Dell iDRAC8 manual Viewing Network Interfaces Available On Host OS

centigrade, the system automatically calculates and displays the Fahrenheit value. Similarly, if you enter Fahrenheit, the value for Centigrade is displayed.

3.Click Apply.

The values are configured.

NOTE: Changes to default thresholds are not reflected in the historical data chart since the chart limits are for fresh air limit values only. Warnings for exceeding the custom thresholds are different from warning associated to exceeding fresh air thresholds.

Viewing Network Interfaces Available On Host OS

You can view information about all the network interfaces that are available on the host operating system such as the IP addresses that are assigned to the server. The iDRAC Service Module provides this information to iDRAC. The OS IP address information includes the IPv4 and IPv6 addresses, MAC address, Subnet mask or prefix length, and the FQDD of the network device.

NOTE: This feature is available with iDRAC Express and iDRAC Enterprise licenses.

To view the OS information, make sure that:

•You have Login privilege.

•iDRAC Service Module is installed and running on the host operating system.

•OS Information option is enabled in the Overview → Server → Service Module page.

iDRAC can display the IPv4 and IPv6 addresses for all the interfaces configured on the Host OS.

Depending on how the Host OS detects the DHCP server, the corresponding IPv4 or IPv6 DHCP server address may not be displayed. Typically one of IPv4 or IPv6 DHCP address is visible if DHCP is enabled.

Viewing Network Interfaces Available on Host OS Using Web Interface

To view the network interfaces available on the host OS using Web interface:

1.Go to Overview → Host OS → Network Interfaces.

The Network Interfaces page displays all the network interfaces that are available on the host operating system.

2.To view the list of network interfaces associated with a network device, from the Network Device FQDD drop-down menu, select a network device and click Apply.

The OS IP details are displayed in the Host OS Network Interfaces section.

3.From the Device FQDD column, click on the network device link.

The corresponding device page is displayed from the Hardware → Network Devicessection, where you can view the device details. For information about the properties, see the iDRAC Online Help.

4.For each network device, click the icon to display the additional details.

Similarly, you can view the host OS network interface information associated with a network device from the Hardware → Network Devices page. Click View Host OS Network Interfaces.

Viewing Network Interfaces Available on Host OS Using RACADM

Use the gethostnetworkinterfaces command to view the network interfaces available on the host operating systems using RACADM. For more information, see the iDRAC RACADM Command Line Reference Guide available at dell.com/esmmanuals.

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