power system failure, fan failure, and so on. The remaining entries can be made available for System
Management Software configured events.
Note: Individual entries can be tagged as reserved for system use. So the ratio of pre-configured
entries and run-time configurable entries can be re-allocated as needed.
1. Navigate to Settings > Platform Event Filters > Event Filters. This page contains 40 pre-configured
events with PEF IDs.
2. Click the Delete icon (x) in the top-right corner of a pre-configured entry to delete that entry.
3. To add a new event filter:
a. Select an event filter section to open the Event Filter entry page. If you select a pre-configured
event filter, that event filter will be deleted after adding the new one.
b. Select the Enable this filter checkbox to enable this event filter.
c. Pick a severity level from the Event severity to trigger drop-down list.
d. Alert is checked by default in the Event Filter Action field. This enables PEF alert actions.
e. If necessary, select a Power Action from the drop-down list. The options are to power down,
power reset, or power cycle the device.
f. Choose a configured Alert Policy Group Number from the drop-down list. Alert policies should
be configured separately. For more information, see Alert Policies on the next page.
g. Enable the Raw Data option to fill the Generator ID with raw data. Enter the raw data value for
ID1 or ID2 in the Generator ID 1 and Generator ID 2 fields. Hexidecimal values should use the
0x prefix.
h. In the Generator Type section, select Slave if the event is generated by the connected device,
or select Software if the event is generated from the system software.
i. In the Slave Address/Software ID field, enter the corresponding device address if Slave was
selected, or the software ID if Software was selected.
j. In the Channel Number field, enter the channel that the event message is received over. Enter
0 if the event message is received through the system interface or is internally generated.
k. Enter the corresponding IPMB Device LUN if the event is generated by the Intelligent Platform
Management Bus (IPMB).
l. Select the type of sensor that will trigger the event filter action from the Sensor Type drop-
down list.
m. Select the specific sensor that will trigger the event filter action from the Sensor Name drop-
down list.
n. In the Event Options drop-down list, select either All Events or Sensor Specific Events.
o. Enter the event or reading value that triggers the event in the Event Trigger field. This value
ranges from 1 to 255.
p. Use the Event Data AND Mask field and Event Data Compare fields to specify either wildcard or
compared bits of data. The following instructions are for event data #1, but this can be
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