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Diagnostic programs and messages
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Diagnostic programs and messages The IBM Dynamic System Analysis (DSA) Preboot diagnostic programs are the primary method of testing the major components of the server. DSA is a system information collection and analysis tool that you can use to provide information to IBM service and support to aid in the diagnosis of the system problems. The DSA diagnostic programs comes on the IBM Dynamic System Analysis Preboot Diagnostic CD. You can download the CD from http://www.ibm.com/support/ docview.wss?uid=psg1SERV-DSA, if one did not come with your server. As you run the diagnostic programs, text messages are displayed on the screen and are saved in the test log. A diagnostic text message indicates that a problem has been detected and indicates what action you should take as a result of the text message. The DSA diagnostic programs collect information about the following aspects of system: v System configuration v Network interfaces and settings v Hardware inventory, including PCI and USB information v IBM light path diagnostics status v Service processor status and configuration v Vital product data, firmware, and basic input/output system (BIOS) v Drive health information v ServeRAID configuration v LSI RAID and controller configuration v Event logs for ServeRAID controllers and service processors The DSA diagnostic programs can also provide diagnostics for the following system components, if they are installed in the system: v BroadCom NetXtreme II v Optical (CD or DVD) drives v Hard disk drives v LSI 1064e/1068e/1078e SAS RAID controller v Remote Supervisor Adapter v Baseboard management controller v Trusted Platform Module chip v Memory v Microprocessor v Checkpoint panel test The diagnostic programs create a merged log called the DSA error log, which includes events from all collected logs. You can output all of the collected information as a compressed XML file that you can send to IBM service and support, view the information locally through a generated text report file, or copy the log to a removable media and view the log from a Web browser. See "Running the diagnostic programs" on page 156 for more information. Make sure that the latest version of the diagnostic programs is installed. To download the latest version of the diagnostic programs, complete the following steps. Chapter 5. Diagnostics 155