CLI Guide

diagnostics

Table 17. Details of diagnostics

Description Collects and exports remote diagnostics report from iDRAC.

The results of the latest successfully run remote diagnostics are available and retrievable remotely through an

NFS, CIFS, HTTP, or HTTPS) share.

Synopsis To run a remote diagnostic report:

racadm diagnostics run -m <mode> -r <reboot type> -s <start time> -e

To export a remote diagnostic report:

racadm diagnostics export -f <file name> -l <NFS,CIFS,HTTP,or HTTPS share

location> -u <username> -p <password>

Input

• —m <mode>—Specifies the type of diagnostic mode. The types are:

• Collect and export remote diagnostics report from the iDRAC.

The results of the latest successfully executed remote Diagnostics will be available and retrievable remotely

through the NFS, CIFS, HTTP, and HTTPS share.

• 0(Express)—The express mode executes a subset of diagnostic tests.

• 1(Extended)—The extended mode executes all available diagnostics tests.

• 2(Both)—Runs express and extended tests serially in sequence.

• -f <filename>—Specifies the name of the configuration file.

• -l—Specifies the location of the network share (NFS, CIFS, HTTP, and HTTPS).

• -u <username>—Specifies the user name of the remote share to import the file.

• -p <password>—Specifies the password of the remote share to import the file.

• -r <reboot type>—Specifies the reboot type. The type can be one of the following:

• pwrcycle—Power cycle

• Graceful —Graceful reboot without forced shutdown

• Forced—Graceful reboot with forced shutdown

• -s <start time>—Specifies the start time for the scheduled job in yyyymmddhhmmss format. The

default value TIME_NOW starts the job immediately.

• -e <expiration time>—Specifies the expiry time for the scheduled job in yyyymmddhhmmss format.

The default value

TIME_NA does not apply the waiting time.

NOTE: For the diagnostic report run operation, the time difference between the -s and -e options

must be more than five minutes.

Output Provides the Job ID for the diagnostic operation.

Examples

• To initiate the remote diagnostic operation:

racadm diagnostics run -m 1 -r forced -s 20121215101010 -e TIME_NA

• To export a remote diagnostics report to CIFS share:

racadm diagnostics export -f diagnostics -l //192.168.0/cifs -u

administrator -p xxx

• To export a remote diagnostics report to NFS share:

racadm diagnostics export -f diagnostics -l 192.168.0:/nfs -u

administrator -p xxx

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