Installation Manual

78 Configuring the iDRAC6 Using the Web Interface
3 Click Update to start the firmware update process.
On the
Updating (Step 3 of 3) page, you see the status of the
rollback operation. The progress, measured in percentages, appear in
the
Progress column.
NOTE: While in the update mode, the update process will continue in the
background even if you navigate away from this page.
If the firmware update is successful, the iDRAC6 will reset automatically.
You should close the current browser window and reconnect to the
iDRAC6 using a new browser window.
Remote Syslog
iDRAC6 Enterprise offers Remote Syslog, a feature that allows you to
remotely write the RAC log and the System Event Log (SEL) to an external
syslog server. You can read the entire server farm logs from a central log.
The Remote Syslog protocol does not need any user authentication. For the
logs to be entered in the Remote Syslog server, ensure that there is proper
network connectivity between iDRAC6 and the Remote Syslog server and
that the Remote Syslog server is running on the same network as iDRAC6.
The Remote Syslog entries are User Datagram Protocol (UDP) packets sent
to the Remote Syslog server’s syslog port. If network failures occur, iDRAC6
does not send the same log again. The remote logging happens real
-time as
and when the logs are recorded in iDRAC6
’s RAC log and SEL log.
Remote Syslog can be enabled through the remote Web interface:
1
Open a supported Web browser window.
2 Log in to iDRAC6 Web interface.
3 In the system tree, select System  Setup tab  Remote Syslog Settings .
The
Remote Syslog Settings screen is displayed.
Table 4-21 lists the Remote Syslog settings.
Table 4-21. Remote Syslog Settings
Attribute Description
Remote Syslog
Enabled
Select this option to enable the transmission and remote capture
of the syslog on the specified server. Once syslog is enabled, new
log entries are sent to the Syslog server(s).