Lenovo ThinkServer RD240 - Event Logs; Viewing Event Logs Without Restarting the Server

3.Removeordisconnectthefollowingdevices,oneatatime,untilyoundthefailure.Turnontheserver
andrecongureiteachtime.
•Anyexternaldevices
•Surge-suppressordevice(ontheserver)
•Modem,printer,mouse,andnon-Lenovodevices
•Eachadapter
•Harddiskdrives
•Memorymodules:Theminimumcongurationrequirementis1GBDIMMpermicroprocessor(2GB
inatwo-microprocessorconguration).
Thefollowingminimumcongurationisrequiredfortheservertostart:
•Onemicroprocessor
•One1GBDIMM
•Onepowersupply
•Powercord
•ServeRAIDSASadapter
•Systemboardassembly
4.Turnontheserver.Iftheproblemremains,suspectthefollowingcomponentsinthefollowingorder:
a.Powersupply
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.
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