Lenovo System x3650 M5 - Viewing Event Logs Without Restarting the Server

periodicallyclearthesystem-eventlogthroughtheSetupUtility.Whenyouaretroubleshootinganerror,
youmighthavetosaveandthenclearthesystem-eventlogtomakethemostrecenteventsavailablefor
analysis.Formoreinformationaboutthesystem-eventlog,seeAppendixA“Integratedmanagement
moduleII(IMM2)errormessages”onpage329
.
Messagesarelistedontheleftsideofthescreen,anddetailsabouttheselectedmessagearedisplayed
ontherightsideofthescreen.Tomovefromoneentrytothenext,usetheUpArrow(↑)andDown
Arrow(↓)keys.
SomeIMMsensorscauseassertioneventstobeloggedwhentheirsetpointsarereached.Whena
setpointconditionnolongerexists,acorrespondingdeassertioneventislogged.However,notallevents
areassertion-typeevents.
•IMM2eventlog:ThislogcontainsafilteredsubsetofallIMM,POST,andsystemmanagementinterrupt
(SMI)events.YoucanviewtheIMMeventlogthroughtheIMMwebinterface.Formoreinformation,see
“LoggingintotheWebinterface”onpage60
.YoucanalsoviewtheIMMeventlogthroughtheDynamic
SystemAnalysis(DSA)program(astheASMeventlog).FormoreinformationaboutIMMerrormessages,
seeAppendixA“IntegratedmanagementmoduleII(IMM2)errormessages”onpage329.
•DSAeventlog:ThislogisgeneratedbytheDynamicSystemAnalysis(DSA)program,anditisa
chronologicallyorderedmergeofthesystem-eventlog(astheIPMIeventlog),theIMMchassis-eventlog
(astheASMeventlog),andtheoperating-systemeventlogs.YoucanviewtheDSAeventlogthroughthe
DSAprogram(see“Viewingeventlogswithoutrestartingtheserver”onpage79
).Formoreinformation
aboutDSAandDSAmessages,see“DynamicSystemAnalysis”onpage81andAppendixC“DSA
diagnostictestresults”onpage1151
.
ViewingeventlogsthroughtheSetupUtility
ToviewthePOSTeventlogorsystem-eventlog,completethefollowingsteps:
Step1.Turnontheserver.
Step2.Whentheprompt<F1>Setupisdisplayed,pressF1.Ifyouhavesetbothapower-onpasswordand
anadministratorpassword,youmusttypetheadministratorpasswordtoviewtheeventlogs.
Step3.SelectSystemEventLogsanduseoneofthefollowingprocedures:
•ToviewthePOSTeventlog,selectPOSTEventViewers.
•Toviewthesystem-eventlog,selectSystemEventLog.
Viewingeventlogswithoutrestartingtheserver
IftheserverisnothungandtheIMM2isconnectedtoanetwork,methodsareavailableforyoutoviewone
ormoreeventlogswithouthavingtorestarttheserver.
IfyouhaveinstalledLenovoToolsCenterSuiteCLI(OneCLI),youcanuseittoviewthesystem-eventlog(as
theIPMIeventlog),ortheIMM2eventlog(astheChassiseventlog),theoperating-systemeventlogs,orthe
mergedOneCLIlog.YoucanalsouseDSAPreboottoviewtheselogs,althoughyoumustrestarttheserver.
ToinstallOneCLIorcheckforanddownloadalaterversionofOneCLIimage,goto:
https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/documents/LNVO-CENTER
IfIPMItoolisinstalledintheserver,youcanuseittoviewthesystem-eventlog.Mostrecentversions
oftheLinuxoperatingsystemcomewithalatestversionofIPMItool.ForanoverviewofIPMI,goto
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/blueprints/andclickUsingIntelligentPlatformManagement
Interface(IPMI)onLenovoLinuxplatforms.
YoucanviewtheIMM2eventlogthroughtheEventLoglinkintheIMM2Webinterface.Formore
information,see“LoggingintotheWebinterface”onpage60
.
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