Lenovo ThinkServer TD340 - Viewing the System Event Log; Basic Troubleshooting Tables; Thinkserver Easystartup Program Problems

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,refertotheThinkServerManagementModuleUserGuideon
thedocumentationDVDthatcomeswithyourserver.
Basictroubleshootingtables
Usethebasictroubleshootinginformationtofindsolutionstoproblemsthathavedefinitesymptoms.
ThinkServerEasyStartupprogramproblems
Followthesuggestedactionsforthecorrespondingsymptomintheorderinwhichtheyarelisteduntilthe
problemissolved.Ifnoneoftheseactionssolvetheproblem,see“Troubleshootingprocedure”onpage203
forthesubsequentstepsyoushouldcheckafterusingtheinformationinthistopic.Iftheproblemstillcannot
besolved,seektechnicalassistance.SeeChapter8“Gettinginformation,help,andservice”onpage209.
Note:Ifyouareinstructedtoremove,install,orreplaceanyCRUs,refertotherelatedprocedureinChapter
6“Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware”onpage83
.
Symptom
Action
TheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDdoesnotstart.1.EnsurethattheserversupportstheThinkServer
EasyStartupprogramandhasabootableDVDdrive.
2.Ensurethatyouhavesettheopticaldrivewiththe
ThinkServerEasyStartupDVDasthefirststartup
device.
3.Verifyiftheopticaldriveorthedischasproblems.
See“Opticaldriveproblems”onpage205
.
Theoperatingsysteminstallationprogramcontinuously
loops.
Makemorespaceavailableontheharddiskdrive.
TheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramcannotstartthe
operatingsystemmedia.
1.Ensurethattheoperatingsystemmediaissupported
bytheThinkServerEasyStartupprogramversion
yourareusing.Foralistofsupportedoperating
systems,refertotheuserguideandcompatibility
notesfortheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram
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