Lenovo System x3250 M4 - Post; IBM Dynamic System Analysis

Clearingtheeventlogs
Usethisinformationtocleartheeventlogs.
Tocleartheeventlogs,completethefollowingsteps.
Note:ThePOSTerrorlogisautomaticallyclearedeachtimetheserverisrestarted.
Step1.Turnontheserver.
Step2.Whentheprompt<F1>Setupisdisplayed,pressF1.Ifyouhavesetbothapower-onpassword
andanadministratorpassword,youmusttypetheadministratorpasswordtoviewtheeventlogs.
Step3.TocleartheIMM2system-eventlog,selectSystemEventLog➙ClearSystemEventLog,
then,pressEntertwice.
POST
Whenyouturnontheserver,itperformsaseriesofteststochecktheoperationoftheservercomponents
andsomeoptionaldevicesintheserver.Thisseriesoftestsiscalledthepower-onself-test,orPOST.
Note:Thisserverdoesnotusebeepcodesforserverstatus.
Ifapower-onpasswordisset,youmusttypethepasswordandpressEnter(whenyouareprompted),
forPOSTtorun.
IfPOSTdetectsaproblem,anerrormessageisdisplayed.SeeAppendixB“UEFI(POST)errorcodes”on
page405formoreinformation.
IfPOSTdetectsaproblem,anerrormessageissenttothePOSTeventlog,see“Eventlogs”onpage
96formoreinformation.
IBMDynamicSystemAnalysis
IBMDynamicSystemAnalysis(DSA)collectsandanalyzessysteminformationtoaidindiagnosingserver
problems.
DSAcollectsthefollowinginformationabouttheserver:
•Drivehealthinformation
•EventlogsforServeRAIDcontrollersandserviceprocessors
•Hardwareinventory,includingPCIandUSBinformation
•Installedapplicationsandhotfixes(availableinDSAPortableonly)
•Kernelmodules(availableinDSAPortableonly)
•Lightpathdiagnosticsstatus
•Networkinterfacesandsettings
•Performancedataanddetailsaboutprocessesthatarerunning
•RAIDcontrollerconfiguration
•Serviceprocessor(integratedmanagementmodule)statusandconfiguration
•Systemconfiguration
•Vitalproductdataandfirmwareinformation
Forsystem-specificinformationabouttheactionthatyoushouldtakeasaresultofamessagethatDSA
generates,seeAppendixC“DSAdiagnostictestresults”onpage423
.
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