Lenovo System x3550 M4 - Dsa Editions

•Installedapplicationsandhotfixes(availableinDSAPortableonly)
•Kernelmodules(availableinDSAPortableonly)
•Lightpathdiagnosticsstatus
•Networkinterfacesandsettings
•Performancedataanddetailsaboutprocessesthatarerunning
•RAIDcontrollerconfiguration
•Serviceprocessor(integratedmanagementmodule)statusandconfiguration
•Systemconfiguration
•Vitalproductdataandfirmwareinformation
Forsystem-specificinformationabouttheactionthatyoushouldtakeasaresultofamessagethatDSA
generates,seeAppendixC“DSAdiagnostictestresults”onpage815
.
IfyoucannotfindaproblembyusingDSA,see“Solvingundeterminedproblems”onpage158
for
informationabouttestingtheserver.
Note:DSAPrebootmightappeartobeunresponsivewhenyoustarttheprogram.Thisisnormaloperation
whiletheprogramloads.
MakesurethattheserverhasthelatestversionoftheDSAcode.Toobtain
DSAcodeandtheDynamicSystemAnalysisInstallationandUser'sGuide,goto
http://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/docdisplay?lndocid=SERV-DSA.
DSAeditions
TwoeditionsofDynamicSystemAnalysisareavailable.
•DSAPortable
DSAPortableEditionrunswithintheoperatingsystem;youdonothavetorestarttheservertorunit.Itis
packagedasaself-extractingfilethatyoudownloadfromtheweb.Whenyourunthefile,itself-extracts
toatemporaryfolderandperformscomprehensivecollectionofhardwareandoperating-system
information.Afteritruns,itautomaticallydeletesthetemporaryfilesandfolderandleavestheresultsof
thedatacollectionanddiagnosticsontheserver.
Ifyouareunabletorestarttheserver,useDSAPortable.
•DSAPreboot
DSAPrebootrunsoutsideoftheoperatingsystem;youmustrestarttheservertorunit.Itisprovidedin
theflashmemoryontheserver,oryoucancreateabootablemediasuchasaCD,DVD,ISO,USB,orPXE
usingtheToolsCenterBootableMediaCreator(BoMC).Formoredetails,seetheBoMCInstallationand
User'sGuideathttp://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/docdisplay?lndocid=LNVO-BOMC.Inaddition
tothecapabilitiesoftheothereditionsofDSA,DSAPrebootincludesdiagnosticroutinesthatwouldbe
disruptivetorunwithintheoperating-systemenvironment(suchasresettingdevicesandcausinglossof
networkconnectivity).Ithasagraphicaluserinterfacethatyoucanusetospecifywhichdiagnosticsto
runandtoviewthediagnosticanddatacollectionresults.
DSAPrebootprovidesdiagnosticsforthefollowingsystemcomponents,iftheyareinstalled:
–Emulexnetworkadapter
–Opticaldevices(CDorDVD)
–Tapedrives(SCSI,SAS,orSATA)
–Memory
–Microprocessor
–Checkpointpanel
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