Viewing Event Logs Through The Setup Utility; Viewing Event Logs Without Restarting The Server - IBM System x3650 M4 BD Type 5466 Installation And Service Manual

Viewing event logs through the Setup utility

Use this information to view the event logs through the Setup utility.
About this task
To view the POST event log or system-event log, complete the following steps:
Procedure
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:
v To view the POST event log, select POST Event Viewer.
v To view the system-event log, select System Event Log.

Viewing event logs without restarting the server

Use this information to view the event logs without restarting the server.
About this task
If 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 Dynamic System Analysis (DSA) Portable, you can use it to
view the system-event log (as the IPMI event log), or the IMM event log (as the
ASM event log), the operating-system event logs, or the merged DSA log. You can
also use DSA Preboot to view these logs, although you must restart the server to
use DSA Preboot. The server comes with DSA Preboot stored in integrated USB
memory. To install DSA Portable or check for and download a later version of DSA
Preboot CD image, go to http://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/
docdisplay?lndocid=SERV-DSA.
Results
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. For an overview of IPMI, go to http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/
linux/blueprints/ and click Using Intelligent Platform Management Interface
(IPMI) on IBM Linux platforms.
You can view the IMM event log through the Event Log link in the integrated
management module (IMM) Web interface. For more information, see "Logging on
to the Web interface" on page 103.
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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