Users Guide
128 Troubleshooting
Example 2:
mail -s "Server Alert" admin </tmp/alertmsg.txt >/tmp/mailout.txt
2>&1
The command in Example 2 executes the mail application to send the message contained in the file
/tmp/alertmsg.txt
to Red Hat Enterprise Linux user or SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server user, and
Administrator, with the subject "Server Alert." The file
/tmp/alertmsg.txt
must be created by the user
before the event occurs. In addition,
stdout
and
stderr
are redirected to the file
/tmp/mailout.txt
in
case an error occurs.
BMC Platform Events Filter Alert Messages
All possible Platform Event Filter (PEF) messages along with a description of each event is listed in
Table 12-1.
Table 12-1. BMC PEF Alert Events
Event Description
Fan Probe Failure The fan is running too slow or not at all.
Voltage Probe Failure The voltage is too low for proper operation.
Discrete Voltage Probe Failure The voltage is too low for proper operation.
Temperature Probe Warning The temperature is approaching excessively high or low limits.
Temperature Probe Failure The temperature is either too high or too low for proper operation.
Chassis Intrusion Detected The system chassis has been opened.
Redundancy (PS or Fan)
Degraded
Redundancy for the fans and/or power supplies has been reduced.
Redundancy (PS or Fan) Lost No redundancy remains for the system's fans and/or power supplies.
Processor Warning A processor is running at less than peak performance or speed.
Processor Failure A processor has failed.
PPS/VRM/DCtoDC Warning The power supply, voltage regulator module, or DC to DC converter
is pending a failure condition.
Power Supply/VRM/D2D Failure The power supply, voltage regulator module, or DC to DC converter
has failed.
Hardware log is full or emptied Either an empty or a full hardware log requires administrator
attention.
Automatic System Recovery The system is hung or is not responding and is taking an action
configured by Automatic System Recovery.