Installation Manual
Recovering and Troubleshooting the iDRAC6 337
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Recovering and Troubleshooting 
the iDRAC6
This section explains how to perform tasks related to recovering and 
troubleshooting a crashed iDRAC6.
You can use one of the following tools to troubleshoot your iDRAC6:
•RAC Log
• Diagnostics Console
•Identify Server
•Trace Log
•racdump
•coredump
Using the RAC Log 
The RAC Log is a persistent log maintained in the iDRAC6 firmware. The 
log contains a list of user actions (such as log in, log out, and security policy 
changes) and alerts issued by the iDRAC6. The oldest entries are overwritten 
when the log becomes full. 
To access the RAC Log from the iDRAC6 user interface (UI):
1
In the 
System
 tree, click 
iDRAC Settings
.
2
Click the 
Logs
 tab and then click 
iDRAC Log
.










