Lenovo System x3500 M4 - Lenovo Dynamic System Analysis

Ifapower-onpasswordisset,youmusttypethepasswordandpressEnter(whenyouareprompted),
forPOSTtorun.
IfPOSTdetectsaproblem,anerrormessageisdisplayed.SeeAppendixB“UEFI(POST)errorcodes”on
page965
formoreinformation.
IfPOSTdetectsaproblem,anerrormessageissenttothePOSTeventlog,see“Eventlogs”onpage
141formoreinformation.
LenovoDynamicSystemAnalysis
LenovoDynamicSystemAnalysis(DSA)collectsandanalyzessysteminformationtoaidindiagnosing
serverproblems.
DSAcollectsthefollowinginformationabouttheserver:
•Drivehealthinformation
•EventlogsforServeRAIDcontrollersandserviceprocessors
•Hardwareinventory,includingPCIandUSBinformation
•Installedapplicationsandhotfixes(availableinDSAPortableonly)
•Kernelmodules(availableinDSAPortableonly)
•Lightpathdiagnosticsstatus
•Networkinterfacesandsettings
•Performancedataanddetailsaboutprocessesthatarerunning
•RAIDcontrollerconfiguration
•Serviceprocessor(IntegratedManagementModuleII(IMM2))statusandconfiguration
•Systemconfiguration
•Vitalproductdataandfirmwareinformation
Forsystem-specificinformationabouttheactionthatyoushouldtakeasaresultofamessagethatDSA
generates,seeAppendixC“DSAdiagnostictestresults”onpage989
.
IfyoucannotfindaproblembyusingDSA,see“Solvingundeterminedproblems”onpage161
for
informationabouttestingtheserver.
Note:DSAPrebootmightappeartobeunresponsivewhenyoustarttheprogram.Thisisnormaloperation
whiletheprogramloads.
MakesurethattheserverhasthelatestversionoftheDSAcode.ToobtainDSAcodeandthe
DynamicSystemAnalysisInstallationandUser'sGuide,gotohttps://support.lenovo.com/us/
en/documents/LNVO-DSA.
DSAeditions
TwoeditionsofDynamicSystemAnalysisareavailable.
•DSAPortable
DSAPortableEditionrunswithintheoperatingsystem;youdonothavetorestarttheservertorunit.Itis
packagedasaself-extractingfilethatyoudownloadfromtheweb.Whenyourunthefile,itself-extracts
toatemporaryfolderandperformscomprehensivecollectionofhardwareandoperating-system
information.Afteritruns,itautomaticallydeletesthetemporaryfilesandfolderandleavestheresultsof
thedatacollectionanddiagnosticsontheserver.
Ifyouareunabletorestarttheserver,useDSAPortable.
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