• All automatic diagnostic collection requests are queued and executed sequentially.• The DR Series system GUI provides options to display existing diagnostics logs, generate new diagnostics logs,download and save copies of existing diagnostics logs, or delete existing diagnostics logs. For more information, seeDiagnostics Page and Options and About the Diagnostics Service.• The DR Series system CLI also provides the means for managing, generating, or downloading the diagnostics logfiles. For more information, see theDell DR Series System Command Line Reference Guide.About the DR Series System Maintenance ModeIn general, the DR Series system enters the Maintenance mode whenever the file system has encountered an issue thatprevents it from operating normally.NOTE: You can use the Reason code information available in the Maintenance mode to call Dell Support. Allmaintenance must be conducted using the DR Series systems Command Line Interface.When in its Maintenance mode, the filesystem is in a read-only state, and the system runs the following maintenance-based operations:NOTE: Whenever the DR Series systems enters or exits from the Maintenance mode state, all communication viaprotocols is lost.• Runs an internal filesystem check.• Generates a filesystem status report (if the filesystem check finds no issues, the DR Series system switches back toOperational mode without user intervention).If the filesystem check finds issues, you can choose to make repairs (using Confirm Repair Filesystem) or ignore thedetected issue (using Skip Repair Filesystem), at which point the system switches back to Operational mode.The Maintenance mode process displays a number of stages, indicated on the Maintenance Mode progress bar, whichinclude:• Preparing for Filesystem Check• Scan in Progress• Completed Generating ReportNOTE: If the Filesystem Check detects any repairable files, it generates a Repair Report that identifies thesereported files. The Maintenance Mode progress bar halts at the Completed Generating Repair stage, andremains in Maintenance mode until you click Confirm Repair Filesystem. The DR Series system does notadvance to the Switching to Operation Mode stage until the filesystem repair is completed.• Switching to Operational Mode• Operational Mode (Normal State)The Maintenance Mode page provides the following information:• Maintenance Mode Progress bar:– Displays the five stages of Maintenance mode– Updates the progress bar as each stage completesNOTE: If an alert displays above the Maintenance Mode progress bar, this indicates that the filesystemcheck has completed, and it has generated a report on the repairable files (which are displayed in theRepair Report pane under the Maintenance Mode progress bar). To repair all of the reported files listed inthe Repair Report, you must click Confirm Repair Filesystem.• Repair Report:– Displays a list of repairable filesystem files that were detected in the Filesystem Check.180
