Dsa Editions; Running The Dsa Preboot Diagnostic Programs - Lenovo x3550 M5 Installation And Service Manual

DSA editions

The editions of Dynamic System Analysis are DSA Portable and DSA Preboot.
• DSA Portable
DSA Portable Edition runs within the operating system; you do not have to restart the server to run it. It is
packaged as a self-extracting file that you download from the Web. When you run the file, it self-extracts
to a temporary folder and performs comprehensive collection of hardware and operating-system
information. After it runs, it automatically deletes the temporary files and folder and leaves the results of
the data collection and diagnostics on the server.
If you are able to start the server, use DSA Portable.
• DSA Preboot
DSA Preboot runs outside of the operating system; you must restart the server to run it. It is provided in
the flash memory on the server, or you can create a bootable media such as a CD, DVD, ISO, USB, or PXE
using the ToolsCenter Bootable Media Creator (BoMC). For more details, see the BoMC User Guide at
https://support.lenovo.com/ us/en/documents/LNVO-BOMC. In addition to the capabilities of the other
editions of DSA, DSA Preboot includes diagnostic routines that would be disruptive to run within the
operating-system environment (such as resetting devices and causing loss of network connectivity). It
has a graphical user interface that you can use to specify which diagnostics to run and to view the
diagnostic and data collection results.
DSA Preboot provides diagnostics for the following system components, if they are installed:
– Emulex network adapter
– Optical devices (CD or DVD)
– Tape drives (SCSI, SAS, or SATA)
– Memory
– Microprocessor
– Checkpoint panel
– I2C bus
– SAS and SATA drives
– LSI controller
– Broadcom network adapter
– FusionIO adapter
– Intel GPU
– Nvidia GPU
If you are unable to restart the server or if you need comprehensive diagnostics, use DSA Preboot.
For more information and to download the utilities, go to https://support.lenovo.com/us/
en/documents/LNVO-DSA.

Running the DSA Preboot diagnostic programs

Use this information to run the DSA Preboot diagnostic programs.
Note: The DSA memory test might take up to 30 minutes to run. If the problem is not a memory problem,
skip the memory test.
To run the DSA Preboot diagnostic programs, complete the following steps:
Step 1. If the server is running, turn off the server and all attached devices.
Step 2. Turn on all attached devices; then, turn on the server.
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