Users Guide

128 Server Administrator Logs
Server Administrator Logs
Server Administrator provides the following logs:
• Hardware Log
• Alert Log
•POST Log
• Command Log
Hardware Log
Use the hardware log to look for potential problems with your system's hardware components. There are
two available hardware logs, depending on your system: the Embedded System Management (ESM) log
and the System Event Log (SEL). The ESM log and SEL are each a set of embedded instructions that
can send hardware status messages to systems management software. Each component listed in the logs
has a status indicator icon next to its name. A green check mark ( ) indicates that a component is
healthy (normal). A yellow triangle containing an exclamation point ( ) indicates that a component
has a warning (noncritical) condition and requires prompt attention. A red X ( ) indicates that a
component has a critical (failure) condition and requires immediate attention. A blank space ( )
indicates that a component's health status is unknown.
To access the hardware log, click System, click the Logs tab, and click Hardware.
Information displayed in the ESM and SEL logs includes:
• The severity level of the event
• The date and time that the event was captured
• A description of the event
Maintaining the Hardware Log
The status indicator icon next to the log name on the Server Administrator homepage will change from a
green check mark ( ) to a yellow triangle containing an exclamation point ( ) when the log file
reaches 80 percent capacity. Be sure to clear the hardware log when it reaches 80 percent capacity. If the
log is allowed to reach 100 percent capacity, the latest events are discarded from the log.
Alert Log
NOTE: If the Alert log displays invalid XML data (for example, when the XML data generated for the selection is not
well formed), click Clear Log and then redisplay the log information.
Use the Alert log to monitor various system events. The Server Administrator generates events in
response to changes in the status of sensors and other monitored parameters. Each status change event
recorded in the Alert log consists of a unique identifier called the event ID for a specific event source
category and an event message that describes the event. The event ID and message uniquely describe the
severity and cause of the event and provide other relevant information such as the location of the event
and the monitored component's previous state.