Lenovo System x3550 M4 - Post; Dynamic System Analysis

Table16.Methodsforviewingeventlogs(continued)
ConditionAction
Theserverisnothungandtheintegratedmanagement
moduleII(IMM2)isconnectedtoanetwork.
Inawebbrowser,typetheIPaddressfortheIMM2
andgototheEventLogpage.Formoreinformation,
see“ObtainingtheIMMhostname”onpage105
and
“Loggingontothewebinterface”onpage106.
Theserverishung,andnocommunicationcanbemade
withtheIMM.
•IfDSAPrebootisinstalled,restarttheserverandpress
F2tostartDSAPrebootandviewtheeventlogs(see
“RunningtheDSAPrebootdiagnosticprograms”on
page137
formoreinformation).
•Alternatively,youcanrestarttheserverandpressF1to
starttheSetuputilityandviewthePOSTeventlogor
system-eventlog.Formoreinformation,see“Viewing
eventlogsthroughtheSetuputility”onpage134
.
Clearingtheeventlogs
Usethisinformationtocleartheeventlogs.
Tocleartheeventlogs,completethefollowingsteps:
Note:ThePOSTerrorlogisautomaticallyclearedeachtimetheserverisrestarted.
Step1.Turnontheserver.
Step2.Whentheprompt<F1>Setupisdisplayed,pressF1.Ifyouhavesetbothapower-onpasswordand
anadministratorpassword,youmusttypetheadministratorpasswordtoviewtheeventlogs.
Step3.TocleartheIMMsystem-eventlog,selectSystemEventLogs➙ClearSystemEventLog,
then,pressEntertwice.
POST
Whenyouturnontheserver,itperformsaseriesofteststochecktheoperationoftheservercomponents
andsomeoptionaldevicesintheserver.Thisseriesoftestsiscalledthepower-onself-test,orPOST.
Note:Thisserverdoesnotusebeepcodesforserverstatus.
Ifapower-onpasswordisset,youmusttypethepasswordandpressEnter(whenyouareprompted),
forPOSTtorun.
IfPOSTdetectsaproblem,anerrormessageisdisplayed.SeeAppendixB“UEFI/POSTdiagnosticcodes”
onpage791formoreinformation.
IfPOSTdetectsaproblem,anerrormessageissenttothePOSTeventlog,see“Eventlogs”onpage
133formoreinformation.
DynamicSystemAnalysis
DynamicSystemAnalysis(DSA)collectsandanalyzessysteminformationtoaidindiagnosingserver
problems.
DSAcollectsthefollowinginformationabouttheserver:
•Drivehealthinformation
•EventlogsforServeRAIDcontrollersandserviceprocessors
•Hardwareinventory,includingPCIandUSBinformation
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