Foradditionalinformation,see“DynamicSystemAnalysis”onpage118andAppendixC“DSA
diagnostictestresults”onpage743
.
–DSAPreboot
DSAPrebootdiagnosticprogramisstoredintheintegratedUSBmemoryontheserver.DSAPreboot
collectsandanalyzessysteminformationtoaidindiagnosingserverproblems,aswellasofferinga
richsetofdiagnostictestsofthemajorcomponentsoftheserver.DSAPrebootcollectsthefollowing
informationabouttheserver:
–Drivehealthinformation
–EventlogsforServeRAIDcontrollersandserviceprocessors
–IMM2configurationinformation
–IMM2environmentalinformation
–Installedhardware,includingPCIandUSBinformation
–Lightpathdiagnosticsstatus
–Microprocessor,input/outhub,andUEFIerrorlogs
–Networkinterfacesandsettings
–Optioncarddriverandfirmwareinformation
–RAIDcontrollerconfiguration
–Serviceprocessor(integratedmanagementmodule)statusandconfiguration
–Systemconfiguration
–Vitalproductdata,firmware,andUEFIconfiguration
DSAPrebootalsoprovidesdiagnosticsforthefollowingsystemcomponents(whentheyareinstalled):
1.Networkadapter
2.IMM12Cbus
3.Lightpathdiagnosticspanel
4.Memorymodules
5.Microprocessors
6.Opticaldevices(CDorDVD)
7.SASorSATAdrives
8.Tapedrives(SCSI)
9.LSIcontroller
10.Broadcomnetworkadapter
11.FusionIOstorage
12.IntelGPU
13.NvidiaGPU
See“RunningtheDSAPrebootdiagnosticprograms”onpage119formoreinformationonrunningthe
DSAPrebootprogramontheserver.
•Troubleshootingbysymptom
Thesetableslistproblemsymptomsandactionstocorrecttheproblems.See“Troubleshootingby
symptom”onpage121
formoreinformation.
Lightpathdiagnostics
LightpathdiagnosticsisasystemofLEDsonvariousexternalandinternalcomponentsoftheserver
thatleadsyoutothefailedcomponent.
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