Users Guide

Displays information about the following hardware devices:

– Field Replaceable Units (FRUs) such as DIMMs, system planar, power supplies, backplanes, controller

cards, etc.

– Memory - Number of slots available and in use, maximum capacity and amount of memory in use, and

details on individual DIMMs.

– Network Interface Cards (NICs) - Number of installed cards and details on individual NICs.

– PCI Slots - Total available and number in use and details on individual slots.

– Power Supplies - Number present and details on individual PSUs.

– Processors - Number present and details on individual CPUs.

– Remote Access Card - IP address information and RAC type and Web interface URL.

See, About Inventory Jobs.

• Storage

The host system storage provides a graphical and detailed view of the capacity and type of physical and logical

storage for storage connected to a host-based storage controller, including:

– Host system total storage, unconfigured, configured, and both global and dedicated hot spare disks

capacity

– List of how many of each storage component is present in the system component data table that

contains detailed information on that component

• Firmware

Run the Firmware Update Wizard or view your firmware status. See, Firmware Updates.

• Power Monitoring

The host system power monitoring provides general power information, energy statistics, and reserve power

information, including:

– Current power budget, profile, warning and failure thresholds

– Energy consumption, system peak power, and amperage statistics

– Reserve power and peak reserve capacity

NOTE: Not all power supplies support this feature and blade enclosure power supplies are not

supported.

• Warranty

Warranty retrieval provides the following information for Dell servers:

– Updated service warranty information, while only transmitting the host service tag

– Warranty information updated at scheduled intervals

– Secure transmission using a proxy server and credentials

– Information through a tested, secure connection

See, Warranty Retrieval.

Host Actions

The Host actions are commands you performed on the current host server, such as:

• Use the Blink Indicator Light to blink the LCD front indicator light. See, Setting Up Physical Server Front Indicator

Lights.

• Use the Run Firmware Update Wizard to display the Firmware Update wizard and update the host server

firmware. See, Running the Firmware Update Wizard.

• Use the iDRAC Reset to reset iDRAC without rebooting the appliance.

See, Resetting iDRAC.