		      EFI System Event Log Viewer - Release Notes
		         Copyright (c) 2007, Intel Corporation
			          All Rights Reserved
			             Oct 19, 2007

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


RELEASE NOTES FOR SEL Viewer VERSION 1.9.1 Build 9

A. SUPPORTED PLATFORMS

   S7000FC4U.



B. DEPENDENCIES
   
   1. Executes in EFI shell.

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

   
C. CHANGES SINCE THE PREVIOUS RELEASE

   Sev3 tracker fixes.
   
   
D. HOW TO USE THIS UTILITY

   1. Boot to EFI shell prompt.
   
   2. Copy the files selview.exe, sel,ini, selview.str, ipmi.efi and selview.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 EFI 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. System needs to be updated with appropriate FRUSDR package successfully.

    2. HRS.INI file shouldn't be modified by user. Any modifications to 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, Sensor type and Sensor number combination then SEL Viewer displays sensor type along with sensor number in place of sensor name in the event description.

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

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

    6. Utility will display the event description as "Unknown Event", if utility couldn't able to find out the event description in hrs.ini file for the given SEL event's sensor type, offset, evd2 and evd3 combination.

    7. In case of OEM events, Utility decodes events of type C0 and C1 only.


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