Lenovo System x3250 M4 - Event Logs

Eventlogs
ErrorcodesandmessagesaredisplayedinPOSTeventlog,system-eventlog,IntegratedManagement
ModuleII(IMM2)eventlog,andDSAeventlog.
•POSTeventlog:Thislogcontainsthemostrecenterrorcodesandmessagesthatweregeneratedduring
POST.YoucanviewthecontentsofthePOSTeventlogfromtheSetuputility(see“StartingtheSetup
utility”onpage65
).FormoreinformationaboutPOSTerrorcodes,seeAppendixB“UEFI(POST)error
codes”onpage405.
•System-eventlog:ThislogcontainsPOSTandsystemmanagementinterrupt(SMI)eventsandall
eventsthataregeneratedbythebaseboardmanagementcontrollerthatisembeddedintheIntegrated
ManagementModuleII(IMM2).Youcanviewthecontentsofthesystem-eventlogthroughtheSetup
utilityandthroughtheDynamicSystemAnalysis(DSA)program(asIPMIeventlog).Thesystem-event
logislimitedinsize.Whenitisfull,newentrieswillnotoverwriteexistingentries;therefore,youmust
periodicallyclearthesystem-eventlogthroughtheSetuputility.Whenyouaretroubleshootinganerror,
youmighthavetosaveandthenclearthesystem-eventlogtomakethemostrecenteventsavailablefor
analysis.Formoreinformationaboutthesystem-eventlog,seeAppendixA“IntegratedManagement
ModuleII(IMM2)errormessages”onpage203
.
Messagesarelistedontheleftsideofthescreen,anddetailsabouttheselectedmessagearedisplayed
ontherightsideofthescreen.Tomovefromoneentrytothenext,usetheUpArrow(↑)andDown
Arrow(↓)keys.
SomeIMM2sensorscauseassertioneventstobeloggedwhentheirsetpointsarereached.When
asetpointconditionnolongerexists,acorrespondingdeassertioneventislogged.However,not
alleventsareassertion-typeevents.
•IntegratedmanagementmoduleII(IMM2)eventlog:ThislogcontainsafilteredsubsetofallIMM2,
POST,andsystemmanagementinterrupt(SMI)events.YoucanviewtheIMM2eventlogthroughthe
IMM2webinterface.Formoreinformation,see“Loggingontothewebinterface”onpage74
.Youcan
alsoviewtheIMM2eventlogthroughtheDynamicSystemAnalysis(DSA)program(astheASMevent
log).FormoreinformationaboutIMM2errormessages,seeAppendixA“IntegratedManagementModule
II(IMM2)errormessages”onpage203.
•DSAeventlog:ThislogisgeneratedbytheDynamicSystemAnalysis(DSA)program,anditisa
chronologicallyorderedmergeofthesystem-eventlog(astheIPMIeventlog),theIMM2chassis-eventlog
(astheASMeventlog),andtheoperating-systemeventlogs.YoucanviewtheDSAeventlogthroughthe
DSAprogram(see“Viewingeventlogswithoutrestartingtheserver”onpage96
).Formoreinformation
aboutDSAandDSAmessages,see“IBMDynamicSystemAnalysis”onpage98andAppendixC“DSA
diagnostictestresults”onpage423.
ViewingeventlogsthroughtheSetuputility
UsethisinformationtoviewtheeventlogsthroughtheSetuputility.
ToviewthePOSTeventlogorsystem-eventlog,completethefollowingsteps:
Step1.Turnontheserver.
Step2.Whentheprompt<F1>Setupisdisplayed,pressF1.Ifyouhavesetbothapower-onpassword
andanadministratorpassword,youmusttypetheadministratorpasswordtoviewtheeventlogs.
Step3.SelectSystemEventLoganduseoneofthefollowingprocedures:
•ToviewthePOSTeventlog,selectPOSTEventViewer.
•Toviewthesystem-eventlog,selectSystemEventLog.
Viewingeventlogswithoutrestartingtheserver
Usethisinformationtoviewtheeventlogswithoutrestartingtheserver.
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