Users Guide

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60 Instrumentation Service
System
The System object contains three main system component groups: "Main System Chassis," "Software," and
"Storage." The Server Administrator home page defaults to the System object of the system tree view. Most
administrative functions can be managed from the System object action window. The System object action
window has the following tabs, depending on the user's group privileges: Properties, Shutdown, Logs, Alert
Management, Session Management, and Diagnostics.
NOTE: Update functionality is supported on releases prior to Server Administrator version 2.0. The Dell Server
Update Utility and Dell Update Packages can be downloaded from the Dell Support website at support.dell.com.
These are supported on Microsoft Windows
®
, Red Hat
®
Enterprise Linux, and SUSE
®
Linux Enterprise Server
operating systems.
NOTE: The Dell Server Update Utility or Dell Update Packages must be launched from the system you want
to update.
Properties
Subtabs: Health | Summary | Asset Information | Auto Recovery
Under the Properties tab, you can:
View the current health alert status for hardware and software components in the
Main System
Chassis
object, the attached storage components.
View detailed summary information for all components in the system being monitored.
View and configure asset information for the system being monitored.
View and set the Automatic System Recovery (watchdog timer) actions for the system
being monitored.
NOTE: Automatic System Recovery actions may not execute exactly per the time-out period
(n seconds) when the watchdog identifies a system that has stopped responding. The action execution time
ranges from n-h+1 to n+1 seconds, where n is the time-out period and h is the heart beat interval. The value of
the heart beat interval is 7 seconds when n <= 30 and 15 seconds when n > 30.
NOTE: The functionality of the watchdog timer feature cannot be guaranteed when an uncorrectable
memory event occurs in the system DRAM Bank_1. If an uncorrectable memory event occurs in this location,
the BIOS code resident in this space may become corrupted. Because the watchdog feature uses a call to
BIOS to effect the shutdown or reboot behavior, the feature may not work properly. If this occurs, you must
manually reboot the system.