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Intel® System Event Log (SEL) Viewer Utility
User Guide
SELViewer Version 10.0 /11.0
February 2012
Document number: G24422-003
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Preface
About this Manual
Thank you for purchasing and using Intel® Server Boards. This version of the utility supports
• Intel ® Server Board S1200BT
• Intel ® Server Board S1400
• Intel ® Server Board S1600
• Intel ® Server Board S2400
• Intel ® Server Board S2600
• Intel ® Server Board S4600
This manual is written for system technicians who are responsible for troubleshooting, upgrading,
and repairing this server board. The System Event Log (SEL) Viewer is used to display, clear, or
save the SEL log on your server. For the latest information on your server, refer to
http://support.intel.com/support/motherboards/server/.
Manual Organization
• Chapter 1 - Introduction
• Chapter 2 - Using the Intel® SEL Viewer
• Appendix A - Exit Error Codes
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Contents
Legal Statements ........................................................................................................... ii
1. Introduction .....................................................................................................1
2. Using the Intel® SEL Viewer ............................................................................2
Installing the Intel ® SEL Viewer ............................................................................................... 2
Launching the Intel ® SEL Viewer ............................................................................................. 3
Viewing SEL records in Interpreted Text Format .................................................................... 4
Viewing SEL records in Hex Format ....................................................................................... 6
Viewing the Intel ® SEL Viewer Information window ................................................................. 8
Navigating the Intel ® SEL Viewer window ............................................................................... 8
Saving the Intel ® SEL to a file .................................................................................................. 9
Viewing the Intel ® SEL from a file ............................................................................................ 9
Checking Intel ® SEL properties (number of entries, add/erase time, and space available) .. 10
Clearing the Intel ® SEL .......................................................................................................... 10
Sorting the Intel ® SEL entries in the UI .................................................................................. 10
Go To Option (Linux* – Only Feature) .................................................................................. 11
Getting additional help .......................................................................................................... 11
Uninstalling Intel ® SEL Viewer ............................................................................................... 12
Appendix A. Exit Error Codes ....................................................................... 13
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Figures
Figure 1: SEL Viewer Text View ................................................................................................... 4
Figure 2: SEL Viewer Main Window (Windows* and Linux OSes*) .............................................. 5
Figure 3: SEL log in Hex Format (EFI) .......................................................................................... 6
Figure 4: SEL Records in Hex Format (Linux*) ............................................................................. 7
Figure 5: Status Box ..................................................................................................................... 9
Figure 6: SEL Properties Dialog ................................................................................................. 10
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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 following OSes
Operating System Supported Platforms
UEFI 2.0 / 2.1 S1200BT, S1400, S1600, S2400, S2600, and S4600
Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1* x64 S1200BT, S1400, S1600, S2400, S2600, and S4600
Windows Server 2008 SP2* x64 and x32 S1200BT, S1400, S1600, S2400, S2600, and S4600
Windows 7* x64 and x32 S1200BT, S1400, S1600, S2400, S2600, and S4600
Workstation Server platforms
WinPE 3.0* x64 and x32
SuSE* Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 S1200BT, S1400, S1600, S2400, S2600, and S4600
SuSE* Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 S1200BT, S1400, S1600, S2400, S2600, and S4600
Red Hat* Enterprise Linux 6 update 1 x64 and x32 S1200BT, S1400, S1600, S2400, S2600, and S4600
Red Hat* Enterprise Linux 6 update 2 x64 and x32 S1200BT, S1400, S1600, S2400, S2600, and S4600
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.
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2. Using the Intel ® SEL Viewer
Installing the Intel® SEL Viewer
To install the SEL Viewer Utility in EFI, do the following:
1. Copy all the files in the SEL Viewer release directory for EFI to a USB flash drive, or
create an EFI-bootable CD.
2. Insert the removable media into the server.
3. Boot the server and press the F2 key when prompted to enter BIOS setup.
4. Go to the Boot Manager menu and select the option to boot to EFI shell.
5. At the EFI shell prompt, type fsn:, where n is the file system number corresponding to the
device that contains the SEL Viewer utility files.
