Lenovo System x3550 M5 - Viewing Event Logs Without Restarting the Server

managementmodule(IMM).Youcanviewthecontentsofthesystem-eventlogthroughtheSetupUtility
andthroughtheDynamicSystemAnalysis(DSA)program(asIPMIeventlog).
Thesystem-eventlogislimitedinsize.Whenitisfull,newentrieswillnotoverwriteexistingentries;
therefore,youmustperiodicallyclearthesystem-eventlogthroughtheSetupUtility.Whenyouare
troubleshootinganerror,youmighthavetosaveandthenclearthesystem-eventlogtomakethemost
recenteventsavailableforanalysis.Formoreinformationaboutthesystem-eventlog,seeAppendixA
“Integratedmanagementmodule2.1(IMM2.1)errormessages”onpage285
.
Messagesarelistedontheleftsideofthescreen,anddetailsabouttheselectedmessagearedisplayed
ontherightsideofthescreen.Tomovefromoneentrytothenext,usetheUpArrow(↑)andDown
Arrow(↓)keys.
SomeIMMsensorscauseassertioneventstobeloggedwhentheirsetpointsarereached.Whena
setpointconditionnolongerexists,acorrespondingdeassertioneventislogged.However,notallevents
areassertion-typeevents.
•Integratedmanagementmodule2.1(IMM2.1.1)eventlog:Thislogcontainsafilteredsubsetofall
IMM,POST,andsystemmanagementinterrupt(SMI)events.YoucanviewtheIMMeventlogthrough
theIMMWebinterface.Formoreinformation,see“LoggingontotheWebinterface”onpage44
.You
canalsoviewtheIMMeventlogthroughtheDynamicSystemAnalysis(DSA)program(astheASM
eventlog).FormoreinformationaboutIMMerrormessages,seeAppendixA“Integratedmanagement
module2.1(IMM2.1)errormessages”onpage285
.
•DSAeventlog:ThislogisgeneratedbytheDynamicSystemAnalysis(DSA)program,anditisa
chronologicallyorderedmergeofthesystem-eventlog(astheIPMIeventlog),theIMM2chassiseventlog
(astheASMeventlog),andtheoperating-systemeventlogs.YoucanviewtheDSAeventlogthroughthe
DSAprogram(see“Viewingeventlogswithoutrestartingtheserver”onpage65
).Formoreinformation
aboutDSAandDSAmessages,see“DynamicSystemAnalysis”onpage67andAppendixC“DSA
diagnostictestresults”onpage949.
ViewingeventlogsthroughtheSetupUtility
UsethisinformationtovieweventlogsthroughtheSetupUtility.
ToviewthePOSTeventlogorsystem-eventlog,completethefollowingsteps:
Step1.Turnontheserver.
Step2.Whentheprompt<F1>Setupisdisplayed,pressF1.Ifyouhavesetbothapower-onpasswordand
anadministratorpassword,youmusttypetheadministratorpasswordtoviewtheeventlogs.
Step3.SelectSystemEventLogsanduseoneofthefollowingprocedures:
•ToviewthePOSTeventlog,selectPOSTEventViewers.
•Toviewthesystem-eventlog,selectSystemEventLog.
Viewingeventlogswithoutrestartingtheserver
IftheserverisnothungandtheIMMisconnectedtoanetwork,methodsareavailableforyoutoviewoneor
moreeventlogswithouthavingtorestarttheserver.
IfyouhaveinstalledLenovoToolsCenterSuiteCLI,youcanuseittoviewthesystem-eventlog(astheIPMI
eventlog),ortheIMM2chassiseventlog(astheASMeventlog),theoperating-systemeventlogs,orthe
mergedLenovoToolsCenterSuiteCLIlog.YoucanalsouseDSAPreboottoviewtheselogs,althoughyou
mustrestarttheserver.ToinstallLenovoToolsCenterSuiteCLIorcheckforanddownloadalaterversionof
LenovoToolsCenterSuiteCLIimage,gotohttps://support.lenovo.com/us/en/documents/LNVO-CENTER.
IfIPMItoolisinstalledintheserver,youcanuseittoviewthesystem-eventlog.Mostrecentversions
oftheLinuxoperatingsystemcomewithacurrentversionofIPMItool.ForanoverviewofIPMI,goto
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