Diagnostic Tools Utility Overview - Compaq ML350 - ProLiant - G2 Maintenance And Service Manual

Diagnostic Tools

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 SmartStart™
software
Compaq Insight
Manager™ software
Compaq Diagnostics
INSPECT
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What it is
Located on the SmartStart Software for Servers
CD, the SmartStart utility is the intelligent way to
set up your Compaq server. SmartStart set-up
software includes the Compaq ROMPaq™ utility,
driver updates, and assisted operating system
installations.
A client/server application used to manage Compaq
hardware remotely within a network environment.
Compaq Insight Manager reports hardware fault
conditions (both failure and prefailure) and collects
data for reporting and graphing.
A utility to assist testing and/or verifying operation
of Compaq hardware. If problems are found,
Compaq Diagnostics isolates failures down to
replaceable parts, whenever possible.
A utility that provides a report detailing system
information.
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How to run it
Power up from the SmartStart
Software for Servers CD.
For more information, refer to the
Compaq Management CD and the
Compaq Insight Manager User
Guide.
Diagnostics and utilities are located
on the Compaq system partition on
the hard drive and must be accessed
when a system configuration error is
detected during Power-On Self-Test
(POST). The server must be
connected to a monitor to allow
viewing of error messages. For a
complete list of POST error
messages, refer to the Compaq
Servers Troubleshooting Guide.
INSPECT can be run from the
Compaq Diagnostics program.
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