Method to chain events in a system event log
AssigneeDell Products L.P.
InventorsAustin Bolen, Anand Joshi, Mukund Khatri, Allen Wynn
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Abstract
A method and system for recording hardware and software events of a computer system. An event logger, typically part of system management software, records both primary event records and secondary event records. Secondary event records are used when the data space in a primary event record is insufficient to adequately describe the primary event. The data fields of a secondary event record designate the record as a secondary event and contain the additional data about the event.
Claims20
A method of logging events in an event log of a computer system, comprising:
- recording a primary event record for each event;
- wherein each event record has the same format with predefined fields of data;
- recording a secondary event record for one or more of the events, the secondary event being identified as a secondary event by using a predetermined secondary event designator written to one of the event record fields;
- wherein events are associated with event generators, each having an generator ID, and wherein secondary events are recorded for a primary event until a new event having the same event generator ID is detected.
A method of logging address-space events in an event log of a computer system, comprising:
- recording a primary event record for each event;
- wherein each event record has the same format with predefined fields of data;
- recording a secondary event record for one or more of the events;
- wherein the recording step is performed such that the secondary event is identified as a secondary event with a predetermined secondary event designator written to one of the event record fields;
- and wherein the secondary event record further contains a pointer to an address space associated with the event.
A method of logging address-space events in an event log of a computer system complying with the IPMI standard, comprising:
- recording a primary event record for each event;
- wherein each event record has the IPMI format with predefined fields of data;
- recording a secondary event record for one or more of the events;
- wherein the recording step is performed such that the secondary event is identified as a secondary event with a predetermined secondary event designator written to one of the event record fields;
- and wherein the secondary event record further contains a pointer to an address space associated with the event.
An information handling system, comprising:
- a hardware platform having at least a processor and memory for executing instructions;
- an event logger operable to record events associated with the hardware platform;
- wherein the event logger records both primary and secondary events, each primary event recorded in an event record field having a predefined format, and each secondary event recorded as an event record after a primary event but prior to any next primary event;
- wherein the event logger further records secondary events by designating the event as a secondary event in a predetermined data space of the predefined format.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.