Server Platform Utilities
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Intel® Server Platforms SR6850HW4 and SR6850HW4/M Product Guide
SEL Viewer Utility Pull-Down Menu
The SEL Viewer Utility main window provides a pull-down menu that is used to select functions.
Use the <F10> key to move between the display window and the pull-down menu area. From the
menu area, use the arrow keys to move between the menu items, and use <Enter> to select a menu
item. A brief help message about the option selected from the menu is displayed at the bottom of
the SEL Viewer Utility main window. The pull-down menu provides the options outlined below.
Figure 49. File Open Window
File
: The File pull-down menu includes options for opening and saving system event records
from, and to data files, respectively. These options are further described in the sections below.
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Open
: Under the File pull-down menu, Open allows you to open an existing SEL data file for
viewing. This option prompts you to specify a filename with a file extension of “
.sel
”. The
SEL file is displayed in the mode in which the data was originally displayed, whether that
was in hexadecimal or interpreted format.
The Open dialog box allows you to browse drives and directories for existing files, as shown
in Figure 49. If the selected file cannot be opened, an error message is displayed.
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Save As
: From the File pull-down menu, the Save As option allows you to save the SEL data
to a file, with a file extension of “
.sel
”. This file is saved in the format in which it is
displayed: in interpreted text format or in raw hexadecimal format.
