Kontron S4600 SEL Troubleshooting - Manual (Page 4)

Table of Contents System Event Log Troubleshooting Guide for EPSD Platforms Based on Intel ® Xeon ® Processor E5
4600/2600/2400/1600/1400 Product Families
iv Intel order number G90620-002 Revision 1.1
Table of Contents
1. Introduction .......................................................................................................................... 1
1.1 Purpose ................................................................................................................... 1
1.2 Industry Standard .................................................................................................... 2
1.2.1 Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) ................................................... 2
1.2.2 Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) ............................................................. 2
1.2.3 Intel ® Intelligent Power Node Manager Version 2.0 ................................................. 3
2. Basic Decoding of a SEL Record ........................................................................................ 4
2.1 Default Values in the SEL Records ......................................................................... 4
2.2 Notes on SEL Logs and Collecting SEL Information ............................................. 10
2.2.1 Examples of Decoding BIOS Timestamp Events .................................................. 10
2.2.2 Example of Decoding a PCI Express* Correctable Error Events ........................... 11
2.2.3 Example of Decoding a Power Supply Predictive Failure Event............................ 12
3. Sensor Cross Reference List ............................................................................................ 13
3.1 BMC owned Sensors (GID = 0020h) ..................................................................... 13
3.2 BIOS POST owned Sensors (GID = 0001h) .......................................................... 24
3.3 BIOS SMI Handler owned Sensors (GID = 0033h) ................................................ 24
3.4 Node Manager / ME Firmware owned Sensors (GID = 002Ch or 602Ch) ............. 25
3.5 Microsoft* OS owned Events (GID = 0041) ........................................................... 26
3.6 Linux* Kernel Panic Events (GID = 0021) .............................................................. 26
4. Power Subsystems ............................................................................................................ 27
4.1 Threshold-based Voltage Sensors ........................................................................ 27
4.2 Voltage Regulator Watchdog Timer Sensor .......................................................... 33
4.2.1 Voltage Regulator Watchdog Timer Sensor – Next Steps ..................................... 34
4.3 Power Unit ............................................................................................................. 34
4.3.1 Power Unit Status Sensor ...................................................................................... 34
4.3.2 Power Unit Redundancy Sensor ............................................................................ 36
4.3.3 Node Auto Shutdown Sensor ................................................................................ 37
4.4 Power Supply ......................................................................................................... 38
4.4.1 Power Supply Status Sensors ............................................................................... 38
4.4.2 Power Supply Power In Sensors ........................................................................... 41
4.4.3 Power Supply Current Out % Sensors .................................................................. 42
4.4.4 Power Supply Temperature Sensors ..................................................................... 43
4.4.5 Power Supply Fan Tachometer Sensors ............................................................... 44
5. Cooling Subsystem ............................................................................................................ 45
5.1 Fan Sensors .......................................................................................................... 45
5.1.1 Fan Tachometer Sensors ...................................................................................... 45
5.1.2 Fan Presence and Redundancy Sensors .............................................................. 46
5.2 Temperature Sensors ............................................................................................ 49