Viewing Chassis Codes Or Event Logs - HP rp7420 User Manual

To access the console log for an nPartition, enter CL from the service processor Main menu and
select which nPartition console log you want to view. To exit the console log viewer, enter ^b
(Control-b) to return to the Main menu.
When viewing an nPartition console log, enter P to view the previous page of the console log,
or enter N (or Enter) to view the next page.
When you enter a console log viewer it displays the oldest data in the log first and allows you
to page through the log to view the more recently recorded activity.
Each console log is a circular log file that records approximately 30 to 40 pages of data. All
nPartition console activity is written to this log file, regardless of whether a user is connected to
the nPartition console.
As a console log is written the oldest data in the log is overwritten by current data, as needed,
so that the last 30 to 40 pages of console output always is available from the console log viewer.

Viewing Chassis Codes or Event Logs

The event log and chassis code viewers enable you to view chassis codes or event logs that are
issued throughout the entire server complex.
NOTE: On HP 9000 servers with HP PA-8700 processors, the equivalent of event logs is chassis
codes.
To enter the event log viewer enter SL at the service processor Main menu. To exit the viewer,
enter ^b (Ctrl-B) to return to the Main menu.
Event logs are data that communicate information about system events from the source of the
event to other parts of the server complex. Event log data indicates what event has occurred,
when and where it happened, and its severity (the alert level).
All event logs pass from the event source through the service processor. The service processor
takes any appropriate action and then reflects the event logs to all running nPartitions. If an
nPartition is running event monitoring software, it may also take action based on the event logs
by sending an email notification.
Event logs can indicate failures or errors.
Hardware, software, and firmware events may emit event logs as a result of a failure or error, a
major change in system state, or basic forward progress. For example: a fan failure, an HPMC,
the start of a boot process, hardware power on or off, and test completion all result in event logs
being emitted.
NOTE: The front panel attention LED for each nPartition server cabinet is automatically
turned on when one or more event logs of alert level 2 or higher have not yet been viewed by
the administrator. When this attention LED is on, entering the chassis log viewer turns the LED
off.
You can remotely check the on/off status of this attention LED by using the PS command, G
option, from the service processor Command menu.
On nPartition servers, event logs are recorded in the server complex activity log (for events of
alert level 0 or alert level 1) or the error log (for events alert level 2 or higher).
GSP> SL
Chassis Logs available:
(A)ctivity Log
(E)rror Log
(L)ive Chassis Logs
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