Events and Error Message Reference Guide for Dell EMC PowerEdge servers

Error and Event Messages are displayed on the graphical user interface, command line interface, and stored in log files. Messages are displayed or stored as a result of user action, automatic event occurrence, or for data logging purposes. For information about the event and error messages generated by the PowerEdge server firmware and agents that monitor system components,

Error Message definition

• Error messages are divided into three elements:
  1. Error Message: Indicates the actual error message, probable cause, wherever applicable.
  2. Recommended Response Action: Indicates the remedial tasks to be performed to resolve an issue. Comprehensive information is given about the GUI navigation path (or RACADM and WS-MAN commands) that helps in effective and fast resolution.
  3. Detailed Description: Provides more info about the error or event, where appropriate.
• Messages are classified according to hardware and software categories in the server and its management applications (such as iDRAC, OMSA, CMC, and Lifecycle Controller). The category and severity of each message is also specified.
• Use the EEMI reference guide to understand more about the events and resolve issues associated with your Dell Enterprise systems.
• Messages are prefixed with event type to help easy identification. For example PSU, STOR, and VLT representing power supply unit, storage and voltage respectively. Expansion of acronyms used for classifying error messages is listed:
   

  Acronym	Category
  AMP	Amperage
  ASR	Auto Sys Reset
  BAR	Backup & Restore
  BAT	Battery Event
  BIOS	BIOS management
  BOOT	Boot control
  CBL	Cable
  CMC	Chassis Management Control
  CPU	Processor
  CPUA	Proc Absent
  CTL	Storage Controller
  DH	Certificate Management
  DIAG	Diagnostic
  DIS	Auto-discovery
  DKM	Dell Key Manager
  ENC	Storage enclosure
  EPP	Extended power performance
  FAN	Fan event
  FC	Fibre channel
  FCD	Feature card
  FLDC	Unknown
  FSD	Debug
  HWC	Hardware configuration
  IOID	I/O Identify optimization
  IOV	I/o virtualization
  IPA	DRAC IP address
  ISM	iDRAC Service Module
  JCP	Job control
  LC	Lifecycle Controller
  LIC	Licensing
  LNK	Link status
  LOG	Log event
  MEM	Memory
  NIC	NIC configuration
  OSD	OS deployment
  OSE	OS event
  PCI	PCI device
  PDR	Physical disk drive
  PFM	System performance event
  POW	Power usage
  PR	Part exchange
  PST	BIOS POST
  PSU	Power supply unit
  PSUA	PSU absent
  PWR	Power usage
  RAC	RAC event
  RDU	Redundancy
  RED	FW download
  RFL	IDSDM media
  RFLA	IDSDM absent
  RFM	Flex address SD
  RRDU	IDSDM redundancy
  RSI	Remote service
  SEC	Security event
  SEL	System event log
  SSD	PCIe SSD
  STOR	Storage
  SUP	Firmware update job
  SWC	Software configuration
  SWU	Software change
  SYS	System info
  TMP	Temperature
  TMPS	Temperature statistics
  TST	Test alert
  UEFI	UEFI event
  USR	User tracking
  VDR	Virtual drive
  VF	vFLash media
  VFL	vFlash event
  VFLA	vFlash absent
  VLT	Voltage
  VME	Virtual media
  VRM	Virtual console

Alert category definition

• System Health: Represents all the alerts that are related to hardware within the system chassis. For example, temperature errors, voltage errors, and device errors.
• Storage Health: Represents alerts that are related to the storage subsystem. For example, controller errors, physical disk drive errors, and virtual drive errors.
• Configuration: Represents alerts that are related to hardware, firmware, and software configuration changes. For example, PCI-e card added or removed, RAID configuration changed, and iDRAC license changed.
• Audit: Category represents the audit log. Examples include, user login/logout information, Password authentication failures, session info, power states.
• Update: Represents alerts that are generated because of firmware or driver upgrades and downgrades. This does not represent firmware inventory.