Installation Manual

334 Recovering and Troubleshooting the Managed System
Using the POST Boot Logs
NOTE: All logs are cleared after you reboot the iDRAC6.
The Boot Capture page provides access to recordings of up to the last three
available boot cycles. They are arranged in the order of latest to oldest. If the
server has experienced no boot cycles then No Recording Available is
displayed. Click Play after selecting an available boot cycle to display it in a
new window.
NOTE: Viewing Boot Capture is supported only on Java and not Active-X.
To view the Boot Capture logs:
1
In the System tree, click System .
2 Click the Logs tab and then click the Boot Capture tab.
3 Select a boot cycle and click Play .
The video of the logs is opened on a new screen.
NOTE: You must close an open Boot Capture log video before you play
another one. You cannot play two logs simultaneously.
4 Click Playback  Play to start the Boot Capture log video.
5 Click Playback  Media Controls to stop the video.
NOTE: A message asking you to save a data.jnlp file instead of opening the viewer
may be displayed. To fix this problem, do the following in Internet Explorer: Go to
Tools Internet OptionsAdvanced tab and deselect the option Do not save
encrypted pages to disk.
NOTE: If iDRAC is reset, the boot capture video is not available since it is stored in
RAM and is deleted when iDRAC resets.