Lenovo System x3500 M5 Type 5464 - Event Logs

Table14.SystempulseLEDs
LEDDescriptionAction
IMM2.1heartbeatIMM2.1heartbeatbootprocess.
Thefollowingstepsdescribethedifferentstages
oftheIMM2.1heartbeatsequencingprocess.
1.WhenthisLEDisblinkingfast
(approximately4Hz),thisindicates,
thattheIMM2.1codeisintheloading
process.
2.WhenthisLEDgoesoffmomentarily,this
indicatesthattheIMM2.1codehasloaded
completely.
3.WhenthisLEDgoesoffmomentarilyand
thenstartsblinkingslowing(approximately
1Hz),thisindicatesthatIMM2.1isfully
operational.Youcannowpressthe
power-controlbuttontopower-onthe
server.
4.IfthisLEDdoesnotblinkwithin30seconds
ofconnectingapowersourcetotheserver,
(trainedtechnicianonly)replacethesystem
board.
Eventlogs
ErrorcodesandmessagesaredisplayedinPOSTeventlog,system-eventlog,IntegratedManagement
ModuleII(IMM2)eventlog,andDSAeventlog.
•POSTeventlog:Thislogcontainsthemostrecenterrorcodesandmessagesthatweregeneratedduring
POST.YoucanviewthecontentsofthePOSTeventlogfromtheSetuputility(see“StartingtheSetup
utility”onpage107
).FormoreinformationaboutPOSTerrorcodes,seeAppendixB“UEFI(POST)
errorcodes”onpage1017.
•System-eventlog:ThislogcontainsPOSTandsystemmanagementinterrupt(SMI)eventsandall
eventsthataregeneratedbythebaseboardmanagementcontrollerthatisembeddedintheIntegrated
ManagementModuleII(IMM2).Youcanviewthecontentsofthesystem-eventlogthroughtheSetup
utilityandthroughtheDynamicSystemAnalysis(DSA)program(asIPMIeventlog).Thesystem-event
logislimitedinsize.Whenitisfull,newentrieswillnotoverwriteexistingentries;therefore,youmust
periodicallyclearthesystem-eventlogthroughtheSetuputility.Whenyouaretroubleshootinganerror,
youmighthavetosaveandthenclearthesystem-eventlogtomakethemostrecenteventsavailablefor
analysis.Formoreinformationaboutthesystem-eventlog,seeAppendixA“IntegratedManagement
ModuleII(IMM2)errormessages”onpage295
.
Messagesarelistedontheleftsideofthescreen,anddetailsabouttheselectedmessagearedisplayed
ontherightsideofthescreen.Tomovefromoneentrytothenext,usetheUpArrow(↑)andDown
Arrow(↓)keys.
SomeIMM2.1sensorscauseassertioneventstobeloggedwhentheirsetpointsarereached.Whena
setpointconditionnolongerexists,acorrespondingdeassertioneventislogged.However,notallevents
areassertion-typeevents.
•IntegratedManagementModuleII(IMM2)eventlog:ThislogcontainsafilteredsubsetofallIMM2.1,
POST,andsystemmanagementinterrupt(SMI)events.YoucanviewtheIMM2.1eventlogthroughthe
IMM2.1webinterface.Formoreinformation,see“Loggingontothewebinterface”onpage115
.You
canalsoviewtheIMM2.1eventlogthroughtheDynamicSystemAnalysis(DSA)program(astheASM
eventlog).FormoreinformationaboutIMM2.1errormessages,seeAppendixA“IntegratedManagement
ModuleII(IMM2)errormessages”onpage295
.
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