Lenovo System x3550 M5 - Clearing the Event Logs

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/blueprints/andclickUsingIntelligentPlatformManagement
Interface(IPMI)onLinuxplatforms.
YoucanviewtheIMM2eventlogthroughtheEventLoglinkintheintegratedmanagementmoduleII
(IMM2.1)Webinterface.Formoreinformation,see“LoggingontotheWebinterface”onpage44
.
Thefollowingtabledescribesthemethodsthatyoucanusetoviewtheeventlogs,dependingonthe
conditionoftheserver.Thefirstthreeconditionsgenerallydonotrequirethatyourestarttheserver.
Table6.Methodsforviewingeventlogs
ConditionAction
Theserverisnothungandisconnectedtoanetwork
(usinganoperatingsystemcontrollednetworkports).
Useanyofthefollowingmethods:
•RunLenovoToolsCenterSuiteCLItoviewthe
diagnosticeventlog(requiresIPMIdriver)orcreatean
outputfilethatyoucansendtoLenovoserviceand
support(usingftporlocalcopy).
•UseIPMItooltoviewthesystem-eventlog(requires
IPMIdriver).
•UsetheWebbrowserinterfacetotheIMMtoviewthe
system-eventloglocally(requiresRNDISUSBLAN
driver).
Theserverisnothungandisnotconnectedtoanetwork
(usinganoperatingsystemcontrollednetworkports).
•RunLenovoToolsCenterSuiteCLItoviewthe
diagnosticeventlog(requiresIPMIdriver)orcreatean
outputfilethatyoucansendtoLenovoserviceand
support(usingftporlocalcopy).
•UseIPMItooltoviewthesystem-eventlog(requires
IPMIdriver).
•UsetheWebbrowserinterfacetotheIMMtoviewthe
system-eventloglocally(requiresRNDISUSBLAN
driver).
Theserverisnothungandtheintegratedmanagement
moduleII(IMM2.1)isconnectedtoanetwork.
InaWebbrowser,typetheIPaddressfortheIMM2.1
andgototheEventLogpage.Formoreinformation,see
“ObtainingtheIMMhostname”onpage43
and“Logging
ontotheWebinterface”onpage44
.
Theserverishung,andnocommunicationcanbemade
withtheIMM.
•IfDSAPrebootisinstalled,restarttheserverandpress
F2tostartDSAPrebootandviewtheeventlogs(see
“RunningtheDSAPrebootdiagnosticprograms”on
page68
formoreinformation).
•Alternatively,youcanrestarttheserverandpressF1to
starttheSetupUtilityandviewthePOSTeventlogor
system-eventlog.Formoreinformation,see“Viewing
eventlogsthroughtheSetupUtility”onpage65
.
Clearingtheeventlogs
Usethisinformationtocleartheeventlogs.
Tocleartheeventlogs,completethefollowingsteps:
Note:ThePOSTerrorlogisautomaticallyclearedeachtimetheserverisrestarted.
Step1.Turnontheserver.
Step2.Whentheprompt<F1>Setupisdisplayed,pressF1.Ifyouhavesetbothapower-onpassword
andanadministratorpassword,youmusttypetheadministratorpasswordtoviewtheeventlogs.
Step3.TocleartheIMMsystem-eventlog,selectSystemEventLogs➙ClearSystemEventLog,
then,pressEntertwice.
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