Dell Chassis Management Controller Version 3.0 for PowerEdge VRTX RACADM CLI Guide

Allows you to view, export, or clear the chassis log history.

To clear a chassis log, you must have the Clear Logs Administrator privilege.

racadm chassislog view [-i]
racadm chassislog view [-c <category> [-s <severity>] [-b <subcategory>]
[-q <sequence no.>] [-n <number of records>] [-r <start timestamp>]
[-e <end timestamp>]

• -i — Displays the number of records present in the active log. You cannot use this option with any other option.
• -c — The log type to filter the records. Provide multiple categories using a "," as the delimiter. The value is case-insensitive. Valid Category values:
  • All
  • System
  • Storage
  • Updates
  • Audit
  • Config
• -q - The sequence number from which the records must be displayed.
• -n - Specifies the n Number of records to be displayed.
• -r - Displays events that have occurred after this time. The time format is yyyy-mm-dd HH:MM:SS. The time stamp must be provided within double quotes.
• -e - Displays events that have occurred before this time. The time format is yyyy-mm-dd HH:MM:SS. The time stamp must be provided within double quotes.
• -f <filename> - Specifies the file location and name where the chassis log is exported.
• -a <name> - Specifies the FTP Server IP address or FQDN, user name, and password.
• -d <path> - Specifies the path to the file on the FTP server.
• -l <location> - Specifies the location of the network share or area on file system where chassis log is exported. Two types of network shares are supported:

  — SMB mounted path: //<ipaddress or domain name>/<share_name>/<path_to_image>

  — NFS mounted path: <ipaddress>:/<path_to_image>.

• -u <user> — Specifies the user name for accessing the FTP Server, or Domain and User Name for accessing network share location.
• -p <password> — Specifies the password for accessing the FTP Server or Share location.
• -s — Filters records based on severity. Provide multiple severities using a comma (,) as the delimiter. The values are not case-sensitive. The valid severity values are:
  • 1. Warning
  • 2. Critical
  • 3. Info
• -b — The subcategory used to filter the records. Provide multiple subcategories using a comma (,) as the delimiter. The values are not case-sensitive. The valid subcategories are:
  • CPUA: Proc Absent
  • MEM: Memory
  • UEFI: UEFI Event
  • FC: Fiber Channel
  • ENC: Storage Enclosure
  • SYS: System Info
  • LNK: Link Status
  • BAT: Battery Event
  • RSI: Remote Service
  • OSE: OS Event
  • VRM: Virtual Console
  • PSU: Power Supply
  • Log: Log event
  • RDU: Redundancy
  • FCD: Feature Card
  • CMC: Chassis Management Controller
  • CTL: Storage Controller
  • CPU: Processor
  • CBL: Cable
  • JCP: Job Control
  • VF: vFlash Media
  • IPA: DRAC IP Address
  • SUP: FW Update Job
  • RFM: FlexAddress SD
  • PSUA: PSU Absent
  • PCI: PCI Device
  • LIC: Licensing
  • RFL : IDSDM Media
  • NIC : NIC Config
  • VFL : vFlash Event
  • TMPS : Temperature Statistics
  • DIS : Auto-Discovery
  • STOR : Storage
  • SEL : Sys Event Log
  • OSD : OS Deployment
  • SRD : Software RAID
  • RFLA : IDSDM Absent
  • TST : Test Alert
  • FSD : Debug
  • RED : FW Download
  • PST : BIOS POST
  • BOOT : BOOT Control
  • SSD : PCIe SSD
  • IOV : IO Virtualization
  • PR : Part Exchange
  • SWU : Software Change
  • USR : User Tracking
  • PDR : Physical Disk
  • VDR : Virtual Disk
  • SWC : Software Config
  • DKM : Dell Key Mngr
  • NDR : NIC OS Driver
  • RAC : RAC Event
  • ASR : Auto Sys Reset
  • HWC : Hardware Config
  • RRDU : IDSDM Redundancy
  • AMP : Amperage
  • VLT : Voltage
  • DH : Cert Mgmt
  • TMP : Temperature
  • VME : Virtual Media
  • ITR : Intrusion
  • BAR : Backup/Restore
  • PWR : Power Usage
  • VFLA : vFlash Absent
  • BIOS : BIOS Management
  • LC : Lifecycle Contr
  • FAN : Fan Event
  • SEC : Security Event

• Display the number of records present in the Chassis Log:

  racadm chassislog view -i

• Display the records under the storage category with severity set to warning:

  racadm chassislog view -c storage -s warning

• Display the records under storage and system categories with severities set to warning or critical:

  racadm chassislog view -c storage,system -s warning,critical

• Display the records having severities set to warning or critical, starting from sequence number 4:

  racadm chassislog view -s warning,critical -q 4

• Display 5 records starting from sequence number 20:

  racadm chassislog view -q 20 -n 5

• Display all records of events that have occurred between 2011-01-02 23:33:40 and 2011-01-03 00:32:15:

  racadm chassislog view -r "2011-01-02 23:33:40" -e "2011-01-03 00:32:15"

• Display all the available records from the active Chassis log:

  racadm chassislog view -n all

• Display the last 25 records from the Chassis log:

  racadm chassislog view