Dell DR Series System Administrator Guide

The options on the Diagnostics page allow you to generate new diagnostics log files that capture the current state of your system ( Generate), download diagnostics log files to the local system ( Download), or delete existing diagnostics log files ( Delete).

A DR Series diagnostics log file is a bundle that contains a variety of file types that record the latest system settings, and saves them in a compressed .lzip file format. The Diagnostics page identifies each diagnostics log file by the following attributes:

• File name—in this format, < hostname>_< date>_< time>.lzip, as in this example: acme-sys-19_2012-10-12_13-51-40.lzip
  • NOTE: Diagnostic log file names are limited to 128 characters.
• Size—in Megabytes (for example, 58.6 MB).
• Time—timestamp when log file was created (for example, Fri Oct 12 13:51:40 2012).
• Reason for generation—describes reason log file was generated (for example, [admin-generated]: generated by Administrator).
  • NOTE: Diagnostic reason descriptions are limited to 512 characters, and the descriptions can only be added using the DR Series system CLI.
• Status—indicates status of log file (for example, Completed).

There are two methods to display the Diagnostics page:

• Using the Support page (to access the Diagnostics page via the Diagnostics link).
• Using Support > Diagnostics (to access the Diagnostics page from the navigation panel).

If you have multiple pages of diagnostics log files, you can navigate to another page by using the controls are the foot of the Diagnostics summary table:

• Click prev or next to move back or forward one page.
• Double-click the listed page number (adjacent to Goto page).
• Enter a page number in Goto page, and click Go.
• Use the scroll bar at the right side of Diagnostics summary table to view all of the diagnostics log files available to display.