Product guide
62 Configuration Software and Utilities
63MAXDATA PLATINUM 90004R Server System
NOTE
The IPMI driver le name might change independently of the SELViewer Utility. Also, if you have
already loaded an IPMI driver, you do not need to load it again unless you have reset or power cycled
the system.
5. Run the utility by typing the following command at the EFI shell prompt:
Selview <Enter>
6. Use the <Tab> or <F10> key to switch between the pull down menu and the display pane.
7. Use <F5> and <F6> function keys to tab across the columns in the text mode display.
NOTE
You can nd more detailed instructions on how to use the SELViewer Utility by using the Help
menu.
Splash Screen
A splash screen is displayed when the utility is rst invoked and the splash screen le is available to the
utility at run-time. The Splash Screen for SEL Viewer is loaded from a le whose lename is determined
by looking in the SEL.INI le. The default le name, if not found in the INI le, is SELENUS.SPH. The
splash screen le is read by the utility and displayed on the screen. If this le is not a valid splash
screen le, the utility does not display it, nor does it display any error messages.
The splash screen is automatically dismissed after ve seconds, or when you press any key. “Appendix
D INI File Format” describes how OEMs, desiring to have their own splash screen, can create these
les.
Graphical User Interface
The SEL Viewer main window is shown in Figure 21. The data displays in columns as follows:
• Count of the system event being displayed. Starting with 1, and increasing by one for each
event. The title of this column is “Num.”
• Timestamp.
• Sensor type and number.
• Event description (based on IPMI Specication and BIOS EPS).
• Generator ID.
When the utility is rst invoked, it loads the SEL records from the server. The status box, shown in
Figure 22, is displayed to indicate that the SEL Viewer is loading SEL records from the server. All SEL
record information is displayed as one system event per row. The interpretation of the event, event
type, and event data is presented in the Event Description column. If there are no entries in the SEL,
a message is displayed as shown in Figure 23.
The Viewer displays the event logs in an interpreted, easy-to-understand textual form. It requires the
associated .STR and .HLP les for the current language and locale. The SEL Viewer parses the .STR
le to get the appropriate string messages that are displayed in the program. Since .STR is a Unicode
le, it allows internationalization of the SEL Viewer.
The SEL Viewer can display event logs in raw hexadecimal format as read from the server. Figure 24
shows SEL records displayed in hexadecimal format. Table 17 explains the abbreviations used in the
hexadecimal mode display.