Computer Hardware User Manual

Table2.Methodsforviewingeventlogs(continued)
ConditionAction
Theserverishung.
•IfDSAPrebootisinstalled,restarttheserverandpress
F2tostartDSAPrebootandviewtheeventlogs.
•IfDSAPrebootisnotinstalled,inserttheDSAPreboot
CDandrestarttheservertostartDSAPrebootand
viewtheeventlogs.
•Alternatively,youcanrestarttheserverandpressF1to
starttheSetuputilityandviewthePOSTeventlogor
system-eventlog.Formoreinformation,see“Viewing
eventlogswithoutrestartingtheserver”onpage18
.
Clearingtheeventlogs
Tocleartheeventlogs,completethefollowingsteps.
Note:ThePOSTeventlogisautomaticallyclearedeachtimetheserverisrestarted.
Step1.Turnontheserver.
Step2.Whentheprompt<F1>Setupisdisplayed,pressF1.Ifyouhavesetbothapower-onpassword
andanadministratorpassword,youmusttypetheadministratorpasswordtoviewtheerrorlogs.
Step3.Useoneofthefollowingprocedures:
•TocleartheIMMsystem-eventlog,selectSystemEventLogs-->SystemEventLog.Select
ClearSystemEventLog;then,pressEntertwice.
POST
Whenyouturnontheserver,itperformsaseriesofteststochecktheoperationoftheservercomponents
andsomeoptionaldevicesintheserver.Thisseriesoftestsiscalledthepower-onself-test,orPOST.
Note:Thisserverdoesnotusebeepcodesforserverstatus.
Ifapower-onpasswordisset,youmusttypethepasswordandpressEnter,whenyouareprompted,
forPOSTtorun.
IfPOSTdetectsaproblem,anerrormessageisdisplayed.See“POSTerrorcodes”onpage19formore
information.
POSTerrorcodes
ThefollowingtabledescribesthePOSTerrorcodesandsuggestedactionstocorrectthedetectedproblems.
Theseerrorscanappearassevere,warning,orinformational.
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