Lenovo ThinkServer RD240 - System Event Log; Diagnostic Leds on the Front Control Panel; Onboard Debug Digitron

Table3.Methodsforviewingeventlogs
ConditionAction
Theserverisnothungandisconnectedtoanetwork.UseIPMItooltoviewthesystem-eventlog.
Theserverisnothungandisnotconnectedtoanetwork.UseIPMItoollocallytoviewthesystem-eventlog.
Theserverishung.
YoucanrestarttheserverandpressDeltostarttheSetup
Utilityprogramandviewthesystem-eventlog.
Systemeventlog
Thesystem-eventlogcontainsmessagesofthreetypes:
InformationInformationmessagesdonotrequireaction;they
recordsignicantsystem-levelevents,suchas
whentheserverisstarted.
WarningWarningmessagesdonotrequireimmediateaction;
theyindicatepossibleproblems,suchaswhenthe
recommendedmaximumambienttemperatureis
exceeded.
ErrorErrormessagesmightrequireaction;theyindicate
systemerrors,suchaswhenafanisnotdetected.
Eachmessagecontainsdateandtimeinformation,anditindicatesthesourceofthemessage(POST).
DiagnosticLEDsonthefrontcontrolpanel
IdentifyingthediagnosticLEDsonthefrontcontrolpanelisaveryimportantmethodfordiagnosingserver
problems.See“Frontcontrolpanel”onpage28fordetailedinformation.
Onboarddebugdigitron
Theonboarddebugdigitronhelpstrainedservicetechnicianstoidentifyserverproblems.Whenyouturnon
theserver,theonboarddebugdigitronwilldisplaydebugcodeonthescreen.
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