Lenovo System x3650 M5 - Dynamic System Analysis

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IfPOSTdetectsaproblem,anerrormessageissenttothePOSTeventlog,see“Eventlogs”onpage

formoreinformation.

DynamicSystemAnalysis

DynamicSystemAnalysis(DSA)collectsandanalyzessysteminformationtoaidindiagnosingserver

problems.LenovoprovidesDSAPrebooteditiontousers.

DSAcollectsthefollowinginformationabouttheserver:

•Drivehealthinformation

•EventlogsforServeRAIDcontrollersandserviceprocessors

•Hardwareinventory,includingPCIandUSBinformation

•Lightpathdiagnosticsstatus

•Networkinterfacesandsettings

•Performancedataanddetailsaboutprocessesthatarerunning

•RAIDcontrollerconﬁguration

•Serviceprocessor(IMM2)statusandconﬁguration

•Systemconﬁguration

•Vitalproductdataandﬁrmwareinformation

Forsystem-speciﬁcinformationabouttheactionthatyoushouldtakeasaresultofamessagethatDSA

generates,seeAppendixC“DSAdiagnostictestresults”onpage1151

IfyoucannotﬁndaproblembyusingDSA,see“Solvingundeterminedproblems”onpage106for

informationabouttestingtheserver.

Note:DSAPrebootmightappeartobeunresponsivewhenyoustarttheprogram.Thisisnormaloperation

whiletheprogramloads.

MakesurethattheserverhasthelatestversionoftheDSAcode.ToobtainDSAcodesandtheDynamic

SystemAnalysisInstallationandUser'sGuide,goto:

https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/documents/LNVO-DSA

DSAPreboot

ThistopicintroducesDSAPreboot.

DSAPrebootrunsoutsideoftheoperatingsystem;youmustrestarttheservertorunit.Itisprovidedin

theﬂashmemoryontheserver,oryoucancreateabootablemediasuchasaCD,DVD,ISO,USB,or

PXEusingtheToolsCenterBootableMediaCreator(BoMC).Formoredetails,seetheBoMCUserGuide

athttps://support.lenovo.com/us/en/documents/LNVO-BOMC.Inadditiontothecapabilitiesoftheother

editionsofDSA,DSAPrebootincludesdiagnosticroutinesthatwouldbedisruptivetorunwithinthe

operating-systemenvironment(suchasresettingdevicesandcausinglossofnetworkconnectivity).Ithasa

graphicaluserinterfacethatyoucanusetospecifywhichdiagnosticstorunandtoviewthediagnosticand

datacollectionresults.

DSAPrebootprovidesdiagnosticsforthefollowingsystemcomponents,iftheyareinstalled:

•Emulexnetworkadapter

•Opticaldevices(CDorDVD)

•Memory

•Microprocessor

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