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QSSC-S4R Server System Product Guide Chapter 3: Server Utilities
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 For 32-bit platforms, go to the InstallationIA32 folder from the command prompt, and run
Install.Cmd.
 For EM64T platforms, go to the InstallationEM64T folder from the command prompt, and run
Install.Cmd.
The above command will install the respective drivers to be used by the SysCfg utility.
 From the command prompt, go to SysCfg Release folder and run the desired commands for the
utility.
 WinPE
For information about customizing your own WinPE CD image, refer to the white paper available on the support
refer to the document available at http://support.intel.com/support/motherboards/server/sb/CS-022714.htm.
SEL Viewer
The QSSC-S4R server platform System Event Log (SEL) Viewer is used to display, clear, or save the SEL on
your server.
The Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) records details about the system events in a log in flash memory.
Each SEL entry is a single system event.
The SEL Viewer utility provides the ability to view system event records stored on the server management
storage device of a server. The utility displays the SEL records in either a text or hexadecimal format. The utility
also allows the user to save SEL entries to a file and load SEL entries from a file for viewing. The user can also
reload SEL entries from a server and see properties of SEL entries. The SEL entries can be viewed in two
modes: interpreted text mode and hex mode.
The SEL Viewer utility runs on the target servers in:
 Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) shell
 Microsoft Windows Preboot Environment command window
 Microsoft Windows Server 2008* 32/64-bit, Microsoft Windows Server 2003* SP1, and Windows XP* SP2
 Linux*
The SEL Log format
The SEL entry is originally in HEX format. The SEL viewer utility has the ability to translate the SEL records from
hexadecimal format to human readable text format.
Example:
HEX format SEL entry:
RID:[04][00] RT:[02] TS:[2F][58][71][48] GID:[20][00] ER:[04] ST:[10] SN:[09] EDIR:[6F] ED1: [42] ED2: [0F]
ED3: [FF]
Corresponding text SEL entry:
07/06/2008-23:41:35 Event Log Cleared /System Event Log The BMC on S5400SF has reported an
informational assertion event for System Event Log. The event has the following information: the log area has
been reset and/or cleared. There is no recommended action defined for this event. BMC - LUN #0
(Channel #00h)
Launching the SEL Viewer
The SEL Viewer utility can be run from the command line or GUI interface depending on the OS that is running:
 Command line:
selview [/clear | {/save [filename] [/hex]} | /h | /?]
 Launch SEL viewer in GUI interface mode: