Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 (64-bit), Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 (64-bit), Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (32-bit), Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (64-bit), SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 10 (32-bit), SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 10 (64-bit)
Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 (64-bit), Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 (64-bit), Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (32-bit), Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (64-bit), SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 10 (32-bit), SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 10 (64-bit)
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17 Mar 2009
Lenovo DSA Preboot is a system information collection, analysis, and diagnostics tool that is used by Lenovo Service and Support personnel to aid in the diagnosis of system problems.
Additional information
Supported systems
This update applies to the following Lenovo systems:
ThinkServer RS110 (type 6436, 6437, 6438)
Downloading the package
Click the file link to download the file from the Web page.
When prompted, select a drive and directory in which to save the downloaded file.
Product overview
Lenovo DSA Preboot is a system information collection, analysis, and diagnostics tool that is used by Lenovo Service and Support personnel to aid in the diagnosis of system problems.
DSA Preboot collects information about the following aspects of a system:
System configuration
Network interfaces and settings
Hardware inventory, including PCI & USB information
Lenovo Easy LED status
Service Processor status and configuration
Vital product data, firmware, and basic input/output system
(BIOS) information
Drive Health Information
ServeRAID configuration
LSI RAID & Controller configuration
Event logs for Service Processors
Merged Devices information
Memory Diagnostics log
DSA Preboot Error log
DSA Preboot can also provide diagnostics for the following system components (if they are installed on the system):
BroadCom NetXtreme Ethernet I & II
Optical devices (CD-ROM, DVD-ROM)
Hard drives
LSI 1064/1068/1078 SAS RAID controllers
Remote Supervisor Adapter
Base Board Management Controller
Memory
CPU
Check-point panel test
CPU and Memory Stress tests
Additionally, DSA creates a merged log that includes events from all collected logs.
All collected information can be output as a compressed XML file that can be sent to Lenovo Service. You can also view the information locally through a generated text report file. The generated HTML pages may be copied to removable media and viewed from a web browser.