Diagnostic Tools Utility Overview - Compaq PROLIANT ML370 Maintenance And Service Manual

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Diagnostic Tools Utility Overview

These utilities were developed to assist in diagnosing problems, testing the hardware, and
monitoring and managing Compaq server hardware.
Tool
Compaq Diagnostics
Program
Compaq Inspect
Utility
Compaq Insight
Manager
Compaq Survey
Utility
Table 3-1
Diagnostic Tools
What it is
A utility to assist testing and/or verifying
operation of Compaq hardware. If
problems are found, Compaq
Diagnostics isolates failure(s) down to
replaceable part, whenever possible.
The Inspect Utility provides a report
detailing system information.
A client/server application used to
remotely manage Compaq hardware in
a network environment. Reports
hardware fault conditions (both failure
and prefailure) and collects data for
reporting and graphing.
An online information gathering agent
that runs on servers, gathering critical
hardware and software information
from various sources. A utility for
servers running Windows NT or
NetWare.
If a significant change occurs between
data gathering intervals, previous
information is marked, and the survey
text file is overwritten to reflect the
latest configuration and changes since
last configuration. This allows a
historical record of change events for
server hardware and software.
How to run it
Diagnostics and Utilities are located on
Compaq system partition (if installed) or
your hard drive and must be accessed
when a system configuration error is
detected during Power-On Self-Test
(POST). Compaq Diagnostics software is
also available on Compaq SmartStart and
Support Software CD. A Diagnostics
diskette can be created from SmartStart
and Support Software CD, and
Diagnostics run from diskette.
The Inspect Utility can be run from either
the main menu of the System
Configuration Utility or the Compaq
Diagnostics program.
For more information, refer to the
Compaq Management CD and the
Compaq Insight Manager User Guide.
More information on viewing and printing
the event list can be found in the Compaq
Insight Manager section of this chapter.
Install Survey from SmartStart, Compaq
Integration Maintenance Utility, or from
Compaq Management CD.
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