Lenovo System x3250 M5 - Dsa Editions

•Lightpathdiagnosticsstatus
•Networkinterfacesandsettings
•Performancedataanddetailsaboutprocessesthatarerunning
•RAIDcontrollerconfiguration
•Serviceprocessor(IntegratedManagementModuleII(IMM2))statusandconfiguration
•Systemconfiguration
•Vitalproductdataandfirmwareinformation
Forsystem-specificinformationabouttheactionthatyoushouldtakeasaresultofamessagethatDSA
generates,seeAppendixC“DSAdiagnostictestresults”onpage549
.
IfyoucannotfindaproblembyusingDSA,see“Solvingundeterminedproblems”onpage141for
informationabouttestingtheserver.
Note:DSAPrebootmightappeartobeunresponsivewhenyoustarttheprogram.Thisisnormaloperation
whiletheprogramloads.
MakesurethattheserverhasthelatestversionoftheDSAcode.Toobtain
DSAcodeandtheDynamicSystemAnalysisInstallationandUser'sGuide,goto
http://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/docdisplay?lndocid=SERV-DSA.
DSAeditions
TwoeditionsofDynamicSystemAnalysisareavailable.
•DSAPortable
DSAPortableEditionrunswithintheoperatingsystem;youdonothavetorestarttheservertorunit.Itis
packagedasaself-extractingfilethatyoudownloadfromtheweb.Whenyourunthefile,itself-extracts
toatemporaryfolderandperformscomprehensivecollectionofhardwareandoperating-system
information.Afteritruns,itautomaticallydeletesthetemporaryfilesandfolderandleavestheresultsof
thedatacollectionanddiagnosticsontheserver.
Ifyouareunabletorestarttheserver,useDSAPortable.
•DSAPreboot
DSAPrebootrunsoutsideoftheoperatingsystem;youmustrestarttheservertorunit.Itisprovided
intheflashmemoryontheserver,oryoucancreateabootablemediasuchasaCD,DVD,ISO,USB,
orPXEusingtheToolsCenterBootableMediaCreator(BoMC).Formoredetails,seetheBoMCUser
Guideathttp://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/docdisplay?lndocid=LNVO-BOMC.Inadditionto
thecapabilitiesoftheothereditionsofDSA,DSAPrebootincludesdiagnosticroutinesthatwouldbe
disruptivetorunwithintheoperating-systemenvironment(suchasresettingdevicesandcausinglossof
networkconnectivity).Ithasagraphicaluserinterfacethatyoucanusetospecifywhichdiagnosticsto
runandtoviewthediagnosticanddatacollectionresults.
DSAPrebootprovidesdiagnosticsforthefollowingsystemcomponents,iftheyareinstalled:
–Emulexnetworkadapter
–Opticaldevices(CDorDVD)
–Tapedrives(SCSI,SAS,orSATA)
–Memory
–Microprocessor
–Checkpointpanel
–I2Cbus
–SASandSATAdrives
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