Event Information Tools: IPMI Event Viewer

The FPL log files reside in the path:
HP-UX: /var/smstools/log/ipmifpl_{REMOTE_SYSTEM}_{n}.log
Windows: C:\Program Files\Hewlett-
Packard\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 <num>
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'.
Product Environment
EIT Releases:
The Event Viewer runs on the SMS and is designed to decode events generated on all HP-UX systems that use IPMI
for their low level events.
The SMS is a machine used not only as a console to the systems in which it monitors, but also the repository for
special tools created for and used by the field for upgrading firmware, running scan tests, and configuring the system.
The HP customer engineer will execute the viewer on SMS systems to view a trace of events to help in
troubleshooting a problem or potential problem. This tool will be another in the suite that will take over the
responsibilities of the cclog viewer as well as the chassis code log viewer in earlier PA7xxx-based SuperDome
systems. The SMS machine can be Windows-based or HP-UX server-based.
A key to making the new Event ID codes work is a new database and dictionary. Event ID information is created in
the database by the engineers who define the events. Data from the database is exported to a file on the SMS where a
local dictionary library is used to associate event ID's from the event logs to entries in the database.
HWE Releases
Starting from HP-UX 11i v3 March 2009 release, the Event Viewer tool is not part of OnlineDiag; it is delivered in
SysFaultMgmt bundle. It is a standalone binary on the server that can be used to view the fpl logs.
One Tool, Two Interfaces
Originally, the IPMI Event Viewer tool was available only through the command line interface. Now, there is also a
Graphical User Interface, or GUI, option available.
The GUI is an enhancement to the existing IPMI Event Viewer tool and displays events to the same level of detail as
the command line interface, but through a web browser. The browser connects to a web server on the host where the
log files reside.
The web browser can be any reasonably CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)-compliant browser equivalent to Microsoft
Internet Explorer 5.5 and above. The SMS web server for both HP-UX and Windows is Apache.
To jump to your preferred interface user guide information, click on the appropriate link below:
IPMI Event Viewer Command Line Interface
IPMI Event Viewer Graphical User Interface (GUI)
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