Viewing Event Logs Without Restarting The Blade Server - Lenovo BladeCenter HS23 7875 Problem Determination And Service Manual

To view the POST event log or system-event log, complete the following steps:
1. Turn on the blade 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:
• 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 blade server

If the blade server is not hung, methods are available for you to view one or more event logs without having
to restart the blade server.
You can view the advanced management module event log through the Event Log link in the advanced
management module web interface. For more information, see the IBM BladeCenter Advanced Management
Module: User's Guide at http://www.ibm.com/supportportal/.
If you have installed Dynamic System Analysis (DSA) Portable Edition, you can use it to view the system-
event log (as the IPMI event log), the advanced management module 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 blade server to use DSA Preboot. To install Portable DSA or DSA Preboot or to
download a DSA Preboot CD image, go to http://www.ibm.com/systems/support/supportsite.wss/
docdisplay?lndocid=SERV-DSA&brandind=5000008. or go to http://www.ibm.com/supportportal/.
If IPMItool is installed in the blade 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 information about IPMItool, see
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/lnxinfo/v3r0m0/index.jsp?topic=/liaai/ipmi/liaaiipmiother.htm or
complete the following steps.
Note: Changes are made periodically to the IBM website. The actual procedure might vary slightly from what
is described in this document.
1. Go to http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/blueprints/.
2. Click Using Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) on IBM Linux platforms.
The following table describes the methods that you can use to view the event logs, depending on the
condition of the blade server. The first two conditions generally do not require that you restart the blade
server.
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