Diagnostics – HP Integrated Lights-Out User Manual

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view the event log even when the server is off can be helpful when troubleshooting remote host server

problems.
You can sort the log by clicking the header of any column of data. After the sort completes, clicking the

same column header again sorts the log in reverse of its current order. Very large logs will take several

minutes to sort and display. You can clear the events in this log on the server's Insight Manager Web

Agents home page.
The iLO 2 processor records the following information to the IML based upon the occurrences in the

system.

Fan inserted

Fan removed

Fan failure

Fan degraded

Fan repaired

Fan redundancy lost

Fans redundant

Power supply inserted

Power supply removed

Power supply failure

Power supplies redundancy lost

Power supplies redundant

Temperature over threshold

Temperature normal

Automatic shutdown started

Automatic shutdown cancelled

Diagnostics

The Diagnostics option on the System Status tab displays the Server and iLO 2 Diagnostics screen. The

Server and iLO 2 Diagnostic screen displays iLO 2 self-test results, and provides options to generate an

NMI to the system and to reset iLO 2.

NOTE:

When connected through the Diagnostics Port, the directory server is not available.

You can log in using a local account only.

The Diagnostics page contains the following sections:

Non-Maskable Interrupt (NMI) button
The Non-Maskable Interrupt (NMI) button section contains the Generate NMI to System button which
enables you to halt the operating system for debugging. This functionality is an advanced function
and should only be used for kernel-level debugging. The possible uses of the Generate NMI to

System feature include the following:

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Use the Demonstrate ASR feature only if the System Management (health) driver is loaded and
ASR is enabled. The host automatically reboots after an NMI has occurred.

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