Dell Drac 5 User Manual

Configuring Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI)261
3Configure the Serial Over LAN settings.
Table 14-1 provides information about the 
Serial Over LAN 
Configuration
 page settings. 
4Click Apply Changes.
5Configure the advanced settings, if required. Otherwise, click the 
appropriate 
Serial Over LAN Configuration page button to continue 
(see Table 14-2). 
To configure the advanced settings:
aClick Advanced Settings.
bIn the Serial Over LAN Configuration Advanced Settings page, 
configure...

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Table 14-3. Serial Over LAN Configuration Advanced Settings Page Settings
Setting Description
Character Accumulate 
IntervalThe amount of time that the BMC will wait before 
transmitting a partial SOL character data package. 
1-based 5ms increments.
Character Send 
ThresholdThe BMC will send an SOL character data package 
containing the characters as soon as this number of 
characters (or greater) has been accepted. 1-based units. 
Table...

Recovering and Troubleshooting the Managed System263
Recovering and Troubleshooting the 
Managed System
This section explains how to perform tasks related to recovering and 
troubleshooting a crashed remote system using the DRAC 5 Web-based interface.
 First Steps to Troubleshoot a Remote System
 Managing Power on a Remote System
 Using the System Event Log (SEL)
 Viewing the Last System Crash Screen
First Steps to Troubleshoot a Remote System
The following questions are commonly used to troubleshoot...

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To access the Power Management page from the System tree, click System 
and then click the Power Management tab.
 NOTE: You must have Execute Server Action Commands permission to perform 
power management actions. 
Selecting Power Control Actions from the DRAC 5 GUI
1Select one of the following Power Control Actions.
 Power On System— Turns on the system power (equivalent to 
pressing the power button when the system power is off). 

Power Off System—...

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powercycle — Issues a power-cycle operation on the managed system. This 
action is similar to pressing the power button on the system’s front panel 
to power down and then power up the system.

powerstatus — Displays the current power status of the server (ON, or 
OFF)

hardreset — Performs a reset (reboot) operation on the managed system.
Viewing System Information
The System Summary page displays information about the following system 
components:...

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Remote Access Controller
Table 15-4 describes the Remote Access Controller properties.
Baseboard Management Controller
Table 15-5 describes the Baseboard Management Controller properties.
Table 15-3. Auto Recovery Fields
Field Description
Recovery ActionWhen a system hang is detected, the DRAC can be 
configured to do one of the following actions: No Action, 
Hard Reset, Power Down, or Power Cycle.
Initial CountdownThe number of seconds after a system...

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Using the System Event Log (SEL)
The SEL Log page displays system-critical events that occur on the managed 
system. 
To view the System Event Log:
1
In the System tree, click System.
2Click the Logs tab and then click System Event Log.
The 
System Event Log page displays the event severity and provides other 
information as shown in Table 15-6.
3Click the appropriate System Event Log page button to continue (see 
Table 15-7).
Number of Current 
Active...

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Using the Command Line to View System Log
racadm getsel -i
The getsel -i command displays the number of entries in the SEL.
racadm getsel <
options>
 NOTE: If no arguments are specified, the entire log is displayed.
 
NOTE: See getsel for more information on the options you can use.
The clrsel command removes all existing records from the SEL.
racadm clrsel
Using the POST and Operating System Boot Logs
This feature of the DRAC 5 allows you to play back...

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3Select the log number of the POST or operating system boot capture log.
The video of the logs is played on a new screen.
4Click STOP to stop the video.
Viewing the Last System Crash Screen
 NOTICE: The last crash screen feature requires the managed system with the Auto 
Recovery feature configured in Server Administrator. In addition, ensure that the 
Automated System Recovery feature is enabled using the DRAC. Navigate to the 
Services page under the...

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