Obtaining UEFI serial output log data with the UEFI System Utilities

Use this task to obtain serial output log data if physical access to the server is not available. If you are using a PCIe Expansion Card, you can enable debug collection from the card.

Procedure
  1. During POST press F9 to enter System Utilities.
  2. From the System Utilities screen, select System Configurations > BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) > Advanced Options > Advanced Debug Options.
  3. Set the debug level.
    1. Select UEFI Serial Debug Level.
    2. Select Medium Verbosity.
  4. If you are using an expansion card, enable debug data collection from the expansion card:
    1. Select POST Verbose Boot Progress.
    2. Select either Serial Only or All.
  5. Save and exit System Utilities.
  6. Open an iLO Virtual Serial Port (VSP) session.
  7. Use a utility, such as PuTTY, to establish the connection and ensure that you enable logging to a file (select All session output).

    The following example shows sample PuTTY settings for logging data: