Installation guide

5-10 Compaq ProLiant ML350 Setup and Installation Guide
For use with 1-GHz or greater Intel Pentium III processor-based server models only
Compaq Confidential – Need to Know Required
Writer: Doug Warren Project: Compaq ProLiant ML350 Setup and Installation Guide Comments:
Part Number: 201345-001 File Name: f-ch5 Server Configuration and Utilities.doc Last Saved On: 7/11/00 9:09 AM
Running Survey
Once the Compaq Survey Utility is installed, it gathers information by default
every Wednesday at noon and at every power-up. You can change the Compaq
Survey Utility data-gathering interval using command line parameters. You
can also force a one-time, immediate collection.
If you want the Compaq Survey Utility to perform a one-time immediate
collection on a Windows NT server, enter the following at the Windows NT
command prompt: Survey
If you want the Compaq Survey Utility to perform a one-time immediate
collection on a NetWare server, you need to unload the utility, then reload it.
Enter the following at the NetWare system prompt: Unload Survey
At the next NetWare system prompt, enter the following: Load Survey
You can also change the Compaq Survey Utility data-gathering interval using
command line parameters.
Compaq Diagnostics Utility
The Diagnostics Utility is accessed from diskette. A diskette can be created
from the SmartStart CD. To run Diagnostics, insert the Diagnostics diskette
and restart the server. The server powers up from the diskette and runs the
Diagnostics Utility.
Automatic Server Recovery (ASR)
ASR is a feature in ProLiant servers that causes the system to restart in the
event of a catastrophic OS error like a blue-screen, ABEND (abnormal end),
or panic. A system fail-safe timer, the ASR timer, is started when the Compaq
System Management driver, also known as the health driver, is loaded. The
timer is periodically reset during normal OS operation, but in the event of OS
failure, the timer expires and restarts the server. ASR increases server up time
by restarting the server within 10 minutes after a crash or system hang. The
Compaq Insight Manager console notifies you in the event of a server ASR.
You can disable ASR from the Compaq Insight Manager console or RBSU.