Bull NovaScale 4020, User Manual

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Configuration Software and Utilities
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SDR Viewer
The SDR task allows you to view the current system SDR records stored in the BMC. It also
provides the interface to opening and saving SDR files, and to viewing the SDR properties.
NOTE
The SDR Viewer task is only available on the local version of the SMU.
This task is not available when running the remote version of the
application.
The SDR Viewer allows you to view the current BMC SDRs on the target system. The SDR
Viewer task supports the following:
•
Viewing the BMC SDRs
•
Viewing the SDR properties.
•
Saving the SDRs to a file
•
Viewing a saved SDR file
When you select the SDR task, the SDRs are retrieved from the system. As the load progresses,
a dialog window updates you on the status. You are not allowed to interrupt this process.
After the load is completed, a tree view of the system SDRs is displayed. The top branches of
the tree are the SDR types. Under the branches are the records of that type. Clicking on the
branch will expand and collapse it, showing or hiding the SDRs of that type. Clicking on an
SDR will open a window that contains the SDR title, value, and byte location for each field in
the record.
Only SDR types that have entries are included in the SDR tree view. If the viewer determines
that a SDR record is invalid, the record is ignored and the remainder of the records are added to
the tree. After the tree is created, a message box displays the following message if invalid
records have been identified:
The SDR data read from the system contained invalid records,
these records will not be displayed by the viewer. Updating your
system’s SDRs may correct this problem
If all the records are valid, no message is displayed. If there was an error retrieving the SDRs
from the system, the following message is displayed:
Error retrieving SDRs from the system
An error message is also displayed if there was an error reading the SDR properties.
The SDR tree is navigable by using the keypad. The
<left arrow>
key collapses a branch
if the current selection is on a branch. If the current selection is on a leaf, the selection is
moved to the branch that contains the leaf.
The
<right arrow>
key expands a branch if the selection is currently on a branch. If the
selection is not on a branch, there is no affect. The
<space bar>
and
<Enter>
keys have
identical functionality, as follows: If the current selection is on a branch, an expanded branch
collapses, and a collapsed branch expands. If the current selection is on a leaf, the SDR for that
selection is shown in the SDR screen popup. No other keys affect the SDR tree.