Users Guide

Viewing iDRAC and managed system

information

You can view iDRAC and managed system health and properties, hardware and firmware inventory, sensor health, storage devices,

network devices, and view and terminate user sessions. For blade servers, you can also view the Flex Address or Remote-Assigned

Address (applicable only for MX platforms) .

Topics:

• Viewing managed system health and properties

• Configuring Asset Tracking

• Viewing system inventory

• Viewing sensor information

• Monitoring performance index of CPU, memory, and input output modules

• Checking the system for Fresh Air compliance

• Viewing historical temperature data

• Viewing network interfaces available on host OS

• Viewing network interfaces available on host OS using RACADM

• Viewing FlexAddress mezzanine card fabric connections

• Viewing or terminating iDRAC sessions

Viewing managed system health and properties

When you log in to the iDRAC web interface, the System Summary page allows you to view the managed system's health, basic iDRAC

information, preview the virtual console, add and view work notes, and quickly launch tasks such as power on or off, power cycle, view

logs, update and rollback firmware, switch on or switch off the front panel LED, and reset iDRAC.

To access the System Summary page, go to System > Overview > Summary. The System Summary page is displayed. For more

information, see the iDRAC Online Help.

You can also view the basic system summary information using the iDRAC Settings utility. To do this, in iDRAC Settings utility, go to

System Summary. The iDRAC Settings System Summary page is displayed. For more information, see the iDRAC Settings Utility

Online Help.

Configuring Asset Tracking

The Asset Tracking feature in iDRAC provides you the ability to configure various attributes that are related to your server. This includes

information such as acquisition, warranty, service, and so on.

NOTE:

Asset Tracking in iDRAC is similar to the Asset Tag feature in OpenManage Server Administrator. However, the

attribute information has to be entered separately in both these tools for them to report the relevant Asset data.

To configure Asset Tracking:

1. In the iDRAC interface, go to Configuration > Asset Tracking.

2. Click Add Custom Assets to add any additional attributes which are not specified by default on this page.

3. Enter all the relevant information of your server asset and click Apply.

4. To view the Asset Tracking Report, go to System > Details > Asset Tracking.

Viewing system inventory

You can view information about the hardware and firmware components installed on the managed system. To do this, in iDRAC web

interface, go to System > Inventories. For information about the displayed properties, see the iDRAC Online Help.

The Hardware Inventory section displays the information for the following components available on the managed system:

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