User

1. Introduction
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 a
hexadecimal format. The utility also allows you to save SEL entries to a file and load SEL entries
from a file for viewing. You 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
This version of the SEL Viewer utility runs on the target servers in the Extensible Firmware
Interface (EFI) v1.1 and v2.0 shell, Windows* Server 2003 Enterprise (32bit & EM64T),
Windows* Server 2008 Enterprise (32bit & EM64T),Windows* XP SP3 (32 bit), Windows PE *
2004 (1.5) - Built from Windows XP* Professional with Service Pack 2 (SP2), Windows PE* 2005
(1.6) - Built from Windows* Server 2003 with Service Pack 1 (SP1), Windows PE* 2.0 - built from
Windows Vista, 32 bit, Windows PE* 2.1 - built from Windows Vista* SP1 or Windows* Server
2008, EM64T, Windows Vista SP1 (32 bit & EM64T),RHEL5 Update 3 (32 bit & EM64T) and
SLES11 (32 bit & EM64T).
Note: SELViewer version may be different across different platforms. Please download the
supported SELViewer version and build under your platform of supported web site. Also please
refer to release notes for known issues.
Intel® System Event Log (SEL) Viewer Utility User Guide
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