Users Guide

System/Server Module Properties
The System/Server Module object contains three main system component groups: Main System Chassis/Main System ,
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/Server Module object action window. The System/Server
Module object action window has the following tabs, depending on the user's group privileges: Licensing, Properties,
Shutdown, Logs, Alert Management, and Session Management
Licensing
Subtabs: Information | Licensing
Under the Licensing sub tab, you can:
● Set preferences to use Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) to import, export, delete, or replace the digital
license of the hardware.
● View details of the device used. The details include status of the license, description of the license, entitlement ID and date
of expiry of the license.
NOTE: Server Administrator supports the licensing feature on PowerEdge 12G system onwards. The feature is available
only if the required minimum version of iDRAC, iDRAC 1.30.30, is installed.
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/Main System
object and the Storage object.
● 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 (operating system watchdog timer) actions for the system being monitored.
NOTE:
Automatic System Recovery options may not be available if the operating system watchdog timer is enabled in
BIOS. To configure the auto recovery options, the operating system watchdog timer must be disabled.
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. The watchdog timer
can be set to a maximum of 720 seconds.
Shutdown
Subtabs: Remote Shutdown | Thermal Shutdown | Web Server Shutdown
Under the Shutdown tab, you can:
● Configure the operating system shutdown and remote shutdown options
● Set the thermal shutdown severity level to shut down your system in the event that a temperature sensor returns a warning
or failure value.
NOTE:
A thermal shutdown occurs only when the temperature reported by the sensor goes above the temperature
threshold. A thermal shutdown does not occur when the temperature reported by the sensor goes below the
temperature threshold.
● Shut down the DSM SA Connection Service (Web server).
NOTE:
Server Administrator is still available through the command line interface (CLI) when the DSM SA Connection
Service is shut down. The CLI functions do not require the DSM SA Connection Service to be running.
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