View or Clear the ILOM Event Log Using the Web Interface

Follow these steps to view or clear events in the ILOM event log using the ILOM web interface.

What to Do

  1. Open a web browser and type the IP address of the server SP or CMM.

    The ILOM Login page appears.

  2. In the ILOM Login page, enter a user name and password then click OK.

    The ILOM web interface appears.

  3. In the web interface page, select System Monitoring --> Event Logs.

    The Event Log page appears.

  4. In the Event Log page, perform any of the following:

    • Page through entries – Use the page navigation controls at the top and the bottom of the table to navigate forward and back through the available data in the table.

      Note that selecting a larger number of entries might cause the web interface to respond slower than selecting a smaller number of entries.

    • View the entries in the display by scrolling through the list – The following table provides descriptions about each column appearing in the log.

      Column Label

      Description

      Event ID

      The number of the event, in sequence from number 1.

      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 inventory and general system state changes.

      • Chassis/Action – Category for shutdown events for server module/chassis, hot insert/removal of a FRU and reset parameters button pushed.

      • Fault management/Fault – For Fault Management faults. Description gives time of fault as detected by Fault Management and suspect component.

      • Fault Management/Repair – For Fault Management repairs. Description gives component.

      Severity

      Critical, Major or Minor.

      Date/Time

      The day and time the event occurred. If the Network Time Protocol (NTP) server is enabled to set the ILOM time, the ILOM clock will use Universal Coordinated Time (UTC).

      Description

      A description of the event.

    • Clear the event log – To clear the event log, click the Clear Event Log button. A confirmation dialog appears. In the confirmation dialog, click OK to clear the entries.

      Note

      The ILOM event log accumulates many types of events, including copies of IPMI entries. Clearing the ILOM event log will clear all entries in the log, including the IPMI entries. However, clearing the ILOM event log entries will not clear the actual entries posted directly to an IPMI log.

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