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Troubleshooting and Recovery
This section explains how to perform tasks related to recovering and troubleshooting problems on the remote system using the CMC
web interface.
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Viewing chassis information.
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Viewing the event logs.
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Gathering configuration information, error status, and error logs.
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Using the diagnostic console.
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Managing power on a remote system.
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Managing Lifecycle Controller jobs on a remote system.
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Reset components.
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Troubleshooting Network Time Protocol (NTP) problems.
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Troubleshooting network problems.
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Troubleshooting alerting problems.
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Resetting forgotten administrator password.
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Saving and restoring Chassis configuration settings and certificates.
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Viewing error codes and logs.
NOTE: WinRM support for Microsoft is not available for Windows 10 client, use Power Shell instead of WinRM.
Resetting Forgotten Administrative Password
The following procedure explains how to reset the forgotten administrative password:
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Remove CMC module from the chassis
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Short the
Password recovery
header pins using jumper
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Re-insert the CMC module to chassis, after the CMC is in online state, the default credential is active (User Name: root/
Password: calvin)
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Login to CMC using default credential and change the password
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After the password is changed, remove CMC module and jumper from
Password recovery
header
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Re-insert the CMC module to chassis, after the CMC is in online state, the new credential is active
Gathering Configuration Information, Chassis Status, and Logs Using
RACDUMP
The
racdump
subcommand provides a single command to get comprehensive chassis status, configuration state information, and
the historic event logs.
The
racdump
subcommand displays the following information:
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General system/RAC information
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CMC information
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Chassis information
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Session information
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