HP-UX 11i Version 2 September 2006 Release Notes

General System Administration
Online Diagnostics
Chapter 5
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Also see the HP-UX 11i v2 December 2005 Release Notes, available at
http://www.docs.hp.com/hpux/os/11iV2/, for lists of other obsolete products and/or
drivers removed as of previous releases of HP-UX 11i v2.
Online Diagnostics
The diagnostics software that is installed with HP-UX 11i v2 consists of the following
product bundles:
• OnlineDiag Bundle (see page 126)
• SysFaultMgmt Bundle (see page 127)
These bundles provide many tools to help verify, troubleshoot, and monitor PA-RISC and
Itanium-based system hardware such as CPUs, memory, interface cards, mass storage,
and other devices.
To ensure the reliability of your computer system, HP highly recommends that you
install the OnlineDiag and SysFaultMgmt bundles with HP-UX 11i v2. Both bundles are
installed by default with any HP-UX 11i v2 Operating Environment.
OnlineDiag Bundle
The OnlineDiag bundle delivers the following tools:
• EMS Hardware Monitors
The EMS Hardware Monitors enable you to monitor the operation of a wide variety
of hardware products and be alerted of failure or any unusual activities.
• Support Tools Manager
The Support Tools Manager (STM) provides a set of online support tools, enabling
you to verify and troubleshoot system hardware, and to examine system logs.
Summary of Change
The OnlineDiag bundle has been updated with the following:
• Added support for legacy functionality of PCI-express host bridge adapter on zx2
platforms.
• Added support for other, future cards.
Impact
You will now be able to use the new PCI-express host bridge adapter on zx2 platforms for
legacy PCI functionality.
Compatibility
There are no known compatibility issues.