Diagnostic Tools
Table 3-1: Diagnostic Tools
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Tool
What it is
How to run it
Automatic Server
Recovery (ASR)
A tool that lets the server restart
automatically after a catastrophic
operating system failure, including
software errors, OS lockups,
environmental abnormalities, and some
hardware errors.
A system failsafe timer, the ASR timer, is
started when the HP System Management
driver, also known as the health driver, is
loaded. The Insight Manager console
notifies you in the event of an ASR restart.
You can disable ASR from the Insight
Manager console.
This tool is a function of the
hardware/software system through RBSU.
Be sure that this tool is enabled through
RBSU. The systems management drive
must be loaded to activate ASR.
Integrated ATA RAID
Configuration Utility
(ATA models only)
Supports and configures RAID arrays. The
features include:
•
Optimized drive access
•
RAID support before operating
system loads
•
Automatic detection and configuration
•
Ability to handle configuration
changes
•
Support for PIO modes 0-4, MDMA
modes 0-2, and Ultra DMA modes 0-5
(0-5 for ATA/100)
•
Support for RAID levels 0, 1, and 1+0
•
Multiple drive rebuilding
•
Special handling of error log, spare
drive, and rebuilding
After all hard drives have been installed and
connected, press the
F8
key during startup
to run the Integrated ATA RAID
Configuration Utility and view the setup
screen. ROM will automatically configure
drives to RAID 0 if you do not run the
F8
utility.
To turn off the Integrated ATA RAID
Management:
•
In Microsoft operating systems,
right-click on the tray icon and select
Quit Spy.
•
In Novell operating systems, enter
Unload Spy
at the console.
•
In Linux operating systems, enter
Spy-Stop
at the prompt.
Turning off this utility turns off the ability for
online spares to be rebuilt in the event there
is a drive failure. You need to power up the
server and rebuild the spare in the RAID
Configuration Utility by pressing the
F8
key.
To turn on the Integrated ATA RAID
Configuration Utility:
•
In Microsoft operating systems, power
up the server or log off the server and
then log back on.
•
In Novell operating systems, enter
Load Spy
at the console.
•
In Linux operating systems, enter
Spy-Start
at the prompt.
Power-On Self-Test
(POST)
The POST is a series of diagnostic tests
that checks firmware and assemblies to
ensure that the server is properly
functioning.
POST runs automatically on HP servers
when the server is powered up.
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