View the Event Log

The Event log contains Audit, IPMI, FMA, and System Management events for the chassis and each blade in the system.

  1. Log in to the ILOM web interface.

  2. From the System Monitoring tab, choose Event Logs.

    The Event Log appears. Each event appears as a row in the table with the following information:

    Field

    Description

    Event ID

    Each event receives a number.

    Class/Type

    • Audit/ Log - Commands that result in a configuration change. Description includes user, command, command parameters and success/fail.

    • IPMI/Log - Any event that is placed in the IPMI SEL is also put in the management log.

    • Chassis/State - For changes to the SC/SP's state. (e.g. initializing to master)

    • Chassis/Action - Category for shutdown events for blade/chassis, hot insert/removal of a FRU and reset parameters button pushed

    • FMA/Fault - For FMA faults. Description gives time of fault as detected by FMA and suspect component.

    • FMA/Repair - For FMA repairs. Description gives component.

    Severity

    • Critical

    • Major

    • minor

    Date/Time

    The day and time the event occurred.

    Description

    A description of the event.

  3. To clear the event log, click the Clear Log button.

    A confirmation dialog box appears.

  4. Click OK to clear all entries in the log, or Cancel.