Lenovo x3550 M5 - Viewing Event Logs Without Restarting the Server

Thesystem-eventlogislimitedinsize.Whenitisfull,newentrieswillnotoverwriteexistingentries;
therefore,youmustperiodicallyclearthesystem-eventlogthroughtheSetuputility.Whenyouare
troubleshootinganerror,youmighthavetosaveandthenclearthesystem-eventlogtomakethemost
recenteventsavailableforanalysis.Formoreinformationaboutthesystem-eventlog,seeAppendixA
“Integratedmanagementmodule2.1(IMM2.1)errormessages”onpage277
.
Messagesarelistedontheleftsideofthescreen,anddetailsabouttheselectedmessagearedisplayed
ontherightsideofthescreen.Tomovefromoneentrytothenext,usetheUpArrow(↑)andDown
Arrow(↓)keys.
SomeIMMsensorscauseassertioneventstobeloggedwhentheirsetpointsarereached.Whena
setpointconditionnolongerexists,acorrespondingdeassertioneventislogged.However,notallevents
areassertion-typeevents.
•Integratedmanagementmodule2.1(IMM2.1.1)eventlog:Thislogcontainsafilteredsubsetofall
IMM,POST,andsystemmanagementinterrupt(SMI)events.YoucanviewtheIMMeventlogthrough
theIMMWebinterface.Formoreinformation,see“LoggingontotheWebinterface”onpage44
.You
canalsoviewtheIMMeventlogthroughtheDynamicSystemAnalysis(DSA)program(astheASM
eventlog).FormoreinformationaboutIMMerrormessages,seeAppendixA“Integratedmanagement
module2.1(IMM2.1)errormessages”onpage277
.
•DSAeventlog:ThislogisgeneratedbytheDynamicSystemAnalysis(DSA)program,anditisa
chronologicallyorderedmergeofthesystem-eventlog(astheIPMIeventlog),theIMMchassis-eventlog
(astheASMeventlog),andtheoperating-systemeventlogs.YoucanviewtheDSAeventlogthroughthe
DSAprogram(see“Viewingeventlogswithoutrestartingtheserver”onpage65
).Formoreinformation
aboutDSAandDSAmessages,see“DynamicSystemAnalysis”onpage67andAppendixC“DSA
diagnostictestresults”onpage865.
ViewingeventlogsthroughtheSetuputility
UsethisinformationtovieweventlogsthroughtheSetuputility.
ToviewthePOSTeventlogorsystem-eventlog,completethefollowingsteps:
Step1.Turnontheserver.
Step2.Whentheprompt<F1>Setupisdisplayed,pressF1.Ifyouhavesetbothapower-onpasswordand
anadministratorpassword,youmusttypetheadministratorpasswordtoviewtheeventlogs.
Step3.SelectSystemEventLogsanduseoneofthefollowingprocedures:
•ToviewthePOSTeventlog,selectPOSTEventViewers.
•Toviewthesystem-eventlog,selectSystemEventLog.
Viewingeventlogswithoutrestartingtheserver
IftheserverisnothungandtheIMMisconnectedtoanetwork,methodsareavailableforyoutoviewoneor
moreeventlogswithouthavingtorestarttheserver.
IfyouhaveinstalledDynamicSystemAnalysis(DSA)Portable,youcanuseittoviewthesystem-eventlog
(astheIPMIeventlog),ortheIMMeventlog(astheASMeventlog),theoperating-systemeventlogs,orthe
mergedDSAlog.YoucanalsouseDSAPreboottoviewtheselogs,althoughyoumustrestarttheserverto
useDSAPreboot.ToinstallDSAPortableorcheckforanddownloadalaterversionofDSAPrebootCD
image,gotohttps://support.lenovo.com/us/en/documents/LNVO-DSA.
IfIPMItoolisinstalledintheserver,youcanuseittoviewthesystem-eventlog.Mostrecentversions
oftheLinuxoperatingsystemcomewithacurrentversionofIPMItool.ForanoverviewofIPMI,goto
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/blueprints/andclickUsingIntelligentPlatformManagement
Interface(IPMI)onLinuxplatforms.
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