DOS System Event Log Viewer - Release Notes
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			             Feb 09, 2007

The DOS system event log (SEL) viewer utility is a DOS-based application program 
used for displaying data from the BMC's system event log.


RELEASE NOTES FOR SEL Viewer VERSION 1.5.4

A. SUPPORTED PLATFORMS

   S5000PAL,
   S5000XAL,
   S5000PSL,
   S5000XSL
   S5000VSA.


B. DEPENDENCIES
   
   1. Executes in MS-DOS 6.x and ROM-DOS 6.2 shell.

   2. Requires the files selenus.hlp and selenus.str besides the application 
      executable, selview.exe.

   3. May require bigmem.sys and himem.sys to be loaded if there are problems running the
      utility without them.

   
C. CHANGES SINCE THE PREVIOUS RELEASE

   PR bug fixing.
   
   
D. HOW TO USE THIS UTILITY

   1. Boot to MS-DOS or ROM-DOS command prompt.
   
   2. Copy the files selview.exe, sel.ini, selenus.str, and selenus.hlp to a hard drive 
      or USB key (all these files should be in the same directory).
   
   3. GUI interface

      The SEL Viewer is invoked by entering the following command at a DOS prompt:
   
   	selview	

      Use the arrow keys to browse through the menu and press the <Enter>
      key to select a particular menu.  A brief description of the selected 
      menu item is displayed in the tip-view window at the bottom of the GUI.

   4. Command-line interface

      The SEL Viewer can be run as a command-line application for some of the actions that
      it performs, including clearing the SEL or saving SEL contents to a file.

               selview [SEL File Name] [Options]

      a. To view the command-line help:

                selview /h   

      b. To save the SEL entries to a file in text format:

                selview log.sel /save

      c. To save the SEL entries to a file in hex format:

                selview log.sel /save /hex

      d. To clear the SEL entries:

                selview /clear


E. KNOWN ISSUES

   None.

F. UNSUPPORTED FEATURES

   None.		

G. INSTRUCTIONS TO END USER
    1. Should update the hardware with the appropriate FRUSDR package.

    2. HRS.INI file shouldn't be modified/edited by user. Any editions of this file may cause the behavior of utility un-predictable.

    3. If sdr record is not found for the given SEL event's Generator ID and Sensor number combination, then SEL Viewer displays sensor type along with sensor number in place of sensor name.

    4. If sdr record is not found for the given SEL event's Generator ID and Sensor number combination, then SEL Viewer displays sensor reading and threashold reading values as unspecified.

    5. Always SDR look up for the given SEL event is based on SEL event’s sensor number and generator id combination. That means if SEL Viewer couldn't able to locate SDR record for the given SEL event's sensor number & generator id combination, then SEL Viewer utility won't display Sensor Name/SDR String.

    6. If utility couldn't able find the right evd1, evd2, evd3 combination for a given SEL event in hrs.ini file then utility displays event description as 'Unknown event'.


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