Working with the Event Log
To view, manage, or download the system’s event log, click
System Information
in the left navigation pane,
then click
Event Log
in the top navigation bar to be taken to the
Event Log
page.
Figure 2-9:
Event Log
page
This log can be used to find information about configuration changes, data errors, hardware failures, and other
events experienced by the storage unit (and expansion unit, if present).
Event log entries follow a standard format:
Figure 2-10: Event log entry format
Event number
Controller number
Event date
Event type
Port number
Event description
Table 2-1: Event log entry format description
Item
Contents
Event number
The reference number for the event, in reverse order of occurrence (event
0000
is
the most recent event)
Controller number
The RAID Controller that the event is related to
Event date
The date and time of the event’s occurrence, in “dd-mmm-yyyy at hh:mm:ss”
format
Chapter 2: Common Tasks — Working with the Event Log
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