Error Recovery
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HP Servers Troubleshooting Guide
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Attended Recovery
For attended recovery, ASR-2 executes the following functions:
NOTE:
This feature is only available on servers that use the System Configuration Utility.
Attended recovery is not available on systems that use RBSU.
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Logs the error information to the IML
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Resets the server
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Initiates Diagnostics from the hard drive
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Enables remote access:
— If you have configured for dial-in access and have a modem with an
auto-answer feature installed, you can dial in and remotely diagnose or
reconfigure the server.
— If you have configured the Diagnostics for network access, you can access
the utilities over the network. Use Insight Manager for either dial-in or
network access.
Hardware Requirements
To obtain full utilization of ASR-2 over a modem, you need the following:
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A non-PCI Hayes-compatible modem
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Diagnostics installed on the system partition of the hard drive
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ASR-2 configured to load Diagnostics after restart
You can also run Diagnostics remotely over an Internetwork Packet Exchange (IPX)
or Internet Protocol (IP) network using the Network feature.
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To use Diagnostics on an IPX network, you must have Insight Manager 2.0 or
later, or a Novell Virtual Terminal (NVT) terminal emulator with VT100 or
American National Standards Institute (ANSI) terminal capabilities.
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To use Diagnostics on an IP network, you must have Insight Manager 2.10 or
later, or a Telnet terminal emulator with VT100 or ANSI capabilities.
