Lenovo System x3250 M4 - Page 111

IftheserverisnothungandtheIMM2isconnectedtoanetwork,methodsareavailableforyoutoviewone
ormoreeventlogswithouthavingtorestarttheserver.
IfyouhaveinstalledDynamicSystemAnalysis(DSA)Portable,youcanuseittoviewthesystem-eventlog
(astheIPMIeventlog),ortheIMM2eventlog(astheASMeventlog),theoperating-systemeventlogs,or
themergedDSAlog.YoucanalsouseDSAPreboottoviewtheselogs,althoughyoumustrestarttheserver
touseDSAPreboot.ToinstallDSAPortableorcheckforanddownloadalaterversionofDSAPrebootCD
image,gotohttps://support.lenovo.com/us/en/documents/LNVO-DSA.
IfIPMItoolisinstalledintheserver,youcanuseittoviewthesystem-eventlog.Mostrecentversions
oftheLinuxoperatingsystemcomewithacurrentversionofIPMItool.ForanoverviewofIPMI,goto
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/blueprints/andclickUsingIntelligentPlatformManagement
Interface(IPMI)onIBMLinuxplatforms.
YoucanviewtheIMM2eventlogthroughtheEventLoglinkintheintegratedmanagementmoduleII(IMM2)
webinterface.Formoreinformation,see“Loggingontothewebinterface”onpage74
.
Thefollowingtabledescribesthemethodsthatyoucanusetoviewtheeventlogs,dependingonthe
conditionoftheserver.Thefirstthreeconditionsgenerallydonotrequirethatyourestarttheserver.
Table15.Methodsforviewingeventlogs
ConditionAction
Theserverisnothungandisconnectedtoanetwork
(usinganoperatingsystemcontrollednetworkports).
Useanyofthefollowingmethods:
•RunDSAPortabletoviewthediagnosticeventlog
(requiresIPMIdriver)orcreateanoutputfilethatyou
cansendtoIBMserviceandsupport(usingftporlocal
copy).
•UseIPMItooltoviewthesystem-eventlog(requires
IPMIdriver).
•UsethewebbrowserinterfacetotheIMM2toview
thesystem-eventloglocally(requiresRNDISUSBLAN
driver).
Theserverisnothungandisnotconnectedtoanetwork
(usinganoperatingsystemcontrollednetworkports).
•RunDSAPortabletoviewthediagnosticeventlog
(requiresIPMIdriver)orcreateanoutputfilethatyou
cansendtoIBMserviceandsupport(usingftporlocal
copy).
•UseIPMItooltoviewthesystem-eventlog(requires
IPMIdriver).
•UsethewebbrowserinterfacetotheIMM2toview
thesystem-eventloglocally(requiresRNDISUSBLAN
driver).
TheserverisnothungandtheIntegratedManagement
ModuleII(IMM2)isconnectedtoanetwork.
Inawebbrowser,typetheIPaddressfortheIMM2and
gototheEventLogpage.Formoreinformation,see
“ObtainingtheIMMhostname”onpage73and“Logging
ontothewebinterface”onpage74.
Theserverishung,andnocommunicationcanbemade
withtheIMM2.
•IfDSAPrebootisinstalled,restarttheserverandpress
F2tostartDSAPrebootandviewtheeventlogs(see
“RunningDSAPrebootdiagnosticprograms”onpage
99
formoreinformation).
•Alternatively,youcanrestarttheserverandpressF1to
starttheSetuputilityandviewthePOSTeventlogor
system-eventlog.Formoreinformation,see“Viewing
eventlogsthroughtheSetuputility”onpage96
.
Chapter4.Troubleshooting97