Users Guide

84 Working With the Baseboard Management Controller (BMC)
• Processor Failure
• PS/VRM/DCtoDC Warning
• PS/VRM/DCtoDC Failure
• Hardware Log Failure
• Automatic System Recovery
NOTE: The Enable Platform Event Filters Alerts setting disables or enables platform event filter alert
generation. It is independent of the individual platform event alert settings.
4 Choose the platform event for which you want to take shutdown actions or generate alerts for selected
actions and click
Set Platform Events .
The
Set Platform Events window allows you to specify the actions to be taken if the system is to be
shut down in response to a platform event.
5 Select one of the following actions:
•None
Takes no action when the operating system is hung or has crashed.
• Reboot System
Shuts down the operating system and initiates system startup, performing BIOS checks and
reloading the operating system.
• Power Cycle System
Turns the electrical power to the system off, pauses, turns the power on, and reboots the system.
Power cycling is useful when you want to reinitialize system components such as hard drives.
• Power Off System
Turns off the electrical power to the system.
NOTICE: If you select a Platform Event shutdown action other than none, your system will shut down forcefully
when the specified event occurs. This shutdown is initiated by firmware and is done without first shutting down the
operating system or any running applications.
6 Select the Generate Alert check box for the alerts to be sent.
NOTE: To generate an alert, you must select both Generate Alert and the Enable Platform Events Alerts
settings.
7 Click Apply Changes .
8 Click Go Back to Platform Events Page to go back to the Platform Event Filters window.