Lenovo System x3500 M5 Type 5464 - Viewing Event Logs Without Restarting the Server

•DSAeventlog:ThislogisgeneratedbytheDynamicSystemAnalysis(DSA)program,anditisa
chronologicallyorderedmergeofthesystem-eventlog(astheIPMIeventlog),theIMM2.1chassis-event
log(astheASMeventlog),andtheoperating-systemeventlogs.YoucanviewtheDSAeventlog
throughtheDSAprogram(see“Viewingeventlogswithoutrestartingtheserver”onpage140
).Formore
informationaboutDSAandDSAmessages,see“DynamicSystemAnalysis”onpage142
andAppendix
C“DSAdiagnostictestresults”onpage1041.
ViewingeventlogsthroughtheSetuputility
UsethisinformationtoviewtheeventlogsthroughtheSetuputility.
ToviewthePOSTeventlogorsystem-eventlog,completethefollowingsteps:
Step1.Turnontheserver.
Step2.Whentheprompt<F1>Setupisdisplayed,pressF1.Ifyouhavesetbothapower-onpassword
andanadministratorpassword,youmusttypetheadministratorpasswordtoviewtheeventlogs.
Step3.SelectSystemEventLogsanduseoneofthefollowingprocedures:
•ToviewthePOSTeventlog,selectPOSTEventViewers.
•Toviewthesystem-eventlog,selectSystemEventLog.
Viewingeventlogswithoutrestartingtheserver
Usethisinformationtoviewtheeventlogswithoutrestartingtheserver.
IftheserverisnothungandtheIMM2.1isconnectedtoanetwork,methodsareavailableforyoutoview
oneormoreeventlogswithouthavingtorestarttheserver.
IfyouhaveinstalledDynamicSystemAnalysis(DSA)Portable,youcanuseittoviewthesystem-eventlog
(astheIPMIeventlog),ortheIMM2.1eventlog(astheASMeventlog),theoperating-systemeventlogs,or
themergedDSAlog.YoucanalsouseDSAPreboottoviewtheselogs,althoughyoumustrestarttheserver
touseDSAPreboot.ToinstallDSAPortableorcheckforanddownloadalaterversionofDSAPrebootCD
image,gotohttps://support.lenovo.com/us/en/documents/LNVO-DSA.
IfIPMItoolisinstalledintheserver,youcanuseittoviewthesystem-eventlog.Mostrecentversions
oftheLinuxoperatingsystemcomewithacurrentversionofIPMItool.ForanoverviewofIPMI,goto
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/blueprints/andclickUsingIntelligentPlatformManagement
Interface(IPMI)onLinuxplatforms.
YoucanviewtheIMM2.1eventlogthroughtheEventLoglinkintheIntegratedManagementModuleII
(IMM2)webinterface.Formoreinformation,see“Loggingontothewebinterface”onpage115
.
Thefollowingtabledescribesthemethodsthatyoucanusetoviewtheeventlogs,dependingonthe
conditionoftheserver.Thefirstthreeconditionsgenerallydonotrequirethatyourestarttheserver.
Table15.Methodsforviewingeventlogs
ConditionAction
Theserverisnothungandisconnectedtoanetwork
(usinganoperatingsystemcontrollednetworkports).
Useanyofthefollowingmethods:
•RunDSAPortabletoviewthediagnosticeventlog
(requiresIPMIdriver)orcreateanoutputfilethatyou
cansendtoserviceandsupport(usingftporlocal
copy).
•UseIPMItooltoviewthesystem-eventlog(requires
IPMIdriver).
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