Event Information Tools: IPMI Event Viewer

Table of Contents

IPMI Event Viewer

Product Overview

Getting Started with the Event Viewer

Product Environment

One Tool, Two Interfaces

Command Line Interface (CLI)

Graphical User Interface (GUI)

IPMI Event Viewer

Product Overview

The IPMI Event Viewer is part of Event Information Tools (EIT) and the HWE software bundle. It is used to display

low-level system log information. Event information is generated on the Management Processor (MP), then transferred

and archived on the Windows or HP-UX Support Management Station (SMS), or HP-UX by the log acquirer. Event

information is also logged on the local system by the ia64_corehw monitor. These tools combined allow collection and

review of event data that is much larger than possible in the memory-limited MP.

Both a command line and web-based graphical user interface (GUI) are included in the design for Windows and HP-

UX. The interfaces will mimic the log viewer available from the MP, so that new field training will not be necessary.

A customer engineer (CE) could use this tool to determine if any components have failed or are not functioning

correctly. A system administrator could use this tool to determine what processors in a given cell within a given

cabinet are currently configured and active.

Getting Started with the Event Viewer

The Event Viewer is part of both the EIT and HWE software bundles. The EIT software bundle setup involves

updating the Log Acquirer configuration file, adding the SMS tools directory to the system path and verifying the

"eventdef" file is installed. There is no setup required for the HWE bundle. Refer to the user guide for the Command

Line Interface (CLI) or the Graphical User Interface (GUI) for details on using the Event Viewer.

EIT Bundle Setup (SMS releases)

Perform the following setup steps after installing the EIT software bundle, in order to ensure that the Event Viewer

functions properly:

1. Update Log Acquirer Configuration File.

1. Open the configuration file in an ASCII text editor.

2. Encrypt the remote BMC IPMI password as mentioned:

Run the password encryption utility which is located at C:\Program Files\Hewlett-

Packard\EIT\opt\bin\encryptpasswd.exe on Windows and /opt/smstools/bin/encryptpasswd on HP-

UX.

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Table of Contents IPMI Event Viewer Product Overview Getting Started with the Event Viewer Product Environment One Tool, Two Interfaces Command Line Interface (CLI) Graphical User Interface (GUI) IPMI Event Viewer Product Overview The IPMI Event Viewer is part of Event Information Tools (EIT) and the HWE software bundle. It is used to display low-level system log information.
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When prompted, enter the IPMI password. This displays the encrypted password. Example: If the password to be encrypted is "passwd123", On HP-UX: $ /opt/smstools/bin/encryptpasswd Enter the Password: Encrypted Password: a1b2c3d4e5f6g7f8g9h Do you encrypt again (Y/N) : n $ On Windows: $c:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\EIT\opt\bin\encryptpasswd Enter the Password: Encrypted Password: a1b2c3d4e5f6g7f8g9h Do you encrypt again (Y/N) : n $ 3.
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The FPL log files reside in the path: HP-UX: /var/smstools/log/ipmifpl_{REMOTE_SYSTEM}_{n}.log Windows: C:\Program Files\HewlettPackard\EIT\var\log\ipmifpl_{REMOTE_SYSTEM}_{n}.log where 'n' is a number between 0 to (FPL_NUM_FILES_TO_HOLD - 1). (The FPL_NUM_FILES_TO_HOLD parameter is the maximum number of FPL log files that IPMI log acquirer can create per remote host.) For example, the third FPL log file for 'mp1.hp.com' will be 'ipmifpl_mp1.hp.com_2.log'.
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Last updated: Monday February 23, 2009