Lenovo ThinkServer RD230 - Viewing Event Logs Without Restarting the Server; System Event Log; Diagnostic Leds on the Front Control Panel; Onboard Debug Digitron

Messagesarelistedontheleftsideofthescreen,anddetailsabouttheselectedmessagearedisplayedon
therightsideofthescreen.Tomovefromoneentrytothenext,usetheUpArrowandDownArrowkeys.
Viewingeventlogswithoutrestartingtheserver
Iftheserverisnothung,methodsareavailableforyoutoviewoneormoreeventlogswithoutrestarting
theserver.
IfIPMItoolisinstalledintheserver,youcanuseittoviewthesystem-eventlog.Mostrecentversionsof
theLinuxoperatingsystemcomewithacurrentversionofIPMItool.
Thefollowingtabledescribesthemethodsthatyoucanusetoviewtheeventlogs,dependingonthe
conditionoftheserver.Thersttwoconditionsgenerallydonotrequirethatyourestarttheserver.
Table28.Methodsforviewingeventlogs
ConditionAction
Theserverisnothungandisconnectedtoanetwork.UseIPMItooltoviewthesystem-eventlog.
Theserverisnothungandisnotconnectedtoanetwork.UseIPMItoollocallytoviewthesystem-eventlog.
Theserverishung.
YoucanrestarttheserverandpressDeltostarttheSetup
Utilityprogramandviewthesystem-eventlog.
Systemeventlog
Thesystem-eventlogcontainsmessagesofthreetypes:
InformationInformationmessagesdonotrequireaction;theyrecordsignicantsystem-levelevents,
suchaswhentheserverisstarted.
WarningWarningmessagesdonotrequireimmediateaction;theyindicatepossibleproblems,suchas
whentherecommendedmaximumambienttemperatureisexceeded.
Error
Errormessagesmightrequireaction;theyindicatesystemerrors,suchaswhenafanis
notdetected.
Eachmessagecontainsdateandtimeinformation,anditindicatesthesourceofthemessage(POST).
DiagnosticLEDsonthefrontcontrolpanel
IdentifyingthediagnosticLEDsonthefrontcontrolpanelisaveryimportantmethodfordiagnosingserver
problems.See“Frontcontrolpanel”onpage12fordetailedinformation.
Onboarddebugdigitron
Theonboarddebugdigitronhelpstrainedservicetechnicianstoidentifyserverproblems.Whenyouturnon
theserver,theonboarddebugdigitronwilldisplaydebugcodeonthescreen.
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