Lenovo System x3650 M4 HD - Dsa Editions

•EventlogsforServeRAIDcontrollersandserviceprocessors
•Hardwareinventory,includingPCIandUSBinformation
•Installedapplicationsandhotfixes(availableinDSAPortableonly)
•Kernelmodules(availableinDSAPortableonly)
•Lightpathdiagnosticsstatus
•Networkinterfacesandsettings
•Performancedataanddetailsaboutprocessesthatarerunning
•RAIDcontrollerconfiguration
•Serviceprocessor(integratedmanagementmodule)statusandconfiguration
•Systemconfiguration
•Vitalproductdataandfirmwareinformation
Forsystem-specificinformationabouttheactionthatyoushouldtakeasaresultofamessagethatDSA
generates,seeAppendixC“DSAdiagnostictestresults”onpage977
.
IfyoucannotfindaproblembyusingDSA,see“Solvingundeterminedproblems”onpage160for
informationabouttestingtheserver.
Note:DSAPrebootmightappeartobeunresponsivewhenyoustarttheprogram.Thisisnormaloperation
whiletheprogramloads.
MakesurethattheserverhasthelatestversionoftheDSAcode.ToobtainDSAcodeandthe
DynamicSystemAnalysisInstallationandUser'sGuide,gotohttps://support.lenovo.com/us/
en/documents/LNVO-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,seetheBoMCUserGuideat
https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/documents/LNVO-BOMC.Inadditiontothecapabilitiesoftheother
editionsofDSA,DSAPrebootincludesdiagnosticroutinesthatwouldbedisruptivetorunwithinthe
operating-systemenvironment(suchasresettingdevicesandcausinglossofnetworkconnectivity).It
hasagraphicaluserinterfacethatyoucanusetospecifywhichdiagnosticstorunandtoviewthe
diagnosticanddatacollectionresults.
DSAPrebootprovidesdiagnosticsforthefollowingsystemcomponents,iftheyareinstalled:
–Emulexnetworkadapter
–Opticaldevices(CDorDVD)
–Tapedrives(SCSI,SAS,orSATA)
–Memory
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