Diagnostics Overview Guide

STM supports the following user interfaces:

• Command line

• Menu-based

• Graphical user interface that color-codes status information as shown in the

following figure:

For more information about installing, administering, and using STM, see the Online

Diagnostics Administrator’s and User’s Guide.

Offline Diagnostic Utilities

HP provides a suite of offline diagnostic utilities, called the Offline Diagnostics

Environment (ODE), that enables you to troubleshoot a system that is running without an

operating system.

You can use the ODE to display information about and test hardware components to

assist in troubleshooting systems that do not boot or for which booting is not advisable.

ODE operates on the following systems:

• HP Integrity systems

• HP workstations based on the Itanium processor

• HP 9000 systems (also referred to as PA-RISC systems)

The ODE tools are available from a command-line interface and from a menu-driven

interface. The command-line interface, aimed at advanced users who are familiar with the

ODE, gives you more control over the tests that you want to conduct. For those

unfamiliar with the ODE, the menu-driven interface lets you specify the hardware