Compaq Workstation Support Software For Microsoft Windows Nt - Compaq AP400 Maintenance And Service Manual

4-32 Diagnostic Tools
Setting of performance thresholds on a workstation; you can receive an alert when a
threshold is exceeded (such as PCI bus utilization threshold or disk volume usage
threshold)
Remote warm and/or cold reboot of a workstation
Version Control to view versions of Compaq drivers, agents and system ROM currently
running on a remote workstation; you can receive a recommendation on updates available
from Compaq
Alpha pager forwarding to provide workstation alerts to an alpha or numeric pager
Ability to view health logs on remote workstations to see previous Power-on Self Test
(POST) errors, critical errors, and ECC memory errors
Environment alerts for workstations with a temperature out of the normal range; you can
also be alerted when the hood is removed
Out-of-band management via a modem using point-to-point protocol (PPP) for
workstations not connected to a network
Compaq Workstation Support Software for
Microsoft Windows NT
The Compaq Workstation Support Software for Microsoft Windows NT is a set of Compaq-
specific drivers that enables the workstation to operate at optimum performance. The
Workstation SSD for Windows NT is provided on the SmartStart for Workstations CD. Updates
are available on the Compaq website (www.compaq.com) and also through subscription to the
Compaq Support Software CD Kit.
The Workstation SSD installation program automatically detects the components on the
workstation and determines if the drivers need to be updated. The initial release of the
Workstation SSD included with the workstation contains the following support software
(drivers):
Network controller driver
SCSI controller driver
Systems Management driver (required by Compaq Insight Agents for Windows NT
manager)
Compaq HAL for Microsoft NT 4.0
Display drivers
ESS 1869 AudioDrive driver
IMPORTANT: When servicing the workstation, make sure that it is running the latest version
of the Compaq Workstation Support Software for Microsoft Windows NT drivers for optimum
performance. To determine the version of the Workstation SSD installed on the workstation,
use the Version Control task in Insight Manager, or look at the version in the file properties of
the SETUPAPP.EXE file in the \WINNT\SYSTEM32\CPQNTSSD workstation directory.