SEL Troubleshooting Guide

System Event Log Troubleshooting Guide for Intel

S5500/S3420 Series Server Boards Miscellaneous Events

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This functionality is built into the BMC to allow it to send alerts (SNMP or other) for any event that gets logged to the SEL. PEF filters are turned

off by default and have to be enabled manually using Intel

deployment assistant, Intel

syscfg utility, or an IPMI-aware utility.

Table 80: System Event – PEF Action Sensor Typical Characteristics

Byte

Field

Description

Sensor Type

12h = System Event

Sensor Number

08h

Event Direction and

Event Type

[7] Event direction

0b = Assertion Event

1b = Deassertion Event

[6:0] Event Type = 6Fh (Sensor Specific)

Event Data 1

[7:6] – 11B = Sensor-specific event extension code in Event Data 2

[5:4] – 00b = Unspecified Event Data 3

[3:0] – Event Trigger Offset = 4 = PEF Action

Event Data 2

[7:6] – Reserved

[5] – 1b = Diagnostic Interrupt (NMI)

[4] – 1b = OEM action

[3] – 1b = Power cycle

[2] – 1b = Reset

[1] – 1b = Power off

[0] – 1b = Alert

Event Data 3

Not used

11.4.1 System Event – PEF Action – Next Steps

This event gets logged if the BMC takes an action due to PEF configuration. Actions can be sending an alert, or resetting, power cycling, or

powering down the system. There will be another event that has led to the action so you should investigate the SEL and PEF settings to identify

this event, and troubleshoot accordingly.