Avocent DSView 3, Installer/User Manual

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Chapter 8: Working with IPMI Target Devices 261
Figure 8.3: Numeric Sensor Threshold Gauge
To display IPMI target numeric sensor information:
1. In a Units View window (see Accessing Units View windows on page 88), click on the name of
a supported IPMI target device. The Unit Overview window will open.
2. Click IPMI in the side navigation bar, and then click Numeric Sensors . The IPMI Numeric
Sensors window will appear.
3. Click on the name of a sensor. The IPMI Numeric Sensor Details window will open.
4. Click Close when you are finished to return to the IPMI Numeric Sensors window.
5. Click Close when you are finished.
BMC Events
The System Event Log (SEL) window displays the BMC events which have occurred during the
DSView 3 software session. The generated events will vary by BMC, motherboard and
chassis implementation.
You may forward events to a DSView 3 software server by first configuring an alert destination
and then enabling/disabling forwarding for one or more sensor types on each BMC.
See Events and Event Logs on page 293.
Customizing the System Event Log window
The Sensor Name and ID fields are always displayed in the System Event Log window.
The following fields may be displayed. Use the Customize link to add or remove fields in the
display. See
Using the Customize link in windows on page 12.
• Sensor Name.
• Timestamp - Time, in the target device time zone, at which the event occurred on the IPMI
target device. If the BMC clock has not been synchronized with the PC clock, the timestamp
may reflect the time relative to the startup of the host instead of the event occurrence.
• Direction - Whether the sensor event has occurred (Asserted) or not (Deasserted). When
asserted events are no longer occurring, the entry changes to Deasserted. Display of this field
requires DSI5100 appliance firmware version 3.2.0.0 or higher.
• ID - Unique system event log (SEL) identifier used for retrieving events.
• Event Type.
Normal
Non-critical
Critical
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