Checking other component’s status (Non-Storage), using OMSA on a Linux server

Due to the nature of hardware, it is good practice to check the status of your server’s hardware on a regular basis, to check for any errors or failed components. Dell EMC’s OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA) application allows you to check the current status of several sub-components of the server.

To check for any errors, simply run the command to show the error log, as shown below:

Command 1
Command Description	The following command shows the current status of the server and sow the server’s alert log, as monitored by OMSA.
Command	omreport system alertlog
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This will provide you with a list of any errors related to hardware monitored by OMSA. You can use this to see if any component monitored by OMSA currently has an error. If you do encounter any errors, you should use OMSA’s commands to find out more details about the component and its error. Please see below how to do this for some of the main components. For other components, commands can be found online through Dell’s and Linux’s support websites.

You can also run commands to check the current status and configuration of specific pieces of hardware and to look at any errors in more detail. It is good practice to do this on a regular basis, as running the above command may not list a completely failed piece of hardware; so you should check each main hardware type to identify if any piece of hardware has completely failed and is missing. There are specific commands for different pieces of hardware monitored by OMSA. See below for examples of the main components monitored by OMSA and the commands that are used to check their status (excluding components related to storage).

Memory

The memory component refers to all the RAM within the chassis. You can use OMSA to check how many RAM sticks are configured within the server, their details, their status and what DIMM slot they are using on the server’s motherboard.

To check on the status of the memory within the chassis, you need to run the following command:

RAM - Command 1
Command Description	Run the following command to bring up a list of what RAM stick are configured within the chassis, their status, and their details.
Command	omreport chassis memory
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You can use the results of this command to check the status of your system’s memory. If a stick of RAM ever does become faulty, you will be able to find the details of the faulty RAM here which our technicians would need to replace the faulty stick. You can also use this page to identify if a RAM stick has become completely failed and is now missing from OMSA.

If you wish for a faulty stick of RAM to be replaced, please let us know all the details found through OMSA, so we can easily identify the faulty stick of RAM. If possible, a screenshot of this page would also be helpful. Please see the section on getting faulty RAM replaced using OMSA for more details.

Processors

You can use OMSA to list the processors (or CPUs) configured within your server. To find out more details about the processors in your server and their current status, run the following command.

Processor (CPU) - Command 1
Command Description	Run the following command to bring up a list of what Processors are configured within the chassis, their status and their details.
Command	omreport chassis processors
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If an error does ever occur with a processor within a server, please feel free to get in touch and we will be happy to investigate this for you. If there is more than one processer installed in your server, please provide us with the Connector Name of the faulty CPU, so our technicians can easily identify which processor needs replacing. For more details on getting a faulty CPU replaced, please see the section on getting a CPU replaced using OMSA.

Network

You can use OMSA to lists all the network ports attached to the server. You can also see the NIC interface’s index, name, details and status. To find these details, run the following command:

Network - Command 1
Command Description	Run the following command to bring up a list of network ports within the chassis.
Command	omreport chassis nics
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You can use the above information to identify if any of the network ports have encounter an error.

The above commands, provided by OMSA, allows you to check the status of several components and to check for errors. This information allows you decide on what action you wish to be taken on the server and allows you to effectively troubleshoot any hardware related issues.

If you have any further questions about OMSA, please look through our FAQ section. If our FAQ page does not have the answer, please feel free to raise a support ticket, and we will be happy to help.