Lenovo ThinkServer sd350 - System Event Logs

Manyerrorsarefirstindicatedbyalitsystem-errorLEDonthecontrol-panelassemblyoftheserver.Ifthis
LEDislit,oneormoreLEDselsewhereintheservermightalsobelitandcandirectyoutothesource
oftheerror.
BeforeyouworkinsidetheservertoviewtheLEDs,readthe“Safety”onpagev
and“Handling
static-sensitivedevices”onpage76.
Ifanerroroccurs,viewtheserverLEDsinthefollowingorder:
1.Checkthecontrol-panelassemblyonthefrontoftheserver.Ifthesystem-errorLEDislit,itindicates
thatanerrorhasoccurred.
2.CheckthefrontandrearoftheservertodeterminewhetheranycomponentLEDsarelit.
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4.Lookatthesystemservicelabelinsidethecoveroftheserver,whichgivesanoverviewofinternal
components.Thisinformationcanoftenprovideenoughinformationtocorrecttheerror.
Systemeventlogs
ErrorcodesandmessagesaredisplayedinPOSTeventlog,system-eventlog,TMMeventlog,and
Diagnosticeventlog.
•System-eventlog:ThislogcontainsPOSTandsystemmanagementinterrupt(SMI)eventsandallevents
thataregeneratedbythebaseboardmanagementcontrollerthatisembeddedintheTMM.Youcanview
thecontentsofthesystem-eventlogthroughtheSetuputilityandthroughtheDiagnosticprogram(as
IPMIeventlog).Thesystem-eventlogislimitedinsize.Whenitisfull,newentrieswillnotoverwrite
existingentries;therefore,youmustperiodicallyclearthesystem-eventlogthroughtheSetuputility.
Whenyouaretroubleshootinganerror,youmighthavetosaveandthenclearthesystem-eventlogto
makethemostrecenteventsavailableforanalysis.
Messagesarelistedontheleftsideofthescreen,anddetailsabouttheselectedmessagearedisplayed
ontherightsideofthescreen.Tomovefromoneentrytothenext,usetheUpArrow(↑)andDown
Arrow(↓)keys.
SomeTMMsensorscauseassertioneventstobeloggedwhentheirsetpointsarereached.Whena
setpointconditionnolongerexists,acorrespondingdeassertioneventislogged.However,notallevents
areassertion-typeevents.
Note:Afterpoweringthesystemonforthefirsttimeorafterunexpectedpowercut,system-eventlog
timestampmightbeinaccurateforashortperiodoftime,butwillbecalibratedwithrealtimeclockor
externalNTPservershortlyafterwards.
•TMMeventlog:ThislogcontainsafilteredsubsetofallTMM,POST,andsystemmanagementinterrupt
(SMI)events.YoucanviewtheTMMeventlogthroughtheTMMwebinterface.Formoreinformation,
see“Loggingontothewebinterface”onpage40
.YoucanalsoviewtheTMMeventlogthroughthe
Diagnosticprogram(astheASMeventlog).
•Diagnosticeventlog:ThislogisgeneratedbytheDiagnosticprogram,anditisachronologicallyordered
mergeofthesystem-eventlog(astheIPMIeventlog),theRAIDeventlog,theTMMeventlog,andthe
operating-systemeventlogs.YoucanviewtheDiagnosticeventlogthroughtheDiagnosticprogram
(see“Viewingeventlogswithoutrestartingtheserver”onpage48).
ViewingeventlogsthroughtheSetuputility
UsethisinformationtoviewtheeventlogsthroughtheSetuputility.
ToviewthePOSTeventlogorsystem-eventlog,completethefollowingsteps:
Step1.Turnontheserver.
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