Diagnostic Tools
Diagnostic Tools Utility Overview
The following utilities were developed to assist in diagnosing problems, testing the hardware,
and monitoring and managing the ProLiant ML310 server hardware.
Table 3-1: Diagnostic Tools
Tool
What it is
How to run it
HP Diagnostics Utility
Utility to assist testing and/or verifying
operation of HP hardware. If problems are
found, HP Diagnostics isolates failures
down to the replaceable part whenever
possible.
Diagnostics and utilities must be accessed
when a system configuration error is
detected during Power-On Self-Test (POST).
For a complete list of POST error messages,
refer to the
HP Servers Troubleshooting
Guide
.
HP Diagnostics software is also available on
the SmartStart CD. A Diagnostics diskette
can be created from the SmartStart CD, and
Diagnostics can then be run from the
diskette.
Insight Manager
application
A client/server application used to
remotely manage HP systems in a
network environment. Reports hardware
fault conditions (both failure and
prefailure) and collects data for reporting
and graphing.
For more information, refer to the
Management CD and the
Insight Manager
User Guide
.
Survey Utility
An online information-gathering program
that runs on servers, gathering critical
hardware and software information from
various sources. A utility for servers
running the Microsoft
Windows
2000,
Linux, or Novell NetWare operating
system.
If a significant change occurs between
data-gathering intervals, previous
information is marked, and the survey text
file is appended to reflect the latest
configuration and changes since the last
configuration. This utility provides a
historical record of change events for
server hardware and software.
Survey Utility automatically runs at startup
and on specified time intervals. You can
modify the data-gathering interval by
modifying the command-line parameters.
For more information on Survey Utility,
including installation and application
procedures, refer to the
Survey Utility Online
Help User Guide
accessed through the
support link on
www.hp.com
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HP ProLiant ML310 Server Maintenance and Service Guide