Product guide

62 Configuration Software and Utilities
63MAXDATA PLATINUM 90004R Server System
 NOTE
The system supports BIOS recovery using CD-ROM or DVD. The recovery image should be copied
to the CD in El Torito format.
Using the SEL Viewer Utility
The System Event Log (SEL) Viewer utility is an EFI-based program (SELView.EFI) for viewing the
system event log records stored in the non-volatile server management storage device of Intel
®
Itanium
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2 based servers. The MAXDATA PLATINUM 9000-4R Server supports a non-volatile storage
area for the System Event Log of 65,536 bytes (64 KB), and can hold up to 3,276 records.
 NOTE
You can also run this utility directly from the Resource CD. For information, see “The MAXDATA
PLATINUM 9000-4R Server Resource CD”.
Using the SELViewer Utility, you can do the following:
• Examine all system event log entries stored in the non-volatile storage area of the server.
• Examine previously stored system event log entries from a le.
• Save the system event log entries to a le.
• Clear the System Event Log (SEL) entries from the non-volatile storage area.
• Sort the SEL records by various elds such as Timestamp, Sensor Type Number, Event
Description, and Generator ID.
• Display the SEL records in textual, interpreted, or raw hex format, as read from the server.
Running the SELViewer Utility
Follow these steps to run the SELViewer Utility:
1. Boot to the EFI Shell. For information on how to boot the server, refer to “The Extensible
Firmware Interface (EFI) Shell”.
2. Copy the following les to a removable media device or to the hard drive.
selview.e
ipmi.e
selenus.str
selenus.hlp
sel.ini
IPMIdriver.txt
selview.txt
3. Read the release notes for the SELViewer Utility (selview.txt). These release notes
may contain special instructions for running the utility.
4. Load the IPMI driver by typing the following command:
load ipmi.e