Recovering And Troubleshooting The Managed System; First Steps To Troubleshoot A Remote System - Dell IDRAC6 User Manual

Recovering and Troubleshooting the
Managed System
This section explains how to perform tasks related to recovering
and troubleshooting a crashed remote system using the iDRAC6
Web-based interface.
• "First Steps to Troubleshoot a Remote System" on page 325
• "Managing Power on a Remote System" on page 326
• "Using the POST Boot Logs" on page 332
• "Viewing the Last System Crash Screen" on page 333

First Steps to Troubleshoot a Remote System

The following questions are commonly used to troubleshoot high-level
problems in the managed system:
1 Is the system powered on or off?
2 If powered on, is the operating system functioning, crashed, or just frozen?
3 If powered off, did the power turn off unexpectedly?
For crashed systems, check the last crash screen (see "Viewing the Last
System Crash Screen" on page 333), and use Virtual Console and remote
power management (see "Managing Power on a Remote System" on
page 326) to restart the system and watch the reboot process.

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