Entries that are written to the BMC log during the early phase of POST show an
incorrect date and time as the default time stamp; however, the date and time are
corrected as POST continues.
Each BMC log entry is displayed on its own page. To display all the data for an
entry, use the Up Arrow (
↑
) and Down Arrow (
↓
) keys or the Page Up and Page
Down keys. To move from one entry to the next, select
Get Next Entry
or
Get
Previous Entry
.
The BMC log indicates an assertion event when an event has occurred. It indicates
a deassertion event when the event is no longer occurring.
Some of the error codes and messages in the BMC log are abbreviated.
You can view the contents of the BMC log from the Setup Utility program and
from the diagnostic programs.
When you are troubleshooting PCI-X slots (I/O slots), note that the error logs
report the PCI-X buses numerically. The numerical assignments vary depending on
the configuration. You can check the assignments by running the Setup Utility
program (see the
Installation and User’s Guide
for more information).
Viewing the BMC log from the Setup Utility program
For more information about using the Setup Utility program, see the
Installation
and User’s Guide
.
To view the BMC log, complete the following steps:
1.
Turn on the blade server (see “Turning on the blade server” on page 5).
2.
When the prompt
Press F1 for Setup
is displayed, press F1. If you have set a
power-on password, you must type the password and press Enter to start the
Setup Utility program.
3.
Select
Advanced Settings
, select
Baseboard Management Controller (BMC)
settings
, and then select
BMC System Event Log
.
BMC error messages
The following table lists BMC error messages and suggested actions to correct the
detected problems.
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