Users Guide

78 Instrumentation Service
NOTE: Update functionality is supported on Server Administrator version 2.0 or
lower. The Dell™ Server Update Utility and Dell Update Packages can be
downloaded from the Dell Support website at support.dell.com. These are
supported on Microsoft Windows
®
, Red Hat
®
Enterprise Linux
®
, and SUSE
®
Linux
Enterprise Server operating systems.
NOTE: The Dell Server Update Utility or Dell Update Packages must be launched
from the system you want to update.
Properties
Subtabs: Health | Summary | Asset Information | Auto Recovery
Under the Properties tab, you can:
• View the current health alert status for hardware and software components
in the
Main System Chassis/Main System object andthe Storage object.
• View detailed summary information for all components in the system
being monitored.
• View and configure asset information for the system being monitored.
• View and set the Automatic System Recovery (OS watchdog timer) actions
for the system being monitored.
NOTE: Automatic System Recovery options may not be available because the
operating system watchdog timer is enabled in BIOS. To configure the auto
recovery options, the operating system watchdog timer must be disabled.
NOTE: Automatic System Recovery actions may not execute exactly per the
time-out period (n seconds) when the watchdog identifies a system that has
stopped responding. The action execution time ranges from n-h+1 to n+1
seconds, where n is the time-out period and h is the heart beat interval. The
value of the heart beat interval is 7 seconds when n <= 30 and 15 seconds
when n > 30.
NOTE: The functionality of the watchdog timer feature cannot be guaranteed
when an uncorrectable memory event occurs in the system DRAM Bank_1.
If an uncorrectable memory event occurs in this location, the BIOS code
resident in this space may become corrupted. Because the watchdog feature
uses a call to BIOS to effect the shutdown or reboot behavior, the feature may
not work properly. If this occurs, you must manually reboot the system.