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Using the sdr viewer utility – HP Integrity rx4610 Server User Manual

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Chapter 10

Configuring the HP Server

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Display In Hex
/ Display In
Text

This option allows the user to toggle between the raw hexadecimal
mode display and the interpreted mode display. In hex mode
display, all the SEL records are displayed in raw hex format. In
interpreted mode display, all the SEL records are decoded and
displayed in text format. The menu item name toggles between
Display in hex

and Display in text to allow changing

from one display mode to the other. When the display mode is
changed, SEL Viewer automatically loads the SEL entries from the
server to display the data in the selected mode. Display mode is
toggled between text and hex, automatically, when the SEL entries
are read from a file based on the data format in which the file was
saved.

Sort By

This option allows the SEL entries, displayed in the SEL Viewer
main window, to be sorted by different fields. When the Sort By
option is selected, the user is presented with a list of fields by which
the entries can be sorted. The data is then sorted by the selected
field.

Help

The help menu displays detailed information about program-usage.
In addition, it also displays the utility version information and IPMI
driver version number.

General Help

This option displays a detailed description on how to use the SEL
Viewer. The help window is divided into two windows. The top
window lists all the main topics and the bottom one displays the
description about the topic currently selected. Users can select
different topics using the arrow keys. To move between windows,
use or keys. To dismiss the help window, press
key.

Using the SDR Viewer Utility

The SDR Viewer Utility provides the ability to display Sensor Data Record (SDR)
information stored in the non-volatile server management storage device. Sensor
data records contain information about the type and number of sensors in the
platform, the sensor threshold support, the platform's event generation capabilities,
and information on what types of readings the sensors provide. SDRs also include
the records describing the number and type of devices that are connected to the
system’s Intelligent Platform Management Bus (IPMB), and records that describe
the location and type of Field Replaceable Unit (FRU) devices.

The SDR Viewer Utility takes advantage of the Extensible Firmware Interface
(EFI) Shell to provide viewing of SDRs on a native 64-Bit Windows Advanced
Server environment.