Main System Chassis or Main System Information
The fields that display for your Main System Chassis/Main System depend on the features that your system supports. The table below shows many of the fields that you may see when you display a system summary for your Main System Chassis/Main System. You can see a summary of properties for your Main System Chassis/Main System by selecting System from the Server Administrator system tree and by selecting the Summary tab.
NOTE: Main
System Chassis is applicable for Rack or Tower systems
and Main System for Blade systems.
NOTE: This help page
may include information about features not supported by your system.
Server Administrator only displays the features that are supported
on your system.
Field Name | Description | Applicable System |
Host Name | Displays the host name. | Blade, Rack or Tower systems |
Backplane Firmware Version | Displays the version of the firmware for the backplane or baseboard management controller (BMC). | Blade, Rack or Tower systems |
Remote Access Controller Firmware Version | Displays the version of the firmware for the Remote Access Controller. | Blade, Rack or Tower systems |
Lifecycle Controller | Displays the version of the LCC. | Blade, Rack or Tower systems |
Sensor Data Records Version | Records version of the sensors or status indicators that report data about devices using the BMC. | Blade, Rack or Tower systems |
Chassis Model | Indicates the model name and model number of the system. | Rack or Tower systems |
System Revision | Displays the revision number of the system. For
example, for second revision, the value displayed is - II, for third
revision - III, and so on. NOTE: This field name is
not displayed for first revision systems, as well as for systems with
certain BIOS versions. | Blade, Rack or Tower systems |
Chassis Lock | Indicates whether a lock is present to prevent theft or any other unauthorized intrusion into the system and its components. | Rack or Tower systems |
Chassis Service Tag | Displays an alphanumeric code that uniquely identifies a chassis. | Rack or Tower systems |
Chassis Asset Tag | Specifies either manufacturer's information or, in
the case of a customer-specified asset tag, customer's information
(such as inventory number, serial number, and so on). If your asset
tag is customer assigned, you can enter a value for it. NOTE: This value cannot be
configured on the 12th generation PowerEdge systems. | Rack or Tower systems |
System Lockdown Mode | The system will be in lockdown mode and all the configuration changes are disabled. | Rack or Tower systems |
iDRAC version | Displays the iDRAC version. | the 10th generation PowerEdge Blade systems |
Baseboard Management Controller version | Displays the Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) version. | the 10th generation PowerEdge Rack or Tower systems |
Service Tag | An alphanumeric code that uniquely identifies a server module. | Blade systems |
Express Service Code | A numeric code that uniquely identifies a server module/chassis. | Blade, Rack or Tower systems |
Asset Tag | A label on a server module that specifies either
manufacturer's information or, in the case of a customer-specified
asset tag, customer's information (such as inventory number, serial
number, and so on). If your asset tag is customer assigned, you can
enter a value for it. NOTE: This value cannot be
configured on the 12th generation PowerEdge systems. | Blade systems |
Identify Chassis | Enables the identification feature of the system. This feature flashes an LED on the outside of the external chassis or system to aid in identification. Click to enable this feature. | Rack or Tower systems |
Identify Server Module | Enables the identification feature of the system. This feature flashes an LED on the server module to aid in identification. Click to enable this feature. | Blade systems |
Identify Chassis Timeout | Displays the number of seconds that the flashing chassis identification LED remains on. Enter the number of seconds. | Rack or Tower systems |
Identify Server Module Timeout | Displays the number of seconds that the flashing server module identification LED remains on. Enter the number of seconds. | Blade systems |
Clear Hard Drive Fault | Clears any currently active hard-drive fault LED activity. | Blade, Rack or Tower systems |
Flash Fault LED at This Severity Level | Selects the severity level for which you want the main chassis front-panel light to flash. | Blade, Rack or Tower systems |
For an explanation of other buttons present on Server Administrator
Action pages, see Server Administrator Window Buttons.