Dell iDRAC8 manual Viewing Post Codes, Viewing Boot and Crash Capture Videos

To export the last run remote diagnostics results, use the following command:

racadm diagnostics export -f <file name> -l <NFS / CIFS share> -u <username> -p <password>

For more information about the options, see the iDRAC8 RACADM Command Line Interface Reference

Guide available at dell.com/support/manuals.

Viewing Post Codes

Post codes are progress indicators from the system BIOS, indicating various stages of the boot sequence from power-on-reset, and allows you to diagnose any faults related to system boot-up. The Post Codes page displays the last system post code prior to booting the operating system.

To view the Post Codes, go to Overview → Server → Troubleshooting → Post Code.

The Post Code page displays the system health indicator, a hexadecimal code, and a description of the code.

Viewing Boot and Crash Capture Videos

You can view the video recordings of:

•Last three boot cycles — A boot cycle video logs the sequence of events for a boot cycle. The boot cycle videos are arranged in the order of latest to oldest.

•Last crash video — A crash video logs the sequence of events leading to the failure.

This is a licensed feature.

iDRAC records fifty frames during boot time. Playback of the boot screens occur at a rate of 1 frame per second. If iDRAC is reset, the boot capture video is not available as it is stored in RAM and is deleted.

NOTE: You must have Access Virtual Console or administrator privileges to playback the Boot Capture and Crash Capture videos.

To view the Boot Capture screen, click Overview → Server → Troubleshooting → Video Capture.

The Video Capture screen displays the video recordings. For more information, see the iDRAC Online

Help.

Configuring Video Capture Settings

To configure the video capture settings:

1.In the iDRAC Web interface, go to Overview → Server → Troubleshooting → Video Capture. The Video Capture page is displayed.

2.From the Video Capture Settings drop-down menu, select any of the following options:

•Disable — Boot capture is disabled.

•Capture until buffer full — Boot sequence is captured until the buffer size has reached.

•Capture until end of POST — Boot sequence is captured until end of POST.

3.Click Apply to apply the settings.

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