Messages Reference Guide

52 System Event Log Messages for IPMI Systems
BIOS Generated System Events
The BIOS generated messages monitor the health and functionality of the chipsets, I/O channels, and
other BIOS-related functions. These system events are generated by the BIOS.
Table 3-12. BIOS Generated System Events
Event Message Severity Cause
System Event I/O channel chk. Critical This event is generated when a critical interrupt is
generated in the I/O Channel.
System Event PCI Parity Err. Critical This event is generated when a parity error is detected
on the PCI bus.
System Event Chipset Err. Critical This event is generated when a chip error is detected.
System Event PCI System Err. Information This event indicates historical data, and is generated
when the system has crashed and recovered.
System Event PCI Fatal Err. Critical This error is generated when a fatal error is detected on
the PCI bus.
System Event PCIE Fatal Err. Critical This error is generated when a fatal error is detected on
the PCIE bus.
POST Err
POST fatal error #<number>
Critical This event is generated when an error accrues during
system boot. See the system documentation for more
information on the error code.
Memory Spared
redundancy lost
Critical This event is generated when memory spare is no
longer redundant.
Memory Mirrored
redundancy lost
Critical This event is generated when memory mirroring is no
longer redundant.
Memory RAID
redundancy lost
Critical This event is generated when memory RAID is no
longer redundant.
Err Reg Pointer
OEM Diagnostic data event was
asserted
Information This event is generated when an OEM event accrues.
System Board PFault Fail
Safe state asserted
Critical This event is generated when the system board
voltages are not at normal levels.
System Board PFault Fail
Safe state deasserted
Information This event is generated when earlier PFault Fail Safe
system voltages returns to a normal level.
Memory Add
(BANK# DIMM#) presence was
asserted
Information This event is generated when memory is added to the
system.