H/W check and status check

To check host hardware using ipmitool as an alternative to dsa, as root run the following commands:

ipmitool sdr (status on envir, fans, cpu's, etc)

ipmitool fru (fru's for memory/system bd, etc) 

ipmitool sel elist (errors in event log)

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ipmitool sel save sellistsave.txt

ipmitool sel elist

ipmitool sel list

ipmitool sel get <entry>

ipmitool sel save <filename>