Server Management Guide

Server Management Software and Utilities
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Server Boards and Server Platforms Server Management Guide
4.2.4 Unattended OS installation
IDA can be used to configure an unattended OS installation, resulting in the user answering questions
within the IDA user interface and then adding the OS CD(s). OS installation starts automatically after
the server reboots and requires no further input.
Supported Operating Systems:
Microsoft Windows*
Linux* (SuSE* and Red Hat* Enterprise Linux)
VMware
Figure 22. Unattended Installation GUI screen
4.3 Intel
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SEL Viewer
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System Event Log (SEL) Viewer is used to display, clear, or save the SEL on your server.
The Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) records details about the system events in a log in flash
memory. Each SEL entry is a single system event.
The SEL Viewer utility provides the ability to view system event records stored on the server
management storage device of a server. The utility displays the SEL records in either a text or
hexadecimal format. The utility also allows the user to save SEL entries to a file and load SEL entries
from a file for viewing. The user can also reload SEL entries from a server and see properties of SEL
entries. The SEL entries can be viewed in two modes: interpreted text mode and hex mode.
The SEL Viewer utility runs on the target servers in:
Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) shell
Microsoft Windows Preboot Environment* command window
Microsoft Windows Server 2003* SP1 and Microsoft Windows XP* SP2
Linux*