
5 Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting resources
The
HP ProLiant Servers Troubleshooting Guide
provides simple procedures for resolving common
problems as well as a comprehensive course of action for fault isolation and identi
fi
cation, error message
interpretation, issue resolution, and software maintenance.
To obtain the guide, refer to any of the following sources and then select the
HP ProLiant Servers
Troubleshooting Guide:
•
The Business Support Center on the
. Navigate to the server
technical support page. Under self-help resources, select
ProLiant Troubleshooting Guide
.
•
The Technical Documentation website
. Select
Enterprise Servers,
Workstations and Systems Hardware,
and then the appropriate server.
HP web site
Troubleshooting tools and information, as well as the latest drivers and
fl
ash ROM images, are available
at
Storage system documentation
Storage system documentation is the set of documents provided with a storage system. Most storage
system documents are available as a PDF
fi
le or a link on the documentation CD. Storage system
documentation can be accessed from
http://www.hp.com/support/manuals
). Under the storage section,
click
Disk Storage Systems
and then select your product.
Subscriber’s Choice
HP Subscriber’s Choice is a customizable subscription sign-up service that customers use to receive
personalized e-mail product tips, feature articles, driver and support alerts, or other noti
fi
cations.
To create a pro
fi
le and select noti
fi
cations, see
http://www.hp.com/go/subscriberschoice
White papers
White papers are electronic documents on complex technical topics. Some white papers
contain in-depth details and procedures. Topics include HP products, HP technology, operating
systems, networking products, and performance issues. See the HP Business Support Center at
http://www.hp.com/go/bizsupport
Firmware updates
Firmware is software that is stored in Read-Only Memory (ROM). Firmware is responsible for the behavior
of the system when it is
fi
rst switched on and for passing control of the server to the operating system.
When referring to the
fi
rmware on the system board of the server, it is called the System ROM or the
BIOS. When referring to the
fi
rmware on another piece of hardware con
fi
gured in the server, it is called
Option ROM. These systems have hard drives and Smart Array Controller options that have
fi
rmware
that can be updated.
It is important to update the
fi
rmware (also called “
fl
ashing the ROM”) as part of regular server
maintenance. In addition, checking for speci
fi
c
fi
rmware updates in between regular updates helps to
keep the server performing optimally. HP recommends checking for a
fi
rmware update before sending a
part back to HP for replacement.
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