Diagnostic Tools; Diagnostic Tools Utility Overview - Compaq PROLIANT ML350 Maintenance And Service Manual

This chapter provides an overview of the software and firmware diagnostic tools available for
the Compaq ProLiant ML350 Generation 3 server.

Diagnostic Tools Utility Overview

The following utilities were developed to assist in diagnosing problems, testing the hardware,
and monitoring and managing the server hardware.
Table 3-1: Diagnostic Tools
Tool
Compaq Diagnostics
Utility
Compaq Insight
TM
Manager application
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Description
Utility to assist testing and/or verifying operation
of Compaq hardware. If problems are found,
Compaq Diagnostics isolates failures down to
the replaceable part, whenever possible.
A client/server application that remotely
manages Compaq systems in a network
environment. Reports hardware fault conditions
(both failure and prefailure) and collects data for
reporting and graphing.

Diagnostic Tools

How to run it
Diagnostics and utilities must be
accessed when a system configuration
error is detected during Power-On
Self-Test (POST). For a complete list of
POST error messages, refer to the
Compaq Servers Troubleshooting
Guide.
Compaq Diagnostics software is also
available on the Compaq SmartStart™
software CD. A Diagnostics diskette
may be created from the SmartStart
software CD. Diagnostics can then be
run from the diskette.
For more information, refer to the
Compaq Insight Manager User Guide.
Documentation for Compaq Insight
Manager is available on the Compaq
Management CD in
CD-ROM DRIVE: \OVERVIEW.HLP
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