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2.DSAPrebootmightappeartobeunresponsivewhenyoustarttheprogram.Thisisnormaloperation
whiletheprogramloads.
MakesurethattheserverhasthelatestversionoftheDSAcode.Toobtain
DSAcodeandtheDynamicSystemAnalysisInstallationandUser'sGuide,goto
http://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/docdisplay?lndocid=SERV-DSA.
DSAeditions
TwoeditionsofDynamicSystemAnalysisareavailable.
•DSAPortable
DSAPortableEditionrunswithintheoperatingsystem;youdonothavetorestarttheservertorunit.Itis
packagedasaself-extractingfilethatyoudownloadfromtheWeb.Whenyourunthefile,itself-extracts
toatemporaryfolderandperformscomprehensivecollectionofhardwareandoperating-system
information.Afteritruns,itautomaticallydeletesthetemporaryfilesandfolderandleavestheresultsof
thedatacollectionanddiagnosticsontheserver.
Ifyouareunabletostarttheserver,useDSAPortable.
•DSAPreboot
DSAPrebootrunsoutsideoftheoperatingsystem;youmustrestarttheservertorunit.Itisprovided
intheflashmemoryontheserver,oryoucancreateabootablemediasuchasaCD,DVD,ISO,USB,
orPXEusingtheToolsCenterBootableMediaCreator(BoMC).Formoredetails,seetheBoMCUser
Guideathttp://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/docdisplay?lndocid=LNVO-BOMC.Inadditionto
thecapabilitiesoftheothereditionsofDSA,DSAPrebootincludesdiagnosticroutinesthatwouldbe
disruptivetorunwithintheoperating-systemenvironment(suchasresettingdevicesandcausinglossof
networkconnectivity).Ithasagraphicaluserinterfacethatyoucanusetospecifywhichdiagnosticsto
runandtoviewthediagnosticanddatacollectionresults.
DSAPrebootprovidesdiagnosticsforthefollowingsystemcomponents,iftheyareinstalled:
–Broadcomnetworkadapter
–Opticaldevices(CDorDVD)
–Tapedrives(SCSI,SAS,orSATA)
–Memory
–Microprocessor
–Checkpointpanel
–I2Cbus
–SASandSATAdrives
Ifyouareabletorestarttheserverorifyouneedcomprehensivediagnostics,useDSAPreboot.
TheLenovoSystemx3650M4BDservercomeswithDSAPrebootdiagnosticscodeonthe
integratedUSBflashmemory.Utilitiesareavailabletoresetandupdatethediagnosticscodeon
theintegratedUSBflashdevice,ifthediagnosticpartitionbecomesdamagedanddoesnotstart
theDSAPrebootdiagnosticprograms.Formoreinformationandtodownloadtheutilities,goto
http://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/docdisplay?lndocid=SERV-DSA.
RunningtheDSAPrebootdiagnosticprograms
UsethisinformationtoruntheDSAPrebootdiagnosticprograms.
Note:TheDSAmemorytestmighttakeupto30minutestorun.Iftheproblemisnotamemoryproblem,
skipthememorytest.
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