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Monitoring and Alert Management

This section explains how to monitor the iDRAC6 and provides procedures to configure your system and the iDRAC6 to receive alerts.

Configuring the Managed System to Capture the Last Crash Screen

Before the iDRAC6 can capture the last crash screen, you must configure the managed system with the following prerequisites.

1Install the managed system software. For more information about installing the managed system software, see the Server Administrator User's Guide.

2Run a supported Microsoft Windows operating system with the Windows automatically reboot feature deselected in the Windows Startup and Recovery Settings.

3Enable the Last Crash Screen (disabled by default).

To enable the Last Crash Screen using local RACADM, open a command prompt and type the following commands:

racadm config -g cfgRacTuning -o cfgRacTuneAsrEnable 1

4Enable the Auto Recovery timer and set the Auto Recovery action to Reset, Power Off, or Power Cycle. To configure the Auto Recovery timer, you must use Server Administrator or IT Assistant.

For information about how to configure the Auto Recovery timer, see the Server Administrator User's Guide. To ensure that the last crash screen can be captured, the Auto Recovery timer must be set to 60 seconds or greater. The default setting is 480 seconds.

The last crash screen is not available when the Auto Recovery action is set to Shutdown or Power Cycle if the managed system has crashed.

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