Chapter 8. Problem determination
Use the information in this section to isolate and resolve issues that you might encounter while using your
server.
Lenovo servers can be configured to automatically notify Lenovo Support if certain events are generated.
You can configure automatic notification, also known as Call Home, from management applications, such as
the Lenovo XClarity Administrator. If you configure automatic problem notification, Lenovo Support is
automatically alerted whenever a server encounters a potentially significant event.
To isolate a problem, you should typically begin with the event log of the application that is managing the
server:
• If you are managing the server from the Lenovo XClarity Administrator, begin with the Lenovo XClarity
Administrator event log.
• If you are using some other management application, begin with the Lenovo XClarity Controller event log.
Web resources
• Tech tips
Lenovo continually updates the support website with the latest tips and techniques that you can use to
solve issues that your server might encounter. These Tech Tips (also called retain tips or service bulletins)
provide procedures to work around issues or solve problems related to the operation of your server.
To find the Tech Tips available for your server:
1. Go to
http://datacentersupport.lenovo.com and navigate to the support page for your server.
2. Click on How To’s from the navigation pane.
3. Click Article Type ➙ Solution from the drop-down menu.
Follow the on-screen instructions to choose the category for the problem that you are having.
• Lenovo Data Center Forum
– Check
https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Datacenter-Systems/ct-p/sv_eg to see if someone else has
encountered a similar problem.
Event logs
An alert is a message or other indication that signals an event or an impending event. Alerts are generated by
the Lenovo XClarity Controller or by UEFI in the servers. These alerts are stored in the Lenovo XClarity
Controller Event Log. If the server is managed by the Chassis Management Module 2 or by the Lenovo
XClarity Administrator, alerts are automatically forwarded to those management applications.
Note: For a listing of events, including user actions that might need to be performed to recover from an
event, see the Messages and Codes Reference, which is available at
https://pubs.lenovo.com/sd530-v3/pdf_
files
.
Lenovo XClarity Administrator event log
If you are using Lenovo XClarity Administrator to manage server, network, and storage hardware, you can
view the events from all managed devices through the XClarity Administrator.
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