Dynamic System Analysis - Lenovo 5457 Installation And Service Manual

If a power-on password is set, you must type the password and press Enter (when you are prompted), for
POST to run.
If POST detects a problem, an error message is displayed. See
on page 533 for more information.
If POST detects a problem, an error message is sent to the POST event log, see
more information.

Dynamic System Analysis

Dynamic System Analysis (DSA) collects and analyzes system information to aid in diagnosing server
problems.
DSA collects the following information about the server:
• Drive health information
• Event logs for ServeRAID controllers and service processors
• Hardware inventory, including PCI and USB information
• Installed applications and hot fixes (available in DSA Portable only)
• Kernel modules (available in DSA Portable only)
• Light path diagnostics status
• Network interfaces and settings
• Performance data and details about processes that are running
• RAID controller configuration
• Service processor (integrated management module) status and configuration
• System configuration
• Vital product data and firmware information
• IMM2 configuration information
• IMM2 enviromental information
• Option card driver and firmware information
For system-specific information about the action that you should take as a result of a message that DSA
generates, see Appendix C "DSA diagnostic test results" on page
If you cannot find a problem by using DSA, see
information about testing the server.
Note: DSA Preboot might appear to be unresponsive when you start the program. This is normal operation
while the program loads.
Make sure that the server has the latest version of the DSA code. To obtain DSA code and the Dynamic
System Analysis Installation and User's Guide, go to
DSA editions
Two editions of Dynamic System Analysis are available.
• 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
Appendix B "UEFI/POST diagnostic codes"
547.
"Solving undetermined problems" on page 148
https://support.lenovo.com/us/ en/documents/LNVO-DSA
"Event logs" on page 122
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