Viewing event logs from the setup utility, Viewing event logs without restarting the server – Lenovo ThinkServer TD200 User Manual
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Viewing event logs from the Setup Utility
For complete information about using the Setup Utility, see the documentation that
came with your server.
To view the POST event log or system-event log, complete the following steps:
1.
Turn on the server.
Note:
Approximately 2 minutes after the server is connected to ac power, the
power-control button becomes active.
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:
v
To view the POST event log, select POST Event Viewer.
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To view the system-event log, select System Event Log.
Viewing event logs without restarting the server
If the server is not hung, methods are available for you to view one or more event
logs without having to restart the server.
If you have installed Portable or Installable Dynamic System Analysis (DSA), you
can use it to view the system-event log (as the IPMI event log), 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. To install Portable DSA, Installable DSA, or DSA
Preboot or to download a DSA Preboot CD image, go to or complete the following steps:
Note:
Changes are made periodically to the Lenovo Web site. The actual procedure
might vary slightly from what is described in this document.
1.
steps.
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.
You can view the IMM event log through the Event Log link in the IMM Web
interface.
The following table describes the methods that you can use to view the event logs,
depending on the condition of the server. The first two conditions generally do not
require that you restart the server.
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