Lenovo System x3550 M4 - Event Logs

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Eventlogs
ErrorcodesandmessagesdisplayedinPOSTeventlog,system-eventlog,integratedmanagementmodule
(IMM2)eventlog,andDSAeventlog.
•POSTeventlog:Thislogcontainsthemostrecenterrorcodesandmessagesthatweregenerated
duringPOST.YoucanviewthecontentsofthePOSTeventlogfromtheSetuputility(see“Startingthe
Setuputility”onpage97).FormoreinformationaboutPOSTerrorcodes,seeAppendixB“UEFI/POST
diagnosticcodes”onpage791.
•System-eventlog:ThislogcontainsPOSTandsystemmanagementinterrupt(SMI)eventsandall
eventsthataregeneratedbythebaseboardmanagementcontrollerthatisembeddedintheintegrated
managementmodule(IMM).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”onpage309
.
Messagesarelistedontheleftsideofthescreen,anddetailsabouttheselectedmessagearedisplayed
ontherightsideofthescreen.Tomovefromoneentrytothenext,usetheUpArrow(↑)andDown
Arrow(↓)keys.
SomeIMMsensorscauseassertioneventstobeloggedwhentheirsetpointsarereached.Whena
setpointconditionnolongerexists,acorrespondingdeassertioneventislogged.However,notallevents
areassertion-typeevents.
•IntegratedmanagementmoduleII(IMM2)eventlog:ThislogcontainsafilteredsubsetofallIMM,
POST,andsystemmanagementinterrupt(SMI)events.YoucanviewtheIMMeventlogthroughtheIMM
webinterface.Formoreinformation,see“Loggingontothewebinterface”onpage106.Youcanalso
viewtheIMMeventlogthroughtheDynamicSystemAnalysis(DSA)program(astheASMeventlog).
FormoreinformationaboutIMMerrormessages,seeAppendixA“IntegratedmanagementmoduleII
(IMM2)errormessages”onpage309
.
•DSAeventlog:ThislogisgeneratedbytheDynamicSystemAnalysis(DSA)program,anditisa
chronologicallyorderedmergeofthesystem-eventlog(astheIPMIeventlog),theIMMchassis-eventlog
(astheASMeventlog),andtheoperating-systemeventlogs.YoucanviewtheDSAeventlogthroughthe
DSAprogram(see“Viewingeventlogswithoutrestartingtheserver”onpage134
).Formoreinformation
aboutDSAandDSAmessages,see“DynamicSystemAnalysis”onpage135andAppendixC“DSA
diagnostictestresults”onpage815.
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