Diagnostic Tools Utility Overview - Compaq DL580 - ProLiant - 1 GB RAM Maintenance And Service Manual

3-2 Compaq ProLiant DL580 Server Maintenance and Service Guide

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
INSPECT
Compaq Insight
Manager AND
Compaq Insight
Manager Agent
Compaq Survey
Utility
Table 3-1
Diagnostic Tools
What it is
Utility to assist testing and verifying
operation of Compaq hardware. If
problems are found, Compaq
Diagnostics isolates failure(s) down to
the replaceable part, whenever
possible.
INSPECT 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 Microsoft Windows NT
or Novell 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 a
partition on the 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 the Compaq
SmartStart™ and Support Software CD.
A Diagnostics diskette can be created
from the SmartStart and Support
Software CD, and Diagnostics run from
diskette.
INSPECT 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 the Compaq Integration
Maintenance Utility from SmartStart, or
from the Compaq Management CD.
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