Monitoring Storage Device Using Racadm; Inventory And Monitoring Network Devices; Monitoring Network Devices Using Web Interface; Monitoring Network Devices Using Racadm - Dell iDRAC7 User Manual

• Go to Overview → Storage → Virtual Disks to view virtual disks information. The Virtual Disks page is displayed.
• Go to Overview → Storage → Controllers to view the RAID controller information. The Controllers page is displayed.
• Go to Overview → Storage → Enclosures to view the enclosure information. The Enclosures page is displayed.
You can also use filters to view specific device information.
For more information on the displayed properties and to use the filter options, see

Monitoring Storage Device Using RACADM

To view the storage device information, use the raid command. For more information, see the
Reference Guide for iDRAC7 and CMC available at dell.com/support/manuals.

Inventory and Monitoring Network Devices

You can remotely monitor the health and view the inventory of the following network devices in the managed system:
• Network Interface Cards (NICs)
• Converged Network Adapters (CNAs)
• LAN On Motherboards (LOMs)
• Network Daughter Cards (NDCs)
• Mezzanine cards (only for blade servers)
For each device, you can view the following information of the ports and supported partitions:
• Link Status
• Properties
• Settings and Capabilities
• Receive and Transmit Statistics
Related Links

Enabling or Disabling I/O Identity Optimization

Monitoring Network Devices Using Web Interface

To view the network device information using Web interface, go to Overview → Hardware → Network Devices. The
Network Devices page is displayed. For more information about the displayed properties, see
NOTE: If the OS Driver State displays the state as Operational, it indicates the operating system driver state or the
UEFI driver state.

Monitoring Network Devices Using RACADM

To view the network device information, use the hwinventory and nicstatistics commands. For more information, see the
RACADM Command Line Reference Guide for iDRAC7 and CMC available at dell.com/support/manuals.
Additional properties may be displayed when using RACADM or WS-MAN in addition to the properties displayed in the
iDRAC7 Web interface.
Enabling or Disabling I/O Identity Optimization
Normally, after the system boots, the devices are configured and then after a reboot the devices are initialized. You can
enable the I/O Identity Optimization feature to achieve boot optimization. If it is enabled, it sets the virtual address,
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iDRAC7 Online Help .
RACADM Command Line
iDRAC7 Online Help .