Lenovo ThinkServer RD230 - Event Logs; Viewing Event Logs Without Restarting the Server; System Event Log

b.Power-supplycage
c.Memory
d.Microprocessor
e.Systemboard
Iftheproblemissolvedwhenyouremoveanadapterfromtheserverbuttheproblemrecurswhenyou
reinstallthesameadapter,suspecttheadapter;iftheproblemrecurswhenyoureplacetheadapterwitha
differentone,suspectthesystemboardorextendercard.
Ifyoususpectanetworkingproblemandtheserverpassesallthesystemtests,suspectanetworkcabling
problemthatisexternaltotheserver.
Eventlogs
Errorcodesandmessagesaredisplayedinthefollowingtypesofeventlogs:
•POSTeventlog:Thislogcontainsthethreemostrecenterrorcodesandmessagesthatweregenerated
duringthePOST.
•System-eventlog:ThislogcontainsallthePOSTandsystemmanagementinterrupt(SMI)events.You
canviewthesystem-eventlogthroughtheSetupUtilityprogramandthroughtheastheIPMIevent
log.Thesystem-eventlogislimitedinsize.Whenitisfull,newentrieswillnotoverwriteexistingentries;
therefore,youmustperiodicallysaveandthenclearthesystem-eventlogthroughtheSetupUtility
program.Whenyouaretroubleshooting,youmighthavetosaveandthenclearthesystem-eventlogto
makethemostrecenteventsavailableforanalysis.
Messagesarelistedontheleftsideofthescreen,anddetailsabouttheselectedmessagearedisplayedon
therightsideofthescreen.Tomovefromoneentrytothenext,usetheUpArrowandDownArrowkeys.
Viewingeventlogswithoutrestartingtheserver
Iftheserverisnothung,methodsareavailableforyoutoviewoneormoreeventlogswithoutrestarting
theserver.
IfIPMItoolisinstalledintheserver,youcanuseittoviewthesystem-eventlog.Mostrecentversionsof
theLinuxoperatingsystemcomewithacurrentversionofIPMItool.
Thefollowingtabledescribesthemethodsthatyoucanusetoviewtheeventlogs,dependingonthe
conditionoftheserver.Thersttwoconditionsgenerallydonotrequirethatyourestarttheserver.
Table3.Methodsforviewingeventlogs
ConditionAction
Theserverisnothungandisconnectedtoanetwork.UseIPMItooltoviewthesystem-eventlog.
Theserverisnothungandisnotconnectedtoanetwork.UseIPMItoollocallytoviewthesystem-eventlog.
Theserverishung.
YoucanrestarttheserverandpressDeltostarttheSetup
Utilityprogramandviewthesystem-eventlog.
Systemeventlog
Thesystem-eventlogcontainsmessagesofthreetypes:
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