Dell iDRAC8 manual Adding Work Notes, Configuring Remote System Logging

•Local — Export the Lifecycle Controller logs to a location on the local system.

NOTE: While specifying the network share settings, it is recommended to avoid special characters for user name and password or percent encode the special characters.

For information about the fields, see the iDRAC Online Help.

3.Click Export to export the log to the specified location.

Exporting Lifecycle Controller Logs Using RACADM

To export the Lifecycle Controller logs using RACADM, use the lclog export command. For more information, see the iDRAC8 RACADM Command Line Interface Reference Guide available at dell.com/ support/manuals or dell.com/esmmanuals.

Adding Work Notes

Each user who logs in to iDRAC can add work notes and this is stored in the lifecycle log as an event. You must have iDRAC logs privilege to add work notes. A maximum of 255 characters are supported for each new work note.

NOTE: You cannot delete a work note.

To add a work note:

1.In the iDRAC Web interface, go to Overview → Server → Properties → Summary. The System Summary page is displayed.

2.Under Work Notes, enter the text in the blank text box.

NOTE: It is recommended not to use too many special characters.

3.Click Add.

The work note is added to the log. For more information, see the iDRAC Online Help.

Configuring Remote System Logging

You can send lifecycle logs to a remote system. Before doing this, make sure that:

•There is network connectivity between iDRAC and the remote system.

•The remote system and iDRAC is on the same network.

Configuring Remote System Logging Using Web Interface

To configure the remote syslog server settings:

1.In the iDRAC Web interface, go to Overview → Server → Logs → Settings. The Remote Syslog Settings page is displayed

2.Enable remote syslog, specify the server address, and the port number. For information about the options, see the iDRAC Online Help.

3.Click Apply.

The settings are saved. All logs written to the lifecycle log are also simultaneously written to configured remote server(s).

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