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ASUS PIKE 2008/IMR

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2.2.5

Viewing System Event Information

The SAS controller firmware monitors the activity and performance of all storage

configurations and devices in the system. When an event occurs (such as the

creation of a new virtual drive or the removal of a drive) an event message is

generated and is stored in the controller NVRAM. You can use the WebBIOS CU

to view these event messages. To do this, click Events on the main WebBIOS CU

screen. The Event Information screen appears, as shown in the following figure.

The right side of the screen is blank until you select an event to view. The First

Sequence and Last Sequence fields in the upper left of the screen show you how

many event entries are currently stored.
To view event information, follow these steps:
1. Select an Event Locale from the menu. For example, select Enclosure to

view events relating to the drive enclosure.

2. Select an Event Class: [Informational], [Warning], [Critical], [Fatal], or [Dead].
3. Enter a Start Sequence number, between the First Sequence and Last

Sequence numbers. The higher the number, the more recent the event.

4. Enter the Number of events of this type that you want to view, and click Go.

The first event in the sequence appears in the right panel.

5. Click Next or Prev to page forward or backward through the sequence of

events.

6. If you want, select different event criteria in the left panel, and click Go again

to view a different sequence of events.

Each event entry includes a timestamp and a description to help you

determine when the event occurred and what it was.