Lenovo System x3650 M5 - Post

Thefollowingtabledescribesthemethodsthatyoucanusetoviewtheeventlogs,dependingonthe
conditionoftheserver.Thefirstthreeconditionsgenerallydonotrequirethatyourestarttheserver.
Table6.Methodsforviewingeventlogs
ConditionAction
Theserverisnothungandis
connectedtoanetwork(usingan
operatingsystemcontrollednetwork
ports).
Useanyofthefollowingmethods:
•RunOneCLItoviewthesystemeventlog(requiresIPMIdriver)orcreate
anoutputfilethatyoucansendtoLenovoserviceandsupport(using
ftporlocalcopy).
•UseIPMItooltoviewthesystem-eventlog(requirestheIPMIdriver).
•UsetheWebbrowserinterfacetotheIMM2toviewthesystem-eventlog
locally(requiresRNDISUSBLANdriver).
Theserverisnothungandisnot
connectedtoanetwork(usingan
operatingsystemcontrollednetwork
ports).
•RunOneCLItoviewthesystemeventlog(requiresIPMIdriver)orcreate
anoutputfilethatyoucansendtoLenovoserviceandsupport(using
ftporlocalcopy).
•UseIPMItooltoviewthesystem-eventlog(requirestheIPMIdriver).
•UsetheWebbrowserinterfacetotheIMM2toviewthesystem-eventlog
locally(requiresRNDISUSBLANdriver).
TheserverisnothungandtheIMM2
isconnectedtoanetwork.
InaWebbrowser,typetheIPaddressfortheIMM2andgototheEventLog
page.Formoreinformation,see“ObtainingtheIMMhostname”onpage59
and“LoggingintotheWebinterface”onpage60.
Theserverishung,andno
communicationcanbemade
withtheIMM2.
•IfDSAPrebootisinstalled,restarttheserverandpressF2tostartDSA
Prebootandviewtheeventlogs.Formoreinformation,see“Runningthe
DSAPrebootdiagnosticprograms”onpage82
.
•Alternatively,youcanrestarttheserverandpressF1tostarttheSetup
UtilityandviewthePOSTeventlogorsystem-eventlog.Formore
information,see“ViewingeventlogsthroughtheSetupUtility”onpage79.
Clearingtheeventlogs
Usethisinformationtocleartheeventlogs.
Tocleartheeventlogs,completethefollowingsteps.
Note:ThePOSTerrorlogisautomaticallyclearedeachtimetheserverisrestarted.
Step1.Turnontheserver.
Step2.Whentheprompt<F1>Setupisdisplayed,pressF1.Ifyouhavesetbothapower-onpasswordand
anadministratorpassword,youmusttypetheadministratorpasswordtoviewtheeventlogs.
Step3.TocleartheIMMsystem-eventlog,selectSystemEventLogs➙ClearSystemEventLog,
then,pressEntertwice.
POST
Whenyouturnontheserver,itperformsaseriesofteststochecktheoperationoftheservercomponents
andsomeoptionaldevicesintheserver.Thisseriesoftestsiscalledthepower-onself-test,orPOST.
Note:Thisserverdoesnotusebeepcodesforserverstatus.
Ifapower-onpasswordisset,youmusttypethepasswordandpressEnter(whenyouareprompted),
forPOSTtorun.
IfPOSTdetectsaproblem,anerrormessageisdisplayed.SeeAppendixB“UEFI/POSTdiagnosticcodes”
onpage1127
formoreinformation.
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