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MegaRAID SAS Software User Guide Chapter 4: WebBIOS Configuration Utility | Viewing System Event Information
4.13 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 configuration utility to view these event messages. To do this,
click Events on the main WebBIOS configuration utility dialog. The Event Information
dialog appears, as shown in
Figure 146 .
Figure 146: Event Information Dialog
The right side of the dialog is blank until you select an event to view. The First
Sequence and Last Sequence fields in the upper left of the dialog show you how
many event entries are currently stored.
To view event information, follow these steps:
1. Select an event locale from the Event Locale drop-down list. For example, select
Enclosure to view events relating to the drive enclosure.
2. Select an event class: Information, Warning, Critical, Fatal, or Dead.
3. Enter a start sequence number, between the first sequence and the 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 to page forward or Prev to page backward through the sequence of
events.
6. Optionally, select different event criteria in the left panel, and click Go again to view
a different sequence of events.
Each event entry includes a time stamp and a description to help you determine when
the event occurred and what it was.