Lenovo x3650 M4 BD 5466 - Viewing Event Logs Without Restarting the Server

FormoreinformationaboutIMMerrormessages,seeAppendixA“IntegratedmanagementmoduleII
(IMM2)errormessages”onpage255
.
•DSAeventlog:ThislogisgeneratedbytheDynamicSystemAnalysis(DSA)program,anditisa
chronologicallyorderedmergeofthesystem-eventlog(astheIPMIeventlog),theIMMchassis-eventlog
(astheASMeventlog),andtheoperating-systemeventlogs.YoucanviewtheDSAeventlogthroughthe
DSAprogram(see“Viewingeventlogswithoutrestartingtheserver”onpage116).Formoreinformation
aboutDSAandDSAmessages,seeAppendixC“DSAdiagnostictestresults”onpage743
and“Dynamic
SystemAnalysis”onpage118.
Formoreinformationaboutviewingthelogsorclearingthelogs,see“Viewingeventlogsthroughthe
Setuputility”onpage116,“Viewingeventlogswithoutrestartingtheserver”onpage116,and“Clearing
theerrorlogs”onpage117.
ViewingeventlogsthroughtheSetuputility
UsethisinformationtoviewtheeventlogsthroughtheSetuputility.
ToviewthePOSTeventlogorsystem-eventlog,completethefollowingsteps:
Step1.Turnontheserver.
Step2.Whentheprompt<F1>Setupisdisplayed,pressF1.Ifyouhavesetbothapower-onpassword
andanadministratorpassword,youmusttypetheadministratorpasswordtoviewtheeventlogs.
Step3.SelectSystemEventLogsanduseoneofthefollowingprocedures:
•ToviewthePOSTeventlog,selectPOSTEventViewer.
•Toviewthesystem-eventlog,selectSystemEventLog.
Viewingeventlogswithoutrestartingtheserver
Usethisinformationtoviewtheeventlogswithoutrestartingtheserver.
IftheserverisnothungandtheIMMisconnectedtoanetwork,methodsareavailableforyoutoviewoneor
moreeventlogswithouthavingtorestarttheserver.
IfyouhaveinstalledDynamicSystemAnalysis(DSA)Portable,youcanuseittoviewthesystem-event
log(astheIPMIeventlog),ortheIMMeventlog(astheASMeventlog),theoperating-systemevent
logs,orthemergedDSAlog.YoucanalsouseDSAPreboottoviewtheselogs,althoughyoumust
restarttheservertouseDSAPreboot.TheservercomeswithDSAPrebootstoredinintegratedUSB
memory.ToinstallDSAPortableorcheckforanddownloadalaterversionofDSAPrebootCDimage,goto
http://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/docdisplay?lndocid=SERV-DSA.
IfIPMItoolisinstalledintheserver,youcanuseittoviewthesystem-eventlog.Mostrecentversions
oftheLinuxoperatingsystemcomewithacurrentversionofIPMItool.ForanoverviewofIPMI,goto
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/blueprints/andclickUsingIntelligentPlatformManagement
Interface(IPMI)onIBMLinuxplatforms.
YoucanviewtheIMMeventlogthroughtheEventLoglinkintheintegratedmanagementmodule(IMM)
Webinterface.Formoreinformation,see“LoggingontotheWebinterface”onpage97
.
Thefollowingtabledescribesthemethodsthatyoucanusetoviewtheeventlogs,dependingonthe
conditionoftheserver.Thefirstthreeconditionsgenerallydonotrequirethatyourestarttheserver.
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