Lenovo System x3500 M5 Type 5464 - Post

Table15.Methodsforviewingeventlogs(continued)
ConditionAction
•UsethewebbrowserinterfacetotheIMM2.1toview
thesystem-eventloglocally(requiresRNDISUSBLAN
driver).
Theserverisnothungandisnotconnectedtoanetwork
(usinganoperatingsystemcontrollednetworkports).
•RunDSAPortabletoviewthediagnosticeventlog
(requiresIPMIdriver)orcreateanoutputfilethatyou
cansendtoserviceandsupport(usingftporlocal
copy).
•UseIPMItooltoviewthesystem-eventlog(requires
IPMIdriver).
•UsethewebbrowserinterfacetotheIMM2.1toview
thesystem-eventloglocally(requiresRNDISUSBLAN
driver).
TheserverisnothungandtheIntegratedManagement
ModuleII(IMM2)isconnectedtoanetwork.
Inawebbrowser,typetheIPaddressfortheIMM2.1
andgototheEventLogpage.Formoreinformation,
see“ObtainingtheIMM2.1hostname”onpage114
and
“Loggingontothewebinterface”onpage115.
Theserverishung,andnocommunicationcanbemade
withtheIMM2.1.
•IfDSAPrebootisinstalled,restarttheserverandpress
F2tostartDSAPrebootandviewtheeventlogs(see
“RunningDSAPrebootdiagnosticprograms”onpage
143
formoreinformation).
•Alternatively,youcanrestarttheserverandpressF1to
starttheSetuputilityandviewthePOSTeventlogor
system-eventlog.Formoreinformation,see“Viewing
eventlogsthroughtheSetuputility”onpage140.
Clearingtheeventlogs
Usethisinformationtocleartheeventlogs.
Tocleartheeventlogs,completethefollowingsteps.
Note:ThePOSTerrorlogisautomaticallyclearedeachtimetheserverisrestarted.
Step1.Turnontheserver.
Step2.Whentheprompt<F1>Setupisdisplayed,pressF1.Ifyouhavesetbothapower-onpassword
andanadministratorpassword,youmusttypetheadministratorpasswordtoviewtheeventlogs.
Step3.TocleartheIMM2.1system-eventlog,selectSystemEventLogs➙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
page1017
formoreinformation.
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