Chapter 10: Configuring the HP Server
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Graphical User Interface
The SEL Viewer main window is based on a multi-column format. The data is displayed in several
columns as follows:
Num Count of the system event being displayed.
Starting with 1 and increasing by one for each
event.
Timestamp Date in hour:day:four digit year format and the
time in hours:minutes:seconds
Sensor type and number Sensor type and eight digit numeric identifier
E Event description (based on IPMI Specification
and BIOS EPS).
Generator ID.
When the utility is first invoked, it loads the SEL records from the server. The status box is displayed
to indicate that the SEL Viewer is loading SEL records from the server. SEL record information is
displayed as one system event per row. The interpretation of the event, event type, and event data is
presented in the Event Description column. If there are no entries in the SEL, a message is displayed
indicating that no entries were found.
The SEL Viewer displays the event logs in an interpreted, easy-to-understand textual form. It requires
the associated .STR and .HLP files for the current language and locale. The SEL Viewer parses the
.STR file to get the appropriate string messages that are displayed in the program. Since .STR is a
Unicode file, it allows internationalization of the SEL Viewer.
The SEL Viewer can display event logs in raw hexadecimal format as read from the server. Table 10-
10 explains the abbreviations used in the hexadecimal mode display.
Table 10-10. Abbreviations Used in Hex Mode display
Abbreviation Description
RID Record ID
RT Record Type
TS Time Stamp
GID Generator ID
ER Event Message Format Revision
ST Sensor Type
S# Sensor Number
EDIR Event Dir and Event Type
ED1 Event Data 1
ED2 Event Data 2
ED3 Event Data 3
Pull-Down Menu – File
The File pull-down menu includes options for opening and saving system event records from and to
data files, respectively. These options are listed in Table 10-11 below.
Table 10-11. File Pull Down Menu Options
