Using the ASMI to perform a service processor dump

You can use the Advanced System Management Interface (ASMI) to initiate a service processor dump.

Use this procedure only under the direction of your hardware service provider. With this function, you can preserve error data after a service processor application failure, external reset, or user request for a service processor dump. The existing service processor dump is considered valid if neither the server firmware nor Hardware Management Console (HMC) has collected the previous failure data.

To perform this operation, your authority level must be authorized service provider.

To enable or disable the service processor dump and view the status of the existing service processor dump, do the following steps:

On the ASMI Welcome pane, specify your user ID and password, and click Log In.
In the navigation area, expand System Service Aids and click Service Processor Dump.
Select either Enable or Disable from the selection list. By default, the state is Enable. The current setting is displayed and the status of an existing service processor dump is displayed as valid or invalid.
Note: You cannot perform a user-requested service processor dump when this setting is disabled.
Click Save settings to save the setting changes.
To instruct the system to immediately process a service processor dump, click Initiate dump.

For more information about copying, reporting, and deleting the dump, see managing dumps.

Last updated: Tue, September 18, 2018