Lenovo x3250 m6 - Viewing Event Logs Without Restarting the Server; Clearing the Event Logs

Viewingeventlogswithoutrestartingtheserver
IftheserverisnothungandtheIMM2isconnectedtoanetwork,methodsareavailableforyoutoviewone
ormoreeventlogswithouthavingtorestarttheserver.
IfyouhaveinstalledLenovoToolsCenterSuiteCLI,youcanuseittoviewthesystem-eventlog(astheIPMI
eventlog),ortheIMM2eventlog(astheChassiseventlog),theoperating-systemeventlogs,orthemerged
LenovoToolsCenterSuiteCLIlog.YoucanalsouseDSAPreboottoviewtheselogs,althoughyoumust
restarttheserver.ToinstallLenovoToolsCenterSuiteCLIorcheckforanddownloadalaterversionof
LenovoToolsCenterSuiteCLIimage,goto:
https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/documents/LNVO-CENTER
IfIPMItoolisinstalledintheserver,youcanuseittoviewthesystem-eventlog.Mostrecentversions
oftheLinuxoperatingsystemcomewithalatestversionofIPMItool.ForanoverviewofIPMI,goto
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/blueprints/andclickUsingIntelligentPlatformManagement
Interface(IPMI)onLenovoLinuxplatforms.
YoucanviewtheIMM2eventlogthroughtheEventLoglinkintheIntegratedManagementModuleII(IMM2)
Webinterface.Formoreinformation,see“LoggingintotheWebinterface”onpage37
.
Thefollowingtabledescribesthemethodsthatyoucanusetoviewtheeventlogs,dependingonthe
conditionoftheserver.Thefirstthreeconditionsgenerallydonotrequirethatyourestarttheserver.
Table7.Methodsforviewingeventlogs
ConditionAction
Theserverisnothungandis
connectedtoanetwork(usingan
operatingsystemcontrollednetwork
ports).
Useanyofthefollowingmethods:
•RunLenovoToolsCenterSuiteCLItoviewthesystemeventlog(requires
IPMIdriver)orcreateanoutputfilethatyoucansendtoLenovoservice
andsupport(usingftporlocalcopy).
•UseIPMItooltoviewthesystem-eventlog(requirestheIPMIdriver).
•UsetheWebbrowserinterfacetotheIMM2toviewthesystem-eventlog
locally(requiresRNDISUSBLANdriver).
Theserverisnothungandisnot
connectedtoanetwork(usingan
operatingsystemcontrollednetwork
ports).
•RunLenovoToolsCenterSuiteCLItoviewthesystemeventlog(requires
IPMIdriver)orcreateanoutputfilethatyoucansendtoLenovoservice
andsupport(usingftporlocalcopy).
•UseIPMItooltoviewthesystem-eventlog(requirestheIPMIdriver).
•UsetheWebbrowserinterfacetotheIMM2toviewthesystem-eventlog
locally(requiresRNDISUSBLANdriver).
Theserverisnothungandthe
IntegratedManagementModuleII
(IMM2)isconnectedtoanetwork.
InaWebbrowser,typetheIPaddressfortheIMM2andgototheEventLog
page.Formoreinformation,see“ObtainingtheIMM2hostname”onpage36
and“LoggingintotheWebinterface”onpage37.
Theserverishung,andno
communicationcanbemade
withtheIMM2.
•IfDSAPrebootisinstalled,restarttheserverandpressF2tostartDSA
Prebootandviewtheeventlogs.Formoreinformation,see“RunningDSA
Prebootdiagnosticprogram”onpage59
.
•Alternatively,youcanrestarttheserverandpressF1tostarttheSetup
UtilityandviewthePOSTeventlogorsystem-eventlog.Formore
information,see“ViewingeventlogsthroughSetupUtility”onpage56
.
Clearingtheeventlogs
Tocleartheeventlogs,dothefollowing:
Note:ThePOSTerrorlogisautomaticallyclearedeachtimetheserverrestarts.
Step1.Turnontheserver.
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