Messages in the event log might be out of sequence and duplicated. For example:
14 Fri Apr 16 05:42:50 2010 IPMI Log critical ID = a : 04/16/2010 : 05:42:50 : System Firmware Progress : BIOS : Man agement controller initialization 13 Fri Apr 16 05:42:49 2010 IPMI Log critical ID = 9 : 04/16/2010 : 05:42:49 : System Boot Initiated : BIOS : Initia ted by hard reset 12 Fri Apr 16 05:42:48 2010 IPMI Log critical ID = a : 04/16/2010 : 05:43:54 : Button : sensor number = 0x00 : Power Button pressed 11 Fri Apr 16 05:42:47 2010 IPMI Log critical ID = 8 : 04/16/2010 : 05:42:47 : Module/Board : BL3/STATE : Transition to Running 10 Fri Apr 16 05:35:36 2010 IPMI Log critical ID = 7 : 04/16/2010 : 05:35:36 : Entity Presence : BL0/FMOD1/PRSNT : D evice Absent 9 Fri Apr 16 05:35:27 2010 IPMI Log critical ID = 6 : 04/16/2010 : 05:35:27 : Module/Board : BL0/STATE : Transition to Power Off
Note message number 12; its ID should be 8, and the IDs of subsequent messages should be decremented accordingly.