Dell IDRAC6 Laptop User Manual


 
Recovering and Troubleshooting the iDRAC6 335
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Recovering and Troubleshooting
the iDRAC6
This section explains how to perform tasks related to recovering and
troubleshooting a crashed iDRAC6.
You can use one of the following tools to troubleshoot your iDRAC6:
•RAC Log
Diagnostics Console
•Identify Server
•Trace Log
•racdump
•coredump
Using the RAC Log
The RAC Log is a persistent log maintained in the iDRAC6 firmware. The
log contains a list of user actions (such as log in, log out, and security policy
changes) and alerts issued by the iDRAC6. The oldest entries are overwritten
when the log becomes full.
To access the RAC Log from the iDRAC6 user interface (UI):
1
In the
System
tree, click
Remote Access
.
2
Click the
Logs
tab and then click
iDRAC Log
.
The iDRAC Log provides the information listed in Table 20-1.