Reference Guide

• Power Supply Sensor — Monitors power supplies in the chassis and in attached system(s).
• Memory Prefailure Sensor — Monitors memory modules by counting the number of Error Correction Code (ECC) memory
corrections.
• Fan Enclosure Sensor — Monitors protective fan enclosures by detecting their removal from and insertion into the system, and by
measuring how long a fan enclosure is absent from the chassis. This sensor monitors the chassis and in attached system(s).
• AC Power Cord Sensor — Monitors the presence of AC power for an AC power cord.
• Hardware Log Sensor — Monitors the size of a hardware log.
• Processor Sensor — Monitors the processor status in the system.
• Pluggable Device Sensor — Monitors the addition, removal, or configuration errors for some pluggable devices, such as memory
cards.
• Battery Sensor — Monitors the status of one or more batteries in the system.
• SD Card Device Sensor — Monitors instrumented Secure Digital (SD) card devices in the system.
Sample Event Message Text
The following example shows the format of the event messages logged by Server Administrator.
EventID: 1000
Source: Server Administrator
Category: Instrumentation Service
Type: Information
Date and Time: Mon Oct 21 10:38:00 2002
Computer: <computer name>
Description: Server Administrator starting
Data: Bytes in Hex
Viewing Alerts and Event Messages
An event log is used to record information about important events.
Server Administrator generates alerts that are added to the operating system event log and to the Server Administrator alert log. To view
these alerts in Server Administrator:
1. Select the System object in the tree view.
2. Select the Logs tab.
3. Select the Alert tab.
You can also view the event log using your operating system’s event viewer. Each operating system’s event viewer accesses the
applicable operating system event log.
The location of the event log file depends on the operating system you are using.
• On systems running the Microsoft Windows operating systems, event messages are logged in the operating system event log and the
Server Administrator event log.
NOTE:
The Server Administrator event log file is named dcsys64.xml and is located in the <install_path>\omsa\log
directory. The default install_path is C:\Program Files\Dell\SysMgt.
• On systems running the Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, and VMware ESXi operating systems, the event
messages are logged in the operating system log file and the Server Administrator event log.
NOTE:
The default name of the operating system log file is /var/log/messages, and you can view the operating
system log file using a text editor such as vi or emacs. The Server Administrator event log file is named
dcsys<xx>.xml,where xx is 64 bit operating system. In the Red Hat Enterprise Linux and SUSE Linux Enterprise
Server operating systems, the Server Administrator event log file is located in the /opt/dell/srvadmin/var/log/
openmanage directory. The Server Administrator event log file is located in the /etc/cim/dell/srvadmin/log/
openmanage directory.
18 Introduction