Lenovo ThinkServer RD340 - Page 190

Usingadiagnosticprogram
Thefollowingdiagnosticprogramsareavailableforyoutodiagnoseserverproblems:
•ThinkServerDiagnosticTool
•ThinkServerSystemProfileCollectionTool
Touseadiagnosticprogram,dothefollowing:
1.Gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/driversandfollowtheinstructionsontheWebpagetolocateadiagnostic
program.
2.Downloadandunzipthediagnosticprogrampackagetogetthediagnosticprogrampackagefolder.
3.OpenthediagnosticprogrampackagefolderandruntheQTW.exefile.
4.Selectthelanguagewhenprompted.Then,clickContinue.
5.ReadtheEnd-UserLicenseAgreement(EULA)termscarefullyandclickAccepttostarttheprogram.
6.Followtheinstructionsonthescreentousethediagnosticprogram.
Fordetailedinformationaboutusingadiagnosticprogram,refertotheuserguideofthediagnosticprogram,
whichisavailablefordownloadat:
http://www.lenovo.com/drivers
Viewingthesystemeventlog
Thesystemeventlog(SEL)containsinformationaboutallthePOSTandsystemmanagementinterrupt(SMI)
events.YoucanviewtheSELtodiagnosesystemproblems.
TheTMMimplementstheSELasspecifiedintheIPMI2.0specification.TheSELisaccessibleregardlessof
thesystempowerstatethroughtheTMMin-bandandout-of-bandinterfaces.
FormoreinformationaboutviewingtheSEL,refertotheThinkServerManagementModuleUserGuide,
whichisavailablefordownloadathttp://www.lenovo.com/UserManuals.
Basictroubleshootingtables
Usethebasictroubleshootinginformationtofindsolutionstoproblemsthathavedefinitesymptoms.
ThinkServerEasyStartupprogramproblems
Followthesuggestedactionsforthecorrespondingsymptomintheorderinwhichtheyarelisteduntilthe
problemissolved.Ifnoneoftheseactionssolvetheproblem,see“Troubleshootingprocedure”onpage177
forthesubsequentstepsyoushouldcheckafterusingtheinformationinthistopic.Iftheproblemstillcannot
besolved,seektechnicalassistance.SeeChapter8“Gettinginformation,help,andservice”onpage183.
Note:Ifyouareinstructedtoremove,install,orreplaceanyCRUs,refertotherelatedprocedureinChapter
6“Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware”onpage73.
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