Users Guide
Table Of Contents
- User’s Guide
- Contents
- Introduction
- What’s New for Version 5.1
- Setup and Administration
- Installing Server Administrator
- Using Server Administrator
- Instrumentation Service
- Remote Access Service
- Overview
- Hardware Prerequisites
- Software Prerequisites
- Adding and Configuring DRAC Users
- Configuring an Existing DRAC User
- Configuring the DRAC Network Properties
- Configuring the DRAC Alert Properties
- Configuring DRAC III Dial-in (PPP) Users and Modem Settings
- Configuring the DRAC Remote Features Properties
- Configuring DRAC Security
- Accessing and Using a Dell Remote Access Controller
- Working With the Baseboard Management Controller (BMC)
- Storage Management Service
- Server Administrator Logs
- Troubleshooting
- Glossary
- Index
Troubleshooting 117
Troubleshooting
Setting Alert Actions for Systems Running Supported
Red Hat
®
Enterprise Linux and SUSE
®
Linux Enterprise Server
Operating Systems
When you set Alert Actions for an event, you can specify the action to "display an alert on the
server." To perform this action, Server Administrator writes a message to /dev/console. If the Server
Administrator system is running an X Window System, you will not see that message by default. To
see the alert message on a Red Hat Enterprise Linux system when the X Window System is running,
you must start xconsole or xterm -C before the event occurs. To see the alert message on a SUSE
Linux Enterprise Server system when the X Window System is running, you must start xterm -C
before the event occurs.
When you set Alert Actions for an event, you can specify the action to "broadcast a message."
To perform this action, Server Administrator executes the wall command, which sends the message
to everybody logged in with their message permission set to "yes." If the Server Administrator system
is running an X Window System, you will not see that message by default. To see the broadcast message
when the X Window System is running, you must start a terminal such as xterm or gnome-terminal
before the event occurs.
NOTE: On SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (Version 9), messages sent by wall are displayed by the xterm
terminal program but not by the Konsole terminal program.
When you set Alert Actions for an event, you can specify the action to "execute an application."
There are limitations on the applications that Server Administrator can execute. Follow these
guidelines to ensure proper execution:
• Do not specify X Window System based applications because Server Administrator cannot
execute such applications properly.
• Do not specify applications that require input from the user because Server Administrator cannot
execute such applications properly.