Specifications

3-2 Compaq ProLiant 5500 and 5500R Maintenance and Service Guide
For use with Pentium II and Pentium III Xeon processor-based servers only
Diagnostic Tools Utility Overview
These utilities were developed to assist in diagnosing problems, testing the hardware, and
monitoring and managing Compaq server hardware.
Table 3-1
Diagnostic Tools
Tool What is it How do I run it
Compaq Diagnostics
Program
Utility to assist testing and/or verifying
operation of Compaq hardware. If
problems are found, Compaq
Diagnostics isolates failure(s) down to
replaceable part, whenever possible.
Diagnostics and Utilities are located on
system partition on hard drive and must
be accessed when a system
configuration error is detected during
Power-On Self-Test (POST). Compaq
Diagnostics software is also available on
Compaq SmartStart and Support
Software CD. A Diagnostics diskette can
be created from SmartStart and Support
Software CD, and Diagnostics run from
diskette.
Compaq Inspect
Utility
The Inspect utility provides a report
detailing system information.
The Inspect utility can be run from either
the main menu of the System
Configuration utility or the Compaq
Diagnostics program.
Compaq Insight
Manager
A client/server application used to
remotely manage Compaq hardware in
a network environment. Reports
hardware fault conditions (both failure
and pre-failure) and collects data for
reporting and graphing.
For more information, refer to the
Compaq Management CD and the
Compaq Insight Manager User Guide.
More information on viewing and printing
the event list can be found in the Compaq
Insight Manager section of this chapter.
Compaq Survey
Utility
An online information gathering agent
that runs on servers, gathering critical
hardware and software information
from various sources. A utility for
servers running Windows NT or
NetWare.
If a significant change occurs between
data gathering intervals, previous
information is marked, and the survey
text file is overwritten to reflect the
latest configuration and changes since
last configuration. This allows a
historical record of change events for
server hardware and software.
Install Survey from SmartStart, Compaq
Integration Maintenance Utility, or from
Compaq Management CD.
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