Viewing Event Logs Through The Setup Utility; Viewing Event Logs Without Restarting The Server - IBM System x3530 M4 Installation And Service Manual

v DSA event log: This log is generated by the Dynamic System Analysis (DSA)
For more information about viewing the logs or clearing the logs, see "Viewing
event logs through the Setup utility," "Viewing event logs without restarting the
server," and "Clearing the error logs" on page 118.

Viewing event logs through the Setup utility

To view the POST event log or system-event log, complete the following steps:
1. Turn on the server.
2. When the prompt <F1> Setup is displayed, press F1. If you have set both a
3. Select System Event Logs and use one of the following procedures:

Viewing 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 http://www-947.ibm.com/systems/support/
supportsite.wss/docdisplay?lndocid=SERV-DSA&brandind=5000008.
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/developerwork/
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 87.
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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information, see "Logging on to the Web interface" on page 87. 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
Integrated management module II (IMM2) error messages.
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"). For more
information about DSA and DSA messages, see "DSA messages" on page 193
and "IBM Dynamic System Analysis" on page 118.
power-on password and an administrator password, you must type the
administrator password to view the event logs.
v To view the POST event log, select POST Event Viewer.
v To view the system-event log, select System Event Log.