Introduction; Viewing The Hardware Event Log - NEC HX4600 User Manual

Introduction

Sensors are located throughout your system to monitor temperature, fans, voltages and
alarms. The sensors report any abnormalities of these functions in the Hardware Event
Log. This appendix helps you locate the hardware component in your system that the
sensor indicated to the Hardware Event Log as causing an error.
The Hardware Event Log is readable using the Off-line Maintenance Utility. The Off-
line Maintenance Utility can be loaded into a maintenance partition on your hard drive
using the E
access the Off-line Maintenance Utility by pressing F4 during system bootup. The
contents of the Hardware Event Log can also be viewed using ESMPRO in a Windows
NT Operating System environment.
Table D-1 lists channel numbers that are recorded in the Hardware Event Log. The
sensor that initiated the channel number entry is shown as well as the figure number of
the illustration in this appendix that shows the location of the suspected faulty hardware
component. Refer to the figure number noted in the Failure Location column to view
the component that caused the error.

Viewing the Hardware Event Log

Use the following procedure to view the Hardware Event Log using the Off-line
Maintenance Utility:
1. Press F4 (Maintenance Utility) during system bootup. The Off-line Maintenance
Utility menu displays.
2. Select H/W Event Log Viewer.
Press ENTER. The H/W Event Log Viewer window displays.
3. Select Display H/W Event Log.
Press ENTER. The Display H/W Event Log <Select Event Type> window displays.
4. Select All Event Type or System Error Limit Exceeded.
Press ENTER. The Display H/W Event Log <In Outline> window displays.
5. Select System Error Limit Exceeded of each entry listed.
Press ENTER.
6. Note the channel number of the error and using Table D-1, cross-reference the
channel number to the system component that caused the error. Channel numbers
are listed numerically in Table D-1
D-2 System Status Hardware Support Information
B CR-ROM included with your system. Once loaded, you
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