Viewing Event Logs Without Restarting The Server - Lenovo System x3630 M4 Installation And Service Manual

• Integrated management module (IMM2) event log: This log contains a filtered subset of all IMM, POST,
and system management interrupt (SMI) events. You can view the IMM event log through the IMM Web
interface. For more information, see "Logging on to the Web interface" on page 109. You can also
view the IMM event log through the Dynamic System Analysis (DSA) program (as the ASM event log).
For more information about IMM error messages, see Appendix A "Integrated management module II
(IMM2) error messages" on page 327.
• DSA event log: This log is generated by the Dynamic System Analysis (DSA) program, and it is a
chronologically ordered merge of the system-event log (as the IPMI event log), the IMM chassis-event log
(as the ASM event log), and the operating-system event logs. You can view the DSA event log through the
DSA program (see "Viewing event logs without restarting the server" on page 136). For more information
about DSA and DSA messages, see Appendix C "DSA diagnostic test results" on page 855 and "Dynamic
System Analysis" on page 138.
For more information about viewing the logs or clearing the logs, see "Viewing event logs through the
Setup utility" on page 136, "Viewing event logs without restarting the server" on page 136, and "Clearing
the error logs" on page 137.
Viewing event logs through the Setup utility
Use this information to view the event logs through the Setup utility.
To view the POST event log or system-event log, complete the following steps:
Step 1. Turn on the server.
When the prompt <F1> Setup is displayed, press F1. If you have set both a power-on password
Step 2.
and an administrator password, you must type the administrator password to view the event logs.
Step 3. Select System Event Logs and use one of the following procedures:
• To view the POST event log, select POST Event Viewer.
• 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.
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
https://support.lenovo.com/us/ en/documents/LNVO-DSA.
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 Lenovo 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 109.
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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