iDRAC Error and Event Messages Reference Guide

iDRAC Error and Event Messages (EEMs)

Updated on: October/19/2025. .

This Reference Guide has information about iDRAC–only Error and Event Messages (EEMs) pertaining to 12G, 13G, 14G, 15G, 16G, and 17G PowerEdge servers. These EEMs are displayed on User Interface (UI), Command-Line Interface (CLI), Rest API, and sometimes stored in the data log files. EEMs are displayed or stored as a result of user action, automatic event occurrence, or for data logging purposes. EEMs are prefixed with an event type to help in identification. For example PSU, STOR, and VLT representing Power Supply Unit, Storage, and Voltage categories respectively.

• These messages are displayed on Graphical User Interface (UI), Command-Line Interface (CLI), Rest API, and sometimes stored in the data log files. EEMs are displayed or stored as a result of user action, automatic event occurrence, or for data logging purposes.
• This guide serves as a vital tool for IT administrators and support personnel to diagnose, respond to, and resolve system alerts efficiently, ensuring optimal server performance and reliability. An EEM has three elements:
  • Message: Indicates the message, and possible causes, wherever applicable.
  • Recommended Response Action: Indicates the remedial tasks that you can perform to resolve an issue. Where applicable, the iDRAC user interface, RACADM, or Redfish methods of resolving an issue is described.
  • Detailed Description: Provides more info about the error or event, where appropriate.

• EEMs are classified according to hardware and software categories in the server and its management applications such as iDRAC, iSM, CMC, and Lifecycle Controller. The category and severity of each message is also specified.
• Use this EEM Reference Guide to understand more about the events and resolve issues that are associated with your PowerEdge servers.
• Messages are prefixed with event type to help identification. For example PSU, STOR, and VLT representing power supply unit, storage, and voltage respectively.
  NOTE:Event types that are enabled by default are identified using an asterisk (*) symbol in the Applicable Event Types section.

The expansion of acronyms that are used for classifying error messages is listed in the table here: