Viewing The Event Log - NEC MT2200 User Manual

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Viewing the Event Log

Configuring Your System
The system Event Log Utility displays information on
the events stored in the system log area. The
information stored includes the name of the event, the
date and time the event occurred and data pertinent to
the event. Event data may include POST error codes
that reflect hardware errors or software conflicts within
the system.
Note: Refer to Chapter 5 Problem Solving for
definitions on all POST error codes.
To view the Event Log, perform the following procedure:
1. Insert the bootable Utilities diskette into floppy disk
drive A.
2. Power-on the system. The system boots up.
3. The MS-DOS Startup Menu displays. See Table 4-6.
4. Select 1. Read the System Event Log from the MS-
DOS Startup Menu.
5. The System Event Log Utility starts. The System
Event Log Utility screen is displayed. The following
screen choices are available.
SCREEN
File Saves the Event Log and System information to
a file.
ElogInfo Displays Event Log information such as: date, time,
and number of times the log was erased; major and
minor revision level; and amount of memory used by
the event log.
SystemInfo Displays system information such as: system model;
processor type and speed; ROM, SCSI and video
BIOS version; number of ISA and PCI slots; total
system memory size; and serial and parallel port
configuration.
Event log Displays the Event Log data.
Clear Event log Clears the Event Log data.
Help Description of information in this table.
Exit
Exits the
DESCRIPTION
System Event Log Utility.