What's New - Compaq 112726-001 - ProLiant - 6500 White Paper

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Compaq continues to make our products easier to manage by introducing the Compaq
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Integrated Management Log (IML) Viewer, which provides the user with superior
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serviceability of Compaq servers. This utility allows administrators to view and manage
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IML system event entries on local or remote systems. An administrator using the remote
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capabilities of this utility eliminates the need of physically managing individual servers to
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view, update and modify IML system events.
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. . The intended audience for this white paper is network administrators and system
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engineers who install, configure and maintain high-end and mainstream Compaq servers
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in a Microsoft Windows NT Server environment.
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Compaq developed the Integrated Management Log (IML) to replace the Critical and
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Correctable Error Logs. The IML records significant events that occur during system
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operation, from the normal operational status of components to the identification of a
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failed component. This non-volatile random access memory (NVRAM) log allows
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customers to obtain a single historical record of recent system events and errors for
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post-diagnosis review, thus helping the system administrator or engineer to promptly
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identify server failures on business-critical networks.
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Compaq added versatility to the IML by designing a utility that allows users to view, filter,
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sort, print, export and archive (save) system event information. Users can view the IML
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online from a local or remote system via a user-friendly graphical user interface (GUI)
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utility called the Compaq IML Viewer. This utility provides the system administrator a
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tool that can aid them in understanding how recent changes or events affected system
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performance or caused system failure.
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New functionality has been added to the latest version of the Compaq IML Viewer.
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These new functions include acknowledging pending alerts on the IMD and command
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. . line support and can be found on the Compaq SSD for Windows NT 4.0, Version 2.06.
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Acknowledge Alerts – Allows the user to clear flashing alerts on the
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Integrated Management Display (IMD).
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. . Command Line Parameters – Provides support for command line
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parameters so users can use the features of the IML Viewer from
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a console.
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Refer to the appropriate sections in this document for more information on each feature.
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First, understand that the Compaq IML is a repository of significant system events such
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as memory and power-on-self-test (POST) errors that can occur in either the hardware
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