HP-UX 11i Version 2 March 2004 Release Notes

General System Administration
Diagnostics
Chapter 5
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Diagnostics
HP-UX 11i v2 provides a complete set of tools for verifying, troubleshooting, and
monitoring HP system hardware, including CPUs, memory, interface cards, and mass
storage devices. Diagnostics (also known as Support Tools) in HP-UX 11i v2 include the
Offline Diagnostic Environment (ODE) and Online Diagnostics (EMS Hardware
Monitors and Support Tools Manager).
The Offline Diagnostic Environment is delivered on the Offline Diagnostics & Utilities
CD. Online Diagnostics are delivered in the Operating Environments.
This section covers the following topics:
• “Offline Diagnostic Environment” on page 60
• “Online Diagnostics” on page 60
Offline Diagnostic Environment
The Offline Diagnostics Environment (ODE) is an offline support tools platform that
enables you to troubleshoot a system that is running without an operating system or
cannot be tested using the online tools. The ODE is also useful for some types of testing
in which it is not desirable to have to boot the system first.
The Itanium-based ODE includes offline diagnostics and utilities for all current
Itanium-based hardware systems, and is delivered separately on the Offline Diagnostics
& Utilities CD.
There are no changes to the ODE for the March 2004 release. For changes to the ODE for
the initial release of HP-UX 11i v2 (October 2003), including a list of supported
hardware, see the HP-UX 11i Version 2 Release Notes, available on the Instant
Information DVD and at http://docs.hp.com.
Online Diagnostics
Online Diagnostics for HP-UX 11i v2 include:
EMS Hardware Monitors allow you to monitor the operation of a wide variety of
hardware products and be alerted immediately if any failure or other unusual event
occurs. The EMS Hardware Monitors are started automatically with no user
intervention.
Support Tools Manager (STM) is the platform for executing online diagnostics. The
commands to start it are xstm (GUI interface), mstm (menu-driven interface), cstm
(command line interface), or stm (general).
For a list of hardware newly supported by Online Diagnostics with this release, see
“Hardware Enablement Program” on page 46.
Summary of Change
• The following new EMS Hardware Monitor has been added:
The iSCSI monitor, dm_iscsi_adapter, is designed to monitor the operation of the
iSCSI Software Initiator on your system.