To install the SEL Viewer Utility in Windows* with the standalone installation, do the following:
• Pre requisites
Java* Runtime Environment (JRE) must be installed
1. Install JRE X32 version for supporting WinPE 2.0 (32 bit) OS and JRE X64 version for
supporting WinPE 2.1 (EM64T) OS. Installation of JRE in a USB pen drive should be
performed on the same version of the operating system i.e. for JRE x32 version use
Windows* 32 bit OS and for JRE x64 version use Windows* 64 bit OS.
2. In Windows*/WINPE set the JRE path using "PATH=%PATH%;<>:\bin" (where <> is the
USB directory shown on the cmd prompt i.e D: or E: and so on or the path where java is
installed i.e. c:\Program Files\Java)
3. While installing JRE on USB pen drive to support WinPE 2.0 and WinPE 2.1 change the
installation directory USB pen drive (for example, g:\).
4. Copy all files and subdirectories from the utility released location into a folder on the hard
drive. (for example, c:\ Selview)
5. Open a command prompt and change to that directory as mentioned below
a. For 32 bit Windows*, go to folder "c:\ Selview\windows\x86\imbdriver".
b. For 64 bit Windows*, go to folder "c:\ Selview\windows\x64\imbdriver".
6. Execute "install.cmd”.
7. This install script will install the Intel IPMI driver, if Microsoft IPMI driver is present then
Intel IPMI driver will not be installed on the system.
8. To run the SEL Viewer Utility, open a command prompt, and change directory to the folder
in which the selview.exe file resides (for example, cd c:\ Selview\windows\x86).
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You can now run the utility.
To install the SEL Viewer Utility in Linux*
• Pre requisites
Java* Runtime Environment (JRE) must be installed.
XServer must be running for the Intel ® SEL Viewer GUI to work.
1. Copy all files and subdirectories from the utility released location into a folder on the hard
drive. (for example, /home/Selview/Linux)
2. Open a command prompt and change to that directory (for example, cd
/home/Selview/Linuxr).
3. Run selview
You can now run the utility.
Launching the Intel® SEL Viewer
To launch the SEL Viewer, do the following:
1. Boot to target OS.
From the directory containing the SEL viewer files, launch the SEL viewer from the EFI
shell using the following syntax:
selview [/clear | {/save [filename] [/hex]} | /h | /?]
Note: A hyphen (-) may be substituted for the forward slash (/).
Examples:
selview
(This launches the graphical version of the SEL viewer.)
selview /clear
selview /save MyFileName /hex
selview /h
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Viewing SEL records in Interpreted Text Format
1. Launch the SEL Viewer.
2. The graphical display will display all the SEL entries. The following example shows the
text view:
Figure 1: SEL Viewer Text View
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The EFI based SEL Viewer’s main window is based on a multi-column display pane as shown in
Figure 1. It displays all the SEL records and a pull-down menu used for selecting the main
functions available in the utility.
See Figure 2 for SEL Viewer Main Utility Window (Windows* and Linux OSes *). The default
format in which information is displayed in interactive mode is the interpreted text format.
Figure 2: SEL Viewer Main Window (Windows* and Linux OSes*)
The interpreted data is displayed in several columns as follows:
• Serial number of the system events being displayed. Starting with 1, and increasing by one
for each event. The title of this column is “Num”.
• Time Stamp.
• Sensor Type and Number.
• Event Description1
• Generator ID.
The bottom information pane shows the details on the highlighted SEL entry. Use the arrow keys to
move up and down, or the Tab key to highlight a menu. In Linux*, the bottom information pane
contains a statistics panel which holds a statistical table of events based on their Event Type
(Critical, Warning, Informational and Others).
1 Based on the IPMI Specification, BIOS EPS
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For information on using the menu items see section Viewing the Intel ® SEL Viewer Information
window.
Viewing SEL records in Hex Format
Use the View menu to choose how the SEL entries are displayed (raw hexadecimal format or plain
text). Select the raw-hexadecimal format to view the SEL records in HEX format.
The following screen shows an example of the SEL log in Hex format.
Figure 3: SEL log in Hex Format (EFI)
The following figure shows SEL records in Hex format (Windows* and Linux OSes*):
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Figure 4: SEL Records in Hex Format (Linux*)
The abbreviations used in the raw Hex display are as shown in the following table:
Acronym Description
RID Record ID
RT Record Type
TS Time Stamp
GID Generator ID
ER Event Message Format Revision
ST Sensor Type
SN Sensor Number
EDIR Event Dir and Event Type
ED1, ED2, ED3 Event Data
MID Manufacturer ID
OEM OEM Defined
ExB1…ExB8 Extended Byte1 … Extended Byte8 (Supported only on S1400,S1600,
S2400,S2600 and S4600 Server Platforms.)
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Viewing the Intel® SEL Viewer Information window
This option allows you to view/hide the SEL Information window. When you run utility, by default,
the SEL Info window is visible and the sub-menu is shown as “Hide SEL Info Window”. If you
select “Hide SEL Info Window”, the SEL Info window is removed from the display area and the
sub-menu text changes to “View SEL Info Window”. The user can again add the SEL Info window
using this sub-menu. Hide SEL Info Window/View SEL Info Window option is currently disabled
in Hex view of EFI based SEL Viewer utility. SEL Info window automatically goes off when
change from text view to hex view. In case of Linux*, this option is available under the SEL Menu
item.
Navigating the Intel® SEL Viewer window
To navigate the SEL Viewer window, from the pull-down menu, use the arrow keys to move
around the various menu items and the <Enter> key to select a particular menu item. Also for
WinPE* based SEL Viewer Utility use <Alt> key to select the menu and use arrow keys to move
around various menu items and <Enter> key to select a particular menu item. Also in WinPE*
based SEL Viewer utility use <Alt-F> to open file menu item ,<Alt-S> to open SEL menu, <Alt-V>
to open view menu,<Alt-H> to open Help menu. In case of WinPE* based SEL Viewer utility
menu item can be accessed by left clicking the mouse on a menu item in case of WinPE* based
SEL Viewer Utility. A brief help message about the option selected from the menu is displayed in
the tip-view window, which is displayed at the bottom of the main window for EFI based SEL
Viewer Utility. This feature is not supported in WinPE* based SEL Viewer Utility. For EFI based
SEL Viewer Utility use <Tab> to move between the display pane, information window at the
bottom and pull-down menu.
The display pane supports arrow keys, <PgDn>, <PgUp>, <Home>, and <End> keys to move
across the display pane. In WinPE* based SEL Viewer utility <Home> key selects first record and
<End> key selects last record. In case of EFI based SEL Viewer utility <HOME> key selects
beginning of the selected SEL entry in the display pane, <END> key selects the end of the selected
SEL entry in the display pane. EFI Based SEL Viewer Utility supports the <F5> key to move
forward between columns and <F6> to move backwards. Use left arrow key to scroll to the left and
right arrow key to scroll to right in display pane.
When the utility is first invoked, it loads the SEL records from non-volatile storage on the server. A
status box as shown in Figure 5: Status Box is displayed to indicate that the SEL Viewer is loading
SEL records from the server. In case of Linux*, the status message would be displayed on the status
bar of the Utility main window.
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Figure 5: Status Box
In Windows* and Linux* SEL Viewer Utility, Serial Numbers can be color coded based on the
severity of SEL Event. This feature is currently available only on Windows* and Linux*. A small
panel is provided on the bottom right corner which has a statistical view of the SEL Records. It
contains the count of the SEL events segregated based on the severity type (that is, Informational,
Warning, Critical, and Others). This feature is also currently available only on Windows* and
Linux*.
Saving the Intel ® SEL to a file
You may want to save the SEL to a file for analysis, record keeping, or to documentation of a
system issue.
There are two ways to save the SEL to a file (the Windows* Preboot Environment *version is
shown in this example):
• To save the SEL, use the following command line syntax:
In interpreted text format - selview /save MyFileName
In hex format - selview /save MyFileName /hex
• Use the File | Save menu option from the graphical SEL viewer window.
To save the SEL data to a file with a “.sel” file name extension, either in interpreted text format
or in raw hex format, depending on the mode in which records are currently displayed.
Viewing the Intel® SEL from a file
To view the SEL records that you previously saved to a file, use the File | Open menu option from
the graphical SEL viewer window.
To return to viewing the SEL records from non-volatile memory, use the SEL | Reload menu
option.
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Checking Intel ® SEL properties (number of entries,
add/erase time, and space available)
To check SEL properties in the SEL Properties dialog, use the SEL | Properties menu option from
the graphical SEL viewer window.
Figure 6: SEL Properties Dialog
Notes:
• The SEL viewer will display the Free Space Remaining in bytes.
• In Linux*, the SEL Properties dialog will not display Last Add Time and Last Erase Time.
Clearing the Intel® SEL
The SEL has a limited capacity. Refer to the Specifications in your server board Product Guide for
the maximum number of records for server. After the SEL is full, subsequent system events will not
be recorded and you will need to manually clear the SEL. There are two ways to clear the SEL (the
Windows* Preboot Environment *version is shown in this example):
• Use the command line syntax: selview /clear
• Use the SEL | Clear menu option from the graphical SEL viewer window.
Sorting the Intel® SEL entries in the UI
Use the SEL| Sort by option in the SEL Viewer main window, to sort the SEL entries by different
fields. This option, when selected, displays a list of fields by which the entries can be sorted. You
can sort the records by Num, Time Stamp, Sensor Type and Number, Event Description and
Generator ID. Upon choosing the appropriate field, sorting is done by that field. This option is not
available if the SEL entries are displayed in hexadecimal mode For Windows*/Linux* based SEL
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Viewer Utility sorting can also be performed by clicking on the appropriate Column heading using
a mouse (in case of text mode display).
Go To Option (Linux* – Only Feature)
Use the SEL | Go To option in the SEL Viewer main window to select a particular SEL entry given
its Serial Number, User can enter the Serial Number of the SEL Entry in the textbox provided in the
Go To dialog and the SEL Table on the Utility main window would be scrolled and that particular
entry would be highlighted. Go To can be accessed by the shortcut CTRL+G. This feature is
currently supported only on Windows* and Linux*.
Getting additional help
If you need help on the command line syntax or any of the graphical menu items that are not
described in this User Guide, use the online help. There are two ways to get help
Use the command line syntax: selview /help
• Use the Help menu option from the graphical SEL Viewer window.
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Uninstalling Intel® SEL Viewer
To uninstall the SEL Viewer Utility in EFI, do the following:
1. Go to the directory in the command line prompt, where all your utility files are copied from the
utility released location
2. Run ‘cd ..’ on a command line prompt. This will take you to a directory one level below.
3. Remove all the directories including subdirectories in the current directory where you are. This
leads to the un-installation of the utility files.
To uninstall the SEL Viewer Utility in Windows*, do the following:
The utility files should be manually removed, if it was installed stand alone
1. Go to the directory in the command line prompt, where all your utility files are copied from the
utility released location
2. Run ‘cd ..’ on a command line prompt. This will take you to a directory one level below.
3. Remove all the directories including subdirectories in the current directory where you are. This
leads to the un-installation of the utility files.
To uninstall the SEL Viewer Utility in Linux*, do the following:
1. Go to the directory in the command line prompt, where all your utility files are copied from the
utility released location
2. Run ‘cd ..’ on a command line prompt. This will take you to a directory one level below.
3. Remove all the directories including subdirectories in the current directory where you are. This
leads to the un-installation of the utility files.
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Appendix A. Exit Error Codes
The command line version of the SEL Viewer may be used in a script to automate the tasks of
saving the SEL, clearing the SEL, or searching the SEL. The following list of exit codes may be
useful in the error handling section of the script.
Integer Value Interpretation
0 Successful termination.
1 Unable to clear SEL.
2 SEL log is empty.
3 Unable to read SEL entries.
4 Unable to create SEL file.
5 Invalid invocation.
6 IPMI Driver initialization failed
7 Unable to initialize SEL Viewer
8 Unknown error.
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