Event Information Tools: IPMI Event Viewer Command Line Interface
SMS releases:
Windows
An event file name on the SMS, commonly stored in the Windows directory
C:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\EIT\var\log. MUST be specified unless the -x option
is used.
HP-UX
For HP-UX SMS based systems, the event files are stored in the directory
/var/smstools/log.
HWE (Hardware Enablement) releases:
An event file name on the server, commonly stored in the /var/stm/log/os directory
with the file name format /var/stm/log/os/fpl.log.nn
Directories
EIT Releases
The command line Event Viewer installation directory from the EIT bundle is:
HP-UX:
\opt\smstools\bin
Windows:
C:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\EIT\opt\bin
HWE Releases
The command line Event Viewer installation directory from the HWE bundle is:
/usr/sbin/diag/contrib/slview
Command Menu
Example command menu in a paged session:
Welcome to the FPL (Forward Progress Log) Viewer 1.2
The following FPL navigation commands are available:
D: Dump log starting at current block for capture and analysis
F: Display first (oldest) block
L: Display last (newest) block
J: Jump to specified entry and display previous block
+: Display next (forward in time) block
-: Display previous (backward in time) block
<cr>: Repeat previous +/- command
?: Display help
q: Exit viewer
The following event format options are available:
K: Keyword
R: Raw hex
T: Text
V: Verbose
The following event filter options are available:
A: Alert level
C: Cell
U: Unfiltered
SL (<cr>,+,-,?,F,L,J,D,K,R,T,V,A,C,U,q) >