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DSA and DSA Preboot collect the information that can be viewed locally or
uploaded to an IBM internal FTP server for the Technical Support teams to have
remote access from different locations around the world if further analysis of
system state information or error logs is required.
DSA Preboot performs tests on all subsystems to check:
System configuration
Memory
Processor
Hard drives
Network interfaces and settings
Hardware inventory, including PCI and USB information
Optical devices
LSI 1064/1068/1078 SAS RAID controllers
Remote Supervisor Adapter
BMC
Check-point panel test
CPU and Memory Stress tests
IBM light path diagnostics status
Service Processor status and configuration
Vital product data, firmware, and BIOS information
Drive Health Information
ServeRAID configuration
LSI RAID & Controller configuration
Event logs for Service Processors
Merged Devices information
Memory Diagnostics log
DSA Preboot Error log
DSA Preboot works with single-node and multinode configurations.
To run DSA Preboot, press F2 during POST when prompted. The system first
starts the memory test menu as shown in Figure 6-38 on page 368.
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