Dell PowerEdge R320 - System hardware check.

Hello Jordy,

First, glad to hear you made the switch to Dell, thanks!

Next, yes there are multiple tools to obtain system information. The x20 servers (which are 12th generation) contain a dedicated service processor embedded with "iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller 2" software.

1. Use the WSMAN command line interface to obtain this information (linux and windows). The hardware and software described below are structured into classes, per WSMAN industry standards.

• See "Web Service Guide for Windows", which also contains corresonding bat files, to become familar.[ http://en.community.dell.com/techcenter/extras/m/white_papers/20066174.aspx ]
• Section 9.1 is Power Supply Inventory (power supply view class)
• Section 16.9 lists the hard drivers (Physical Disk view class)
• Section 9.3 is memory inventory (memory view class)

2. iDRAC GUI

• Login in using browser in the format https://iDRAC_IP_ADDRESS
• On the left pane, there is a hardware dropdown which contains inventory

3. RACADM command line interface

• Reference http://ftp.dell.com/Manuals/all-products/esuprt_software/esuprt_remote_ent_sys_mgmt/esuprt_rmte_ent_sys_rmte_access_cntrllr/integrated-dell-remote-access-cntrllr-7-v1.40.40_Reference%20Guide2_en-us.pdf

I am trying to keep it simple since there is so much information. Please let me know if you have questions.

steve

High Level Links:

http://www.delltechcenter.com/LC

www.delltechcenter.com/iDRAC  

Video Demos:

http://en.community.dell.com/techcenter/systems-management/w/wiki/1984.idrac-with-lifecycle-controller-technology-video-demos.aspx

Thanks alot Steve. I'll read that through and i will post here if i run into isseus :emotion-1:

Hi Jordy,

You can use Server update utility(SUU), this can help to inventory your system components along with the updates on top of the Operating system.

By this utility you can Upgrade/Downgrade your system components firmware, drivers for BIOS, NIC, iDRAC, Lifecycle controller, Controller etc., along with the system inventory. 

You can download this utility from the support site.

http://www.dell.com/support/drivers/us/en/04/DriverDetails/Product/poweredge-r620?driverId=9G3JT&osCode=WS8R2&fileId=3280313012&languageCode=en&categoryId=SM

Thanks,

Venkatesan K

Hi,

I'm currently taking a look into that. Thanks for response.

Thanks,