OverviewDell OpenManage™ Server Administrator Version 1.4 User's Guide
Server Administrator allows you view and manage hardware, alert, POST, and command logs. All users can access logs and print reports from either the Server Administrator home page or from its command line interface. Users must be logged in with Admin or Power User privileges to clear logs or to e-mail logs to their designated service contact.
See the Server Administrator Command Line Interface User's Guide for information about viewing logs and creating reports from the command line.
When viewing Server Administrator Logs, you can click Help on the global navigation bar for more detailed information about the specific window you are viewing. Server Administrator log help is available for all windows accessible to the user based on user privilege level and the specific hardware and software groups that Server Administrator discovers on the managed system.
Clicking a column heading sorts by the column or changes the sort direction of the column. Additionally, each log window contains several task buttons that can be used for managing and supporting your system.
See "Task Buttons" for additional information about using the task buttons.
Server Administrator provides the following logs:
Use the hardware log to look for potential problems with your system's hardware components. There are two available hardware logs, depending on your system: the Embedded System Management (ESM) Log and the System Event Log (SEL). The ESM log and SEL are each a set of embedded instructions that can send hardware status messages to systems management software. Each component listed in the logs has a status indicator icon next to its name. A green check mark (
) indicates that a component is healthy (normal). A yellow triangle containing an exclamation point (
) indicates that a component has a warning (noncritical) condition and requires prompt attention. A red X (
) indicates that a component has a critical (failure) condition and requires immediate attention. A blank space (
) indicates that a component's health status is unknown.
To access the hardware log, click System, click the Logs tab, and click Hardware.
Information displayed in the ESM and SEL logs includes:
Use the Alert log to monitor various system events, including Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) traps. The Server Administrator Instrumentation Service generates events in response to changes in the status of sensors and other monitored parameters. Each status change event recorded in the Alert log consists of a unique identifier called the event ID and an event message that describes the event. The event ID and message uniquely describe the severity and cause of the event and provide other relevant information such as the location of the event and the monitored component's previous state.
To access the Alert log, click System, click the Logs tab, and click Alert.
Information displayed in the Alert log includes:
See the Server Administrator Messages Reference Guide for detailed information about alert messages.
Use the POST log to view and analyze events from the POST that your system performs during boot. Before the operating system loads when you turn on your system, the POST tests various system components, such as RAM, the hard drives, and the keyboard.
To access the POST log, click System, click the Logs tab, and click POST.
Information displayed in the POST log includes:
Use the Command log to monitor all of the commands issued by Server Administrator users. The Command log tracks logins, logouts, systems management software initialization, and shutdowns initiated by systems management software, and records the last time the log was cleared.
To access the Command log, click System, click the Logs tab, and click Command.
Information displayed in the Command log includes: