Lenovo System x3250 M5 - Post; Dynamic System Analysis

Table15.Methodsforviewingeventlogs(continued)
ConditionAction
Theserverisnothungandthe
IntegratedManagementModuleII
(IMM2)isconnectedtoanetwork.
Inawebbrowser,typetheIPaddressfortheIMM2andgototheEventLog
page.Formoreinformation,see“ObtainingtheIMM2hostname”onpage97
and“Loggingontothewebinterface”onpage98.
Theserverishung,andno
communicationcanbemade
withtheIMM2.
•IfDSAPrebootisinstalled,restarttheserverandpressF2tostartDSA
Prebootandviewtheeventlogs(see“RunningDSAPrebootdiagnostic
programs”onpage126
formoreinformation).
•Alternatively,youcanrestarttheserverandpressF1tostarttheSetup
utilityandviewthePOSTeventlogorsystem-eventlog.Formore
information,see“ViewingeventlogsthroughtheSetuputility”onpage122
.
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
page533formoreinformation.
IfPOSTdetectsaproblem,anerrormessageissenttothePOSTeventlog,see“Eventlogs”onpage
122formoreinformation.
DynamicSystemAnalysis
DynamicSystemAnalysis(DSA)collectsandanalyzessysteminformationtoaidindiagnosingserver
problems.
DSAcollectsthefollowinginformationabouttheserver:
•Drivehealthinformation
•EventlogsforServeRAIDcontrollersandserviceprocessors
•Hardwareinventory,includingPCIandUSBinformation
•Installedapplicationsandhotfixes(availableinDSAPortableonly)
•Kernelmodules(availableinDSAPortableonly)
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