Assuming you have installed iDRAC7
remote access controller in your Dell R720
server, I would continue with installation of Dell OpenManage Server Administrator
(or OMSA
).
The OMSA is a software agent that provides system management interface either from an easy web browser based interface or from a command line interface through the operating system.
These tools are available for sysadmins who can manage servers both locally and remotely on a network. Additionally, the OMSA agent can be connected to the centralized management Dell OpenManage Essentials
(or OME
) console.
The OMSA packages are available for both Windows and Linux platforms. I'm more familiar with Linux deployements so I would recommend you to visit Dell wiki and the repository/OMSA page. There is introduced how to install the OMSA packages on the most of Linux distros. More generic information, including how to install OMSA on Windows , can be found in the system management wiki page.
Once you are done with OMSA, you can use racadm
command to access iDRAC
procesor either remotely:
racadm -r iDRAC_IP_ADDR -u iDRAC_USER -p iDRAC_USER_PASS SUBCOMMAND
Or locally:
racadm SUBCOMMAND
Where SUBCOMMAND
for retrieving system event log (hardware log) is:
getsel
The complete list of all supported SUBCOMMANDs
can be found on this page.