Hardware Logs

Use this window to view and to clear the hardware logs. All users can view the hardware logs, but only the administrator can clear the logs.

System Tree Selection Tab Subtab User Privileges

View

Manage

System Logs  Hardware U, P, A P, A

U=User; P=Power User; A=Administrator; NA=Not Applicable. For more details on user privilege levels, see "Privilege Levels in the Server Administrator GUI."

Hardware Log/Embedded System Management (ESM) Log

Use this window to look for potential problems in your system's hardware components. 

Warning for ESM Log Space Consumption

Immediately to the left of the window title Embedded System Management (ESM) Log, an icon appears.

Indicates that entries in the log consume less than 80 percent of the allotted space for the ESM log file.
Indicates that entries in the log consume 80 percent or more of the allotted space for the ESM log file. Resolve warning and critical events before clearing the log.

ESM Log

Systems report embedded systems management information. The hardware log on your system is maintained in code embedded in the hardware on your system. Embedded systems management (ESM) code is a code that is embedded in your system components. The hardware log compiles a list of normal, warning, and critical events. Each event has a date, time, and description. Clicking a column heading sorts by the column or changes the sort direction of the column.

ESM Log Window Fields
Name Description
Severity

 

Possible severities are: OK/normal () indicating that no corrective action is required. Caution () directs your attention to a condition that should be addressed soon, or at the next scheduled maintenance. Critical () indicates the need for immediate intervention by the system administrator to restore operational conditions or to prevent serious damage to the system.
Date and Time Date and time of the logged hardware event presented in the following format: Day of the week, Month, Day, Time of the event in Hours, Minutes, and Seconds, and year. For example:

Thu Mar 14 12:01:30 2002

Description A short summary of component conditions or actions that have been logged.

For example:

Power On occurred (normal)

[Backplane Location 2] detected a warning(16.5 C) (warning)

Power supply 1 turned off [Main System Chassis] (critical)

ESM Log Window Controls
Print Prints the log and the left pane of the browser window.
Export Saves a text file containing the contents of this window (the values of each data field separated by a customizable delimiter) to a destination you specify.
Email E-mails the contents of this window to your designated recipient. See the Server Administrator User's Guide for instructions about configuring your simple mail transport protocol (SMTP) server.
Clear Log Erases all events from the hardware log.
Save As Saves window content in a .zip file.
Refresh Redraws the screen.

[Back to Top]