Lenovo x3250 m6 - Post; Dynamic System Analysis

Step2.Whentheprompt<F1>Setupisdisplayed,pressF1.Ifyouhavesetbothapower-onpassword
andanadministratorpassword,youmusttypetheadministratorpasswordtoviewtheeventlogs.
Step3.TocleartheIMM2system-eventlog,selectSystemEventLog➙ClearSystemEventLog,
then,pressEntertwice.
POST
Whenyouturnontheserver,itperformsaseriesofteststochecktheoperationoftheservercomponents
andsomeoptionaldevicesintheserver.Thisseriesoftestsiscalledpower-onself-test,orPOST.
Note:Youcannotviewtheserverstatusthroughbeepcodes.
Ifapower-onpasswordisset,youmusttypethepasswordwhenrequiredandthenpressEntertoallowthe
POSTtostartrunning.
IfaproblemisdetectedduringthePOST,anerrormessageisdisplayedonthescreenandalsosenttothe
POSTeventlog.Formoreinformation,seeAppendixB“UEFI(POST)errorcodes”onpage491.
IfPOSTdetectsaproblem,anerrormessageissenttothePOSTeventlog.Formoreinformation,see
“Eventlogs”onpage56.
DynamicSystemAnalysis
DynamicSystemAnalysis(DSA)collectsandanalyzessysteminformationtoaidindiagnosingserver
problems.LenovoprovidesDSAPrebooteditiontousers.
DSAcollectsthefollowinginformationabouttheserver:
•Drivehealthinformation
•EventlogsforServeRAIDcontrollersandserviceprocessors
•Hardwareinventory,includingPCIandUSBinformation
•Lightpathdiagnosticsstatus
•Networkinterfacesandsettings
•Performancedataanddetailsaboutprocessesthatarerunning
•RAIDcontrollerconfiguration
•Serviceprocessor(IntegratedManagementModuleII(IMM2))statusandconfiguration
•Systemconfiguration
•Vitalproductdataandfirmwareinformation
Forsystem-specificinformationabouttheactionthatyoushouldtakeasaresultofamessagethatDSA
generates,seeAppendixC“DSAdiagnostictestresults”onpage503
.
IfyoucannotfindaproblembyusingDSA,see“Solvingundeterminedproblems”onpage72
forinformation
abouttestingtheserver.
Note:DSAPrebootmightappeartobeunresponsivewhenyoustarttheprogram.Thisisnormalsymptom
whiletheprogramloads.
MakesurethattheserverhasthelatestversionoftheDSAcode.ToobtainDSAcodesandtheDynamic
SystemAnalysisInstallationandUser'sGuide,goto:
https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/documents/LNVO-DSA
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