Lenovo 3724, 3836, 3809, 3826, 3824, 3808, 3815, 3817 manual Viewing event logs from the Setup Utility

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vIntegrated management module (IMM) event log: This log contains a superset of IMM, POST, and systems-management interrupt (SMI) information that is in the system-event log. You can only access the event log through the IMM Web interface.

vDSA log: This log is generated by the Dynamic System Analysis (DSA) Preboot program, and it contains merged contents of the system-event log and the IMM system-event log. You can view the DSA log from the DSA Preboot program (see “Viewing event logs without restarting the server”).

Viewing event logs from the Setup Utility

To view the event logs, do the following:

1.Turn on the server.

2.When the prompt <F1> Setup is displayed, press F1. If you have set both a power-on password and an administrator password, you must type the administrator password to view the event logs.

3.Select System Event Logs and use one of the following procedures:

vTo view the POST event log, select POST Event Viewers.

vTo view the IMM system-event log, select System Event Log.

Viewing event logs without restarting the server

When the server is not hung and the IMM is connected to a network, methods are available for you to view one or more event logs without having to restart the server.

If you have installed Portable or Installable Dynamic System Analysis (DSA), you can use it to view the system-event log (as the IPMI event log), the IMM event log (as the ASM event log) or merged DSA log, which merges the contents of the system-event log and the IMM system-event log. You can also use DSA Preboot to view the DSA log, although you must restart the server to use DSA Preboot. To install Portable DSA or DSA Preboot or download a DSA Preboot CD image, do the following:

Note: Changes are made periodically to the Lenovo Web site. The actual procedure might vary slightly from what is described in this document.

1.Go to: http://www.lenovo.com/support.

2.Enter your product number (machine type and model number) or select Servers and Storage from the Select your product list.

3.From Family list, select ThinkServer TD200, and click Continue.

4.Click Downloads and drivers to download firmware updates.

If IPMItool is installed in the server, you can use it to view the system-event log. Most recent versions of the Linux operating system come with a current version of IPMItool. Go to http://www.lenovo.com/thinkserver for more information.

You can view the IMM system-event log through the Event Log link in the integrated management module (IMM) Web interface. For more information, see “Using the integrated management module” on page 155.

The following table describes the methods that you can use to view the event logs, depending on the condition of the server. The first three conditions generally do not require that you restart the server.

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