Owner's Manual

Configuring Dell OpenManage IT Assistant to Monitor Your Systems 133
Hardware Logs
Devices under the IPMI Discovered Devices group have a tab for viewing the
hardware logs. Each time the view is refreshed, a connection will be made by the
IT Assistant management system to the target system to retrieve the up-to-date
logs. The connection will be closed after all the records are retrieved to free
up resources and minimize connection usage, since the BMC/iDRAC has a limit
on open connections.
The Hardware Logs tab is used for log retrieval through all supported protocols.
Launch Points
Tom right-clicks each device under IPMI Discovered Devices to access the
launch point for Serial-Over-LAN (SOL). SOL is the only pre-configured
application that can be launched from the IPMI Discovered Devices group.
NOTE: The Dell Remote Access Controller (DRAC) also has a telnet launch point to
connect to the DRAC.
IPMISH Tasks
Tom can run IPMI Shell (IPMISH) tasks on the devices discovered through
IPMI. If he selects devices from the IPMI Enabled Devices group, he can use
either $IP or $BMC_IP.
NOTE: Use the -k parameter on the Baseboard Management Utility (BMU)
command line to enter the IPMI encryption key.
Viewing Information on a Non-Dell System
Tom can view the embedded logs on a non-Dell device with Windows
Server 2003 R2 (with System Management MSI installed), as well as view
information available through the standard operating system
instrumentation.
He should have enabled CIM discovery for the include range corresponding
to the device, using the administrator privilege user account for CIM
discovery.
NOTE: For non-administrator user accounts, the hardware management agent will
not be discovered.
Click a device in the Device tree to view device information. The Hardware
Logs tab contains information corresponding to the embedded logs.