Users Guide

Filtering events

The Events Filter feature helps you to view events of specific types, severity levels, Acknowledged By user name, and/or events

that occur within a specific time period.

1. In the left pane, click Events.

2. In the task menu, click Filter.

The Events Filter window is displayed.

3. Do one or more of the following:

● Select an Entity Type from the drop-down list. The available options are:

○ Server

○ PDU

○ UPS

○ Chassis

○ Data Center

○ Room

○ Aisle

○ Rack

○ Custom

○ Hypervisor

● Select an Event Type from the drop-down list. The available options are:

○ Entity Capabilities Changed

○ Cannot Register for Events

○ Communication with Device Failed

○ Communication with Device Restored

● Select a Severity level. The available options are:

○ Critical

○ Warning

○ Information

● Enter the start and end dates in the Date From and Date To fields respectively. Use the format MM/DD/YYYY. Only

events from 00:00:00 of the start date to 00:00:00 of the day after the end date are displayed. For example, if you enter

the filtering option 01–01–2013 as both the start date and end date, then all events from 00:00:00 of 01–01–2013 to

00:00:00 of 01–02–2013 are displayed.

● Select a user name from the drop-down list in the Acknowledged By field to sort by that user name.

4. Click Run Once to view a filtered list of events.

● Enter a name for the filter in the Filter Name (Optional) text box and click Save and Run to save the filter and sort

the events based on the filter criteria.

● Click Cancel to discard your selections and return to the Events screen.

You can use the saved filters later.

Sending test events from an IPMI device

Power Center enables you to view test events sent from an IPMI device, therefore, you can verify the event channel between

the IPMI device and Power Center server.

Before sending a test event, make sure:

● The IPMI device is added on the Devices page.

● The network connection status of the IPMI device is Connected.

● The Power Center server address is added in the event destination list of the IPMI device.

To send a test event from an IPMI device, see the following example for a PowerEdge M610 server:

Event Management