Lenovo System x3550 M5 - Post; Dynamic System Analysis

POST
Whenyouturnontheserver,itperformsaseriesofteststochecktheoperationoftheservercomponents
andsomeoptionaldevicesintheserver.Thisseriesoftestsiscalledthepower-onself-test,orPOST.
Note:Thisserverdoesnotusebeepcodesforserverstatus.
Ifapower-onpasswordisset,youmusttypethepasswordandpressEnter(whenyouareprompted),
forPOSTtorun.
IfPOSTdetectsaproblem,anerrormessageisdisplayed.SeeAppendixB“UEFI/POSTdiagnosticcodes”
onpage925formoreinformation.
IfPOSTdetectsaproblem,anerrormessageissenttothePOSTeventlog,see“Eventlogs”onpage
64formoreinformation.
DynamicSystemAnalysis
DynamicSystemAnalysis(DSA)collectsandanalyzessysteminformationtoaidindiagnosingserver
problems.
DSAcollectsthefollowinginformationabouttheserver:
•Drivehealthinformation
•EventlogsforServeRAIDcontrollersandserviceprocessors
•Hardwareinventory,includingPCIandUSBinformation
•Lightpathdiagnosticsstatus
•Networkinterfacesandsettings
•Performancedataanddetailsaboutprocessesthatarerunning
•RAIDcontrollerconfiguration
•Serviceprocessor(integratedmanagementmodule)statusandconfiguration
•Systemconfiguration
•Vitalproductdataandfirmwareinformation
•IMMconfigurationinformation
•IMMenvironmentalinformation
•Optioncarddriverandfirmwareinformation
Forsystem-specificinformationabouttheactionthatyoushouldtakeasaresultofamessagethatDSA
generates,seeAppendixC“DSAdiagnostictestresults”onpage949
.
IfyoucannotfindaproblembyusingDSA,see“Solvingundeterminedproblems”onpage89forinformation
abouttestingtheserver.
Note:DSAPrebootmightappeartobeunresponsivewhenyoustarttheprogram.Thisisnormaloperation
whiletheprogramloads.
MakesurethattheserverhasthelatestversionoftheDSAcode.ToobtainDSAcodeandthe
DynamicSystemAnalysisInstallationandUser'sGuide,gotohttps://support.lenovo.com/us/
en/documents/LNVO-DSA.
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