Users Guide

Monitoring chassis events
On the PowerEdge FX2/FX2s chassis, you can enable the Chassis Management and Monitoring setting in iDRAC to perform
chassis management and monitoring tasks such as monitoring chassis components, configuring alerts, using iDRAC RACADM to
pass CMC RACADM commands, and updating the chassis management firmware. This setting allows you to manage the servers in
the chassis even if the CMC is not on the network. You can set the value to Disabled to forward the chassis events. By default, this
setting is set as Enabled.
NOTE: For this setting to take effect, you must ensure that in CMC, the Chassis Management at Server setting must be
set to Monitor or Manage and Monitor.
When the Chassis Management and Monitoring option is set to Enabled, iDRAC generates and logs chassis events. The events
generated are integrated into the iDRAC event subsystem and alerts are generated similar to the rest of the events.
CMC also forwards the events generated to iDRAC. In case the iDRAC on the server is not functional, CMC queues the first 16
events and logs the rest in the CMC log. These 16 events are sent to iDRAC as soon as Chassis monitoring is set to enabled.
In instances where iDRAC detects that a required CMC functionality is absent, a warning message is displayed informing you that
certain features may not be functional without a CMC firmware upgrade.
Monitoring chassis events using the iDRAC web interface
To monitor chassis events using the iDRAC web interface, perform the following steps:
NOTE: This section appears only for PowerEdge FX2/FX2s chassis and if Chassis Management at Server mode is set to
Monitor or Manage and Monitor in CMC.
1. On the CMC interface, click Chassis Overview → Setup → General.
2. From the Chassis Management at Server Mode drop-down menu, select Manage and Monitor, and click Apply.
3. Launch the iDRAC web interface, click Overview → iDRAC Settings → CMC.
4. Under the Chassis Management at Server section, ensure that Capability from iDRAC drop-down box is set to Enabled.
Monitoring chassis events using RACADM
This setting is applicable only for PowerEdge FX2/FX2s servers and if Chassis Management at Server mode is set to Monitor or
Manage and Monitor in CMC.
To monitor chassis events using iDRAC RACADM:
racadm get system.chassiscontrol.chassismanagementmonitoring
For more information, see the iDRAC RACADM Command Line Interface Reference Guide available at dell.com/idracmanuals.
Alerts message IDs
The following table provides the list of message IDs that are displayed for the alerts.
Table 29. Alert message IDs
Message ID Description
AMP Amperage
ASR Auto Sys Reset
BAR Backup/Restore
BAT Battery Event
BIOS BIOS Management
BOOT BOOT Control
CBL Cable
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