ProLiant DL320 Server Maintenance and Service Guide

Compaq ProLiant DL320 Maintenance and Survice Guide 3-1
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Diagnostic Tools
This chapter provides an overview of the software and firmware diagnostic tools available for
Compaq ProLiant DL320 servers.
Diagnostic Tools Utility Overview
The following utilities assist in diagnosing problems, testing hardware, and monitoring and
managing Compaq ProLiant DL320 server operations.
Table 3-1: Diagnostic Tools
Tool What it is How to run it
Compaq
Diagnostics
A tool to assist testing and/or verifying
operation of Compaq hardware. If
problems are found, Compaq
Diagnostics isolates failures down to
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 Compaq
Servers Troubleshooting Guide.
Compaq Diagnostics software is
also available on the Compaq
SmartStart and Software Support
CD. A Diagnostics diskette can be
created from the SmartStart and
Software Support CD. The diskette
can be used to run the diagnostics
software.
Compaq Inspect
Utility
A utility that provides a report
detailing system information.
Run the Inspect Utility from the
Compaq Diagnostics program.
Compaq Insight
Manager™
A client/server application used to
manage Compaq hardware remotely
within a network environment.
Compaq Insight Manager 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 ProLiant DL320
Server Setup and Installation
Guide.
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