
BX924 S4
Upgrade and Maintenance Manual
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Basic software procedures
Saving the SEL via iRMC
Ê
Enter the management blade web interface.
Ê
Open the
Components – System – Server Blades – Server Blade-x
menu for the
desired server blade.
Ê
Click the
Remote Management
button in the status frame of the server blade
menu.
The iRMC web interface opens, where you can administer the server blade
remotely.
Ê
Open the
Event Log – IPMI SEL content
menu.
I
For further information refer to the "Integrated Remote Management
Controller" user guides available online.
5.2.12.3 Clearing the SEL
You can clear the System Event Log (SEL) using the management blade web
interface:
Ê
Enter the management blade web interface, see section
"Accessing the
management blade web interface" on page 41
.
Ê
Select the
Components – System – Server Blades – Server Blade-x
menu for the
desired server blade and open the
Event Log
tab.
Ê
In the
Event Log Filter
box click
Clear All Entries
to clear the SEL.
5.2.13 Updating the NIC configuration file in a Linux
environment
In order to prevent errors caused by changing network device names (
eth<x>
),
it is recommended to store the MAC address (hardware address) of a network
interface card in the related NIC configuration file of the Linux OS.
When replacing a network controller or the system board with onboard CNA
controllers in a server running Linux OS, the MAC address will change but not
automatically be updated in the definition file.
In order to prevent communication problems, it is necessary to update the
changed MAC address stored in the related
ifcfg-eth<x>
definition file.
To update the MAC address, proceed as follows: