driver Model that provides an operating system interface through which instrumented components

provide information and notification. 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.

Automatic Technical Support Report collection

The Technical Support Report (TSR) feature in iDRAC collects information about the hardware, OS and

relevant application data and compresses this information. Currently, you have to manually run the OS

Collector tool to generate the TSR. Using iDRAC Service Module 2.0, the OS Collector tool automatically

collects relevant OS and hardware information. Automatic Support Log collection including OS and

Application Information Collection with TSR.

By using iDRAC Service Module you reduce the number of manual steps to collect the Technical Support

Report as the collection process is automated.

NOTE: This feature is available by default when you install iDRAC Service Module 2.0 on systems

running supported Microsoft and Linux operating systems. You cannot disable the feature.

NOTE: The OS log collection feature of Automatic Technical Support Report is not supported on

CentOS.