Using IPMI to check for Hardware Events/Failures
January 16, 2024
THIS WILL NOT DETECT HARD DRIVE FAILURES
Open CMD as an Administrator (essential)
run the following command
C:\TRMS\Services\CablecastMonitor\Tools\IPMICFG-Win.exe -sel list
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This can take up to half a minute to query and return, if it gets stuck close and reopen the command prompt as an admin
In this case, the server CPU is overheating, which returns many warnings.
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/la244s84/production/4d03c858d267d3c4ad7fec999da68728774cba8a-1726x904.png)
Running the following command will clear the log
C:\TRMS\Services\CablecastMonitor\Tools\IPMICFG-Win.exe -sel del