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When the IML was first designed, it could be viewed in several ways, such as through
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Compaq Insight Manager, Remote Insight Board, Compaq Survey Utility or the Liquid
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Crystal Display (LCD) on Compaq ProLiant servers called the Integrated Management
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Display (IMD) shown in Figure 1.
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Figure 1: The Integrated Management Display.
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The IMD was first supported on the ProLiant 2500; shortly thereafter it was supported on
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development of the Compaq IML Viewer, the newest way of accessing the IML,
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administrators have an additional means of managing the information in the IML. Refer
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to Table 2 for a complete list of the current Compaq servers that support an Integrated
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Management Log.
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T I L I T Y E N E F I T S
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The Compaq IML Viewer expands Compaq's system management strategy by allowing
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users to view system events either locally or remotely. The ability to remotely
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manipulate system event information with features such as view, filter, sort, print, export
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and save is a tremendous benefit to customers. These benefits include:
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Ability to view the IML of either local or remote systems.
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Ability to obtain a single historical record of recent system events and errors for
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post-diagnosis review.
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Ability to view detailed system event information in a readable format.
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. . Ability to save an IML as a binary file so that users can view the saved IML file at a
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later date or possibly even at a different location.
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Ability to filter or sort IML entries so a user can find specific information quickly.
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