Dell IDRAC6 Laptop User Manual


 
318 Monitoring and Alert Management
Configuring PEF Using the Web-Based Interface
For detailed information, see "Configuring Platform Event Filters (PEF)" on
page 59.
Configuring PEF Using the RACADM CLI
1
Enable PEF.
Open a command prompt, type the following command,
and press <Enter>:
racadm config -g cfgIpmiPef -o cfgIpmiPefEnable -i
1 1
where
1
and
1
are the PEF index and the enable/disable selection,
respectively.
The PEF index can be a value from 1 through 22. The enable/disable
selection can be set to 1 (Enabled) or 0 (Disabled).
For example, to enable PEF with index 5, type the following command:
racadm config -g cfgIpmiPef -o cfgIpmiPefEnable -i
5 1
2
Configure your PEF actions.
At the command prompt, type the following command and press
<Enter>:
racadm config -g cfgIpmiPef -o cfgIpmiPefAction -i
1
<action>
where the
<action>
values bits are as follows:
0 = No alert action
1 = power off server
2 = reboot server
3 = power cycle server
For example, to enable PEF to reboot the server, type the following
command:
racadm config -g cfgIpmiPef -o cfgIpmiPefAction -i
1 2
where
1
is the PEF index and 2 is the PEF action to reboot.