Installation Manual

340 Recovering and Troubleshooting the iDRAC6
Using Identify Server
The Identify page allows you to enable the system identification feature.
To identify the server:
1
Click System  iDRAC Settings  Troubleshooting  Identify.
2 On the Identify screen, select the Identify Server checkbox to enable
blinking of the LCD and the rear identify server LED.
3 The Identify Server Timeout field displays the number of seconds the
LCD blinks. Enter the amount of time (in seconds) that you want the
LCD to blink. Timeout range is 1 to 255 seconds. If the timeout is set to 0
seconds, the LCD blinks continuously.
4 Click Apply.
If you entered 0 seconds, follow these steps to disable it:
1
Click System  iDRAC Settings  Troubleshooting  Identify .
2 On the Identify screen, deselect the Identify Server option click Apply.
Using the Trace Log
The internal iDRAC6 Trace Log is used by administrators to debug iDRAC6
alerting and networking issues.
To access the Trace Log from the iDRAC6 Web-based interface:
1
In the System tree, click iDRAC Settings .
2 Click the Diagnostics tab.
3 Ty p e t he gettracelog command, or the racadm gettracelog command in
the Command field.
NOTE: You can use this command from the command line interface also. For
more information, see gettracelog in the RACADM Command Line Reference
Guide for iDRAC6 and CMC available on the Dell Support website at
dell.com/support/manuals